δεσπόζω
be master, rule over
Where this word appears
Every passage where δεσπόζω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 6 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 δεσπόζω Your, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the might: for you are Lord of all things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before your face every king and nation is troubled.
- Psalms 21:29 δεσπόζω All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: all that go down to the earth shall fall down before him: my soul also lives to him.
- Psalms 58:14 δεσπόζω They shall return at evening, and be hungry as a dog, and go round about the city.
- Psalms 65:7 δεσπόζω who by his power is Lord over the age, his eyes look upon the nations; let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. Pause.
- Psalms 88:10 δεσπόζω You have brought down the proud as one that is slain; and with the arm of your power you have scattered your enemies.
- Psalms 102:19 δεσπόζω The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all.
About this word
About this word
δεσπόζω (despózō), “be master, rule over,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 6 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →
