The corpus record

οἰκοδεσπότ-ης

oikodespotes · ὁ

master, steward of a house, native ruler

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Where it lives

Matthew 7 · 3.9/10k
Luke 4 · 2.07/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k

What it meant

οἰκοδεσπότ-ης · oikodespot-ēs — LSJ

master, steward of a house

master or steward of a house, Alex. 225, Ev.Matt. 10.25, PMeyer 24.2 (vi A. D.) : metaph., of God, Arr. Epict. 3.22.4 (οἰκίας δ. was preferred by the Atticists, as in Pl. Lg. 954b : so οἴκων δεσπόται X. Mem. 2.1.32, cf. Phryn. 348).

2 native ruler

native ruler, opp. foreign emperor, J. Ap. 2.11.

II owner of a domicile

Astrol., of a planet, owner of a domicile or otherwise predominant, Ptol. Tetr. 97, Porph. ap. Iamb. Myst. 9.5, Heph.Astr. 1.13 [1.39], PSI 3.158.80 (iii A. D.).

In the wild

οἰκοδεσπότου · oikodespotou Epictetus, Discourses 2.20 (DIORISIS sentence 3212)
οἰκοδεσπότης · oikodespotēs Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 4819)
οἰκοδεσπότην · oikodespotēn Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5530)
οἰκοδεσπότης · oikodespotēs New Testament, Luke 12.39 (DIORISIS sentence 690)
οἰκοδεσπότης · oikodespotēs New Testament, Luke 13.23 (DIORISIS sentence 738)
οἰκοδεσπότης · oikodespotēs New Testament, Luke 14.21 (DIORISIS sentence 775)

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