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 21:13Κυρίου · Lord
    Then 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.”
  2. Acts 21:14Κυρίου · Lord’s
    When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
  3. Acts 22:8Κύριε · Lord
    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.
  4. 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.’
  5. 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.
  6. Acts 23:11Κύριος · Lord
    The 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.”
  7. Acts 25:26κυρίῳ · [our] sovereign
    I 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.
  8. Acts 26:15 (2×)Κύριε · Lord; Κύριος · Lord
    ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.
  9. Acts 28:31Κυρίου · Lord
    Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
  10. 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.
  11. Romans 1:7Κυρίου · [the] Lord
    To 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.
  12. Romans 4:8Κύριος · [the] Lord
    Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
  13. 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.
  14. Romans 5:1Κυρίου · Lord
    Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
  15. Romans 5:11Κυρίου · Lord
    Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  16. 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.
  17. Romans 6:23Κυρίῳ · Lord
    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  18. Romans 7:25Κυρίου · Lord
    Thanks 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.
  19. 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.
  20. Romans 9:28Κύριος · [the] Lord
    For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
  21. Romans 9:29Κύριος · [the] Lord
    It 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.”
  22. 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.
  23. Romans 10:12Κύριος · Lord
    For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
  24. Romans 10:13Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    …for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
  25. Romans 10:16Κύριε · Lord
    But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
  26. 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”?
  27. Romans 11:34Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
  28. Romans 12:11Κυρίῳ · Lord
    Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
  29. Romans 12:19Κύριος · [the] Lord
    Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
  30. Romans 13:14Κύριον · Lord
    Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
  31. Romans 14:4 (2×)κυρίῳ · master; Κύριος · Lord
    Who 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.
  32. Romans 14:6 (3×)Κυρίῳ · to [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · to [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · to [the] Lord
    He 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.
  33. Romans 14:8 (3×)Κυρίῳ · Lord; Κυρίῳ · Lord; Κυρίου · Lord
    If 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.
  34. Romans 14:11Κύριος · [the] Lord
    It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
  35. Romans 14:14Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    I 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.
  36. Romans 15:6Κυρίου · Lord
    …so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  37. Romans 15:11Κύριον · Lord
    And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.”
  38. Romans 15:30Κυρίου · Lord
    Now 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.
  39. Romans 16:2Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Welcome 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.
  40. Romans 16:8Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord.
  41. Romans 16:11Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Greet Herodion, my fellow countryman. Greet those from the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.
  42. Romans 16:12 (2×)Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord; Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.