Definition
κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον),
[in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for בַּעַל ,אָדוֹן, etc. ;]
having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst., ὁ κ., lord, master;
1. in general: with genitive of thing(s), Matthew 9:38; 20:8, Mark 12:9; 13:35, Luke 19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Matthew 10:24, Luke 14:21, Acts 16:16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Ephesians 6:5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), Acts 25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1 Corinthians 8:5; of a husband, 1 Peter 3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Matthew 13:27; 16:22; 27:63, Mark 7:28, Luke 5:12, John 4:11, Acts 9:5, al.
2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT,
(a) of God: ὁ κ., Matthew 5:33, Mark 5:19, Luke 1:6, Acts 7:33, Hebrews 8:2, James 4:15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Matthew 21:9, Mark 13:20, Luke 1:17, Hebrews 7:21, 1 Peter 1:25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Matthew 11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1 Timothy 6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Matthew 4:7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Revelation 4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Romans 9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Matthew 1:20; 2:13, Luke 1:11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luke 4:18, Acts 8:39;
(b) of the Christ: Matthew 21:3, Mark 11:3, Luke 1:43; 20:44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Acts 10:36, Romans 14:8, 1 Corinthians 7:22, Ephesians 4:5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, John 20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Acts 1:21, 1 Corinthians 11:23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Ephesians 1:2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1 Timothy 1:14, Hebrews 7:14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, Hebrews 13:20, al.; Χριστός, Romans 16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Romans 1:4, Colossians 2:6, Ephesians 3:11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2 Peter 3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1 Corinthians 7:22, 25, James 5:4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Revelation 19:16; with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Colossians 3:24, al.
SYN: see: δεσπότης.
Glossary entries
Lord Righteousness Eli, Eli, Lema Sabachthani? Eli Abba Most High
Where it occurs
Occurrences
- Colossians 3:17Κυρίου · of [the] LordAnd whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Colossians 3:18Κυρίῳ · [the] LordWives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- Colossians 3:20Κυρίῳ · [the] LordChildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord.
- Colossians 3:22 (2×)κυρίοις · masters; Κύριον · LordSlaves, obey your earthly masters in everything, not only to please them while they are watching, but with sincerity of heart and fear of the Lord.
- Colossians 3:23Κυρίῳ · LordWhatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
- Colossians 3:24 (2×)Κυρίου · [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · Lord…because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
- Colossians 4:1 (2×)κύριοι · Masters; Κύριον · a MasterMasters, supply your slaves with what is right and fair, since you know that you also have a Master in heaven.
- Colossians 4:7Κυρίῳ · [the] LordTychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a beloved brother, a faithful minister, and a fellow servant in the Lord.
- Colossians 4:17Κυρίῳ · [the] LordTell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1Κυρίῳ · [the] LordPaul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3Κυρίου · Lord…and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:6Κυρίου · LordAnd you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8Κυρίου · LordFor not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15Κύριον · Lord…who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
- 1 Thessalonians 2:19Κυρίου · LordAfter all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
- 1 Thessalonians 3:8Κυρίῳ · [the] LordFor now we can go on living, as long as you are standing firm in the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11Κύριος · LordNow may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12Κύριος · LordAnd may the Lord cause you to increase and overflow with love for one another and for everyone else, just as our love for you overflows,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13Κυρίου · Lord…so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1Κυρίῳ · [the] LordFinally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live, so you should do so all the more.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:2Κυρίου · LordFor you know the instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6Κύριος · [the] Lord…and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15 (2×)Κυρίου · of [the] Lord; Κυρίου · LordBy the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16Κύριος · LordFor the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:17 (2×)Κυρίου · Lord; Κυρίῳ · [the] LordAfter that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2Κυρίου · of [the] LordFor you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9Κυρίου · LordFor God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:12Κυρίῳ · [the] LordBut we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:23Κυρίου · LordNow may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your entire spirit, soul, and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27Κύριον · LordI charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:28Κυρίου · LordThe grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1Κυρίῳ · the LordPaul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:2Κυρίου · the LordGrace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7Κυρίου · Lord…and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8Κυρίου · Lord…in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9Κυρίου · LordThey will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:12 (2×)Κυρίου · Lord; Κυρίου · of [the] Lord…so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:1Κυρίου · LordNow concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to Him, we ask you, brothers,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:2Κυρίου · Lord…not to be easily disconcerted or alarmed by any spirit or message or letter seeming to be from us, alleging that the Day of the Lord has already come.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8Κύριος · LordAnd then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13Κυρίου · [the] LordBut we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:14Κυρίου · LordTo this He called you through our gospel, so that you may share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16Κύριος · LordNow may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
- 2 Thessalonians 3:1Κυρίου · LordFinally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.