Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
δεσπότης (G1203)
10 δεσπότης , -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for אָדוֹן , אֲדֹנָי ; in Jth 9:17 , δ. τ. οὐρανῶν κ. τ. γῆς ]; a master, lord , correlative of δοῦλος , οἰκέτης : I Ti 6:1 , 2 , II Ti 2:21 , Tit 2:9 , I Pe 2:18 ; as title of God, voc., δέσποτα (so usually in LXX), Lk 2:29 , Ac 4:24 ; ὁ δ. = voc. δέσποτα (cf. B1., § 33, 4), Re 6:10 ; of Christ, II Pe 2:1 , Ju 4 , R, txt. (but cf. mg.).† SYN. : κύριος (q.v.), implying limitation of authority and a more general relation than δ. , which "denoted absolute ownership and uncontrolled power" (Thayer).
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