Householder

"a master of a house" (oikos, "a house," despotes, "a master"), is rendered "master of the house" in Mat 10:25, Luk 13:25, Luk 14:21, where the context shows that the authority of the "householder" is stressed; in Mat 24:43, Luk 12:39, the RV "master of the house" (AV, "goodman of the house," does not give the exact meaning); "householder" is the rendering in both versions in Mat 13:27, Mat 13:52, Mat 20:1, Mat 21:33; so the RV in Mat 20:11 (for AV, "goodman of the house"); both have "goodman of the house" in Mar 14:14; in Luk 22:11, "goodman." See GOODMAN.

corresponding to A, "to rule a house," is used in 1Ti 5:14, RV, "rule the household" (AV, "guide the house").