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κύριος

kurioslord: God
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine716 occurrences23 books659 verses
This word comes from the name of LORD.

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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

716 total
  1. Acts 10:36Κύριος · Lord
    He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  2. Acts 11:8Κύριε · Lord
    ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
  3. Acts 11:16Κυρίου · Lord
    Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
  4. Acts 11:17Κύριον · Lord
    So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
  5. Acts 11:20Κύριον · Lord
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  6. Acts 11:21 (2×)Κυρίου · of [the] Lord; Κύριον · Lord
    The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.
  7. Acts 11:23Κυρίῳ · Lord
    When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.
  8. Acts 11:24Κυρίῳ · Lord
    Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.
  9. Acts 12:7Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
  10. Acts 12:11Κύριος · Lord
    Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
  11. Acts 12:17Κύριος · Lord
    Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
  12. Acts 12:23Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
  13. Acts 13:2Κυρίῳ · Lord
    While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
  14. Acts 13:10Κυρίου · Lord
    …and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
  15. Acts 13:11Κυρίου · of the Lord
    Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
  16. Acts 13:12Κυρίου · Lord
    When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
  17. Acts 13:44κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
  18. Acts 13:47Κύριος · Lord
    For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
  19. Acts 13:48Κυρίου · Lord
    When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
  20. Acts 13:49Κυρίου · Lord
    And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
  21. Acts 14:3Κυρίῳ · Lord
    So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who affirmed the message of His grace by enabling them to perform signs and wonders.
  22. Acts 14:23Κυρίῳ · Lord
    Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
  23. Acts 15:11Κυρίου · [the] Lord
    On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”
  24. Acts 15:17 (2×)Κύριον · Lord; Κύριος · [the] Lord
    …so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
  25. Acts 15:26Κυρίου · Lord
    …men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  26. Acts 15:35Κυρίου · Lord
    But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.
  27. Acts 15:36Κυρίου · Lord
    Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us go back and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
  28. Acts 15:40Κυρίου · Lord
    …but Paul chose Silas and left, commended by the brothers to the grace of the Lord.
  29. Acts 16:14Κύριος · Lord
    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  30. Acts 16:15Κυρίῳ · Lord
    And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
  31. Acts 16:16κυρίοις · masters
    One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
  32. Acts 16:19κύριοι · owners
    When the girl’s owners saw that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the marketplace.
  33. Acts 16:30Κύριοι · Sirs
    Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
  34. Acts 16:31Κύριον · Lord
    They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”
  35. Acts 16:32κυρίου · Lord
    Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
  36. Acts 17:24Κύριος · [the] Lord
    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  37. Acts 18:8Κυρίῳ · Lord
    Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his whole household believed in the Lord. And many of the Corinthians who heard the message believed and were baptized.
  38. Acts 18:9Κύριος · Lord
    One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
  39. Acts 18:25Κυρίου · Lord
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  40. Acts 19:5Κυρίου · Lord
    On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
  41. Acts 19:10Κυρίου · Lord
    This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
  42. Acts 19:13Κυρίου · Lord
    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
  43. Acts 19:17Κυρίου · Lord
    This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
  44. Acts 19:20Κυρίου · Lord
    So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
  45. Acts 20:19Κυρίῳ · Lord
    I served the Lord with great humility and with tears, especially in the trials that came upon me through the plots of the Jews.
  46. Acts 20:21Κύριον · Lord
    …testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  47. Acts 20:24Κυρίου · Lord
    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.
  48. Acts 20:35Κυρίου · Lord
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”