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
- Acts 21:13Κυρίου · LordThen Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
- Acts 21:14Κυρίου · Lord’sWhen he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
- Acts 22:8Κύριε · Lord‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
- Acts 22:10 (2×)Κύριε · Lord; Κύριος · [He]Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
- Acts 22:19Κύριε · Lord‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.
- Acts 23:11Κύριος · LordThe following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Acts 25:26κυρίῳ · [our] sovereignI have nothing definite to write to our sovereign about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
- Acts 26:15 (2×)Κύριε · Lord; Κύριος · Lord‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
- Acts 28:31Κυρίου · LordBoldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 1:4Κυρίου · Lord…and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 1:7Κυρίου · [the] LordTo all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 4:8Κύριος · [the] LordBlessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
- Romans 4:24Κύριον · Lord…but also for us, to whom righteousness will be credited—for us who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
- Romans 5:1Κυρίου · LordTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 5:11Κυρίου · LordNot only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
- Romans 5:21Κυρίου · Lord…so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Romans 6:23Κυρίῳ · LordFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 7:25Κυρίου · LordThanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:39Κυρίῳ · Lord…neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 9:28Κύριος · [the] LordFor the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
- Romans 9:29Κύριος · [the] LordIt is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”
- Romans 10:9Κύριον · [is] Lord…that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- Romans 10:12Κύριος · LordFor there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Romans 10:13Κυρίου · of [the] Lord…for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:16Κύριε · LordBut not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Romans 11:3Κύριε · Lord“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
- Romans 11:34Κυρίου · of [the] Lord“Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Romans 12:11Κυρίῳ · LordDo not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
- Romans 12:19Κύριος · [the] LordDo not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Romans 13:14Κύριον · LordInstead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Romans 14:4 (2×)κυρίῳ · master; Κύριος · LordWho are you to judge someone else’s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.
- Romans 14:6 (3×)Κυρίῳ · to [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · to [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · to [the] LordHe who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- Romans 14:8 (3×)Κυρίῳ · Lord; Κυρίῳ · Lord; Κυρίου · LordIf we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
- Romans 14:11Κύριος · [the] LordIt is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
- Romans 14:14Κυρίῳ · [the] LordI am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- Romans 15:6Κυρίου · Lord…so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:11Κύριον · LordAnd again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
- Romans 15:30Κυρίου · LordNow I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.
- Romans 16:2Κυρίῳ · [the] LordWelcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
- Romans 16:8Κυρίῳ · [the] LordGreet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
- Romans 16:11Κυρίῳ · [the] LordGreet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
- Romans 16:12 (2×)Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · [the] LordGreet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.