MASTER (rnas'ter). The rendering in the A. V. of several Hebrew and Greek words: 1. Bak'al (Hcb. ,L"±, owner), master in the prevalent sense, e. g., "the master of the house" (Exod. xxii:8; Judg. xix:23).
2. Aw-a'otre' (Heb. .171; Gr. Kbptos, koo'ree-os), properly lord, and usually so rendered.
3. Oor (Heb. 111.', to wake), only so rendered in Mal. ii:12, "the master and the scholar:" marg. "him that waketh and Lim that answereth." 4. Rob (Heb. abundant, and so great), great or chief (Dan. i:3)..
5. Sar (Heb. -17, a head person), used only with reference to CHENANIAII, "the master of the song" Chron. xv:27); Greek (irtarirns, ep-is-tat'ace, Luke v:5; viii:24, 45; xvii:13). (See CHENANIAH.) 6. "Master" is the translation of the Gr. xyflep virns, koo-ber-nay'tace (Acts xxvii:II), a sailing master; rendered "shipmaster" in Rev. xviii:17.
7. Diti-as'kal-os (Gr. ataicrKaXor, "master"), in the sense of instructor, was often used of Christ, both by his disciples and others.
8. Oy-kod-es-Pot'ace (Gr. olKoacarbrns, "master of the house"), the head of the family (Matt. x:25; Luke xiii:25; xiv:21).
9. Efi-is-tat'ace (Gr. hi-arr.:41-ns, appointed over), is used of any kind of overseer or superintendent. It is termed RABBI by the disciples when address ing Jesus (Luke v:5; viii:24, 25; ix:33, 49; xvii:13). (See RABBI.) 10. Kath-ayg-ay-tace' (Gr. xat3imiris, "one is your master," Matt. xxiii:8, to). Here "master" is used of a leader in the scholastic sense, i. e., a teacher. (Barnes' Bib. Diet.; Strong's Concord ance.) 11. Des-Pot'ace (Gr. ourrbrns), a despot or sov ereign master (t Tim. Vi:I, 2; Titus ii:o; I Peter ii:I8).
12. Koo'ree-os (Gr. KtIpios, Master, Lord, and Sir). No man can serve two masters (Matt. vi:24;
Mark xiii :35; Acts xvi :16 ; Rom. xiv :4).
Master, then, in general, is one who rules or teaches. It is a title applied (1) to Jesus Christ, who is our great lawgiver and teacher, and who alone can inwardly and powerfully instruct our soul, and in matters of faith and worship is only to be followed ( Matt. xxiii :8, to) ; ( 2) to preachers and ministers, who, to assembled congregations. declare and explain the oracles of God (Eccl. xii ) ; (3) to such as more privately teach scholars or disciples (Luke vi :40) : (4) to such as have and rule over servants (Eph. vi :5) ; (5) to such as proudly affect vain applause and a superiority above others (Matt. xxiii :1o) ; to such as judge, condemn, censure, and reprove others (James iii :t).
Master in a Christian point of view has duties which relate (1) To the civil concerns of the fam ily. To arrange the several businesses required of servants; to give particular instructions for what is to be done, and how it is to be done: to take care that no more is required of serv ants than they are equal to; to be gentle in our deportment towards them ; to reprove them when they do wrong, to cotnmend them when they do right ; to make them an adequate recompense for their services. as to protection, maintenance, wages, and character. (2) To the morals of servants. Nlasters must look well to their serv ants' characters before they hire them; instruct them in the principles and confirm them in the habits of virtue; watch over their morals, and set them good examples.