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. Romans 16:13Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
  2. Romans 16:18Κυρίῳ · Lord
    For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
  3. Romans 16:20Κυρίου · Lord
    The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
  4. Romans 16:22Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:2Κυρίου · Lord
    To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:3Κυρίου · [the] Lord
    Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:7Κυρίου · Lord
    Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  8. 1 Corinthians 1:8Κυρίου · Lord
    He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  9. 1 Corinthians 1:9Κυρίου · Lord
    God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
  10. 1 Corinthians 1:10Κυρίου · Lord
    I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
  11. 1 Corinthians 1:31Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
  12. 1 Corinthians 2:8Κύριον · Lord
    None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  13. 1 Corinthians 2:16Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    “For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.
  14. 1 Corinthians 3:5Κύριος · Lord
    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.
  15. 1 Corinthians 3:20Κύριος · [The] Lord
    And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”
  16. 1 Corinthians 4:4Κύριός · [the] Lord
    My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:5Κύριος · Lord
    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  18. 1 Corinthians 4:17Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
  19. 1 Corinthians 4:19Κύριος · Lord
    But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will find out not only what these arrogant people are saying, but what power they have.
  20. 1 Corinthians 5:4 (2×)Κυρίου · Lord; Κυρίου · Lord
    When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,
  21. 1 Corinthians 5:5Κυρίου · Lord
    …hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.
  22. 1 Corinthians 6:11Κυρίου · Lord
    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  23. 1 Corinthians 6:13 (2×)Κυρίῳ · Lord; Κύριος · Lord
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  24. 1 Corinthians 6:14Κύριον · Lord {from the dead}
    By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  25. 1 Corinthians 6:17Κυρίῳ · Lord
    But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
  26. 1 Corinthians 7:10Κύριος · Lord)
    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
  27. 1 Corinthians 7:12Κύριος · Lord)
    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  28. 1 Corinthians 7:17Κύριος · Lord
    Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
  29. 1 Corinthians 7:22 (2×)Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord; Κυρίου · [the] Lord’s
    For he who was a slave when he was called by the Lord is the Lord’s freedman. Conversely, he who was a free man when he was called is Christ’s slave.
  30. 1 Corinthians 7:25 (2×)Κυρίου · from [the] Lord; Κυρίου · [the] Lord’s
    Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
  31. 1 Corinthians 7:32 (2×)Κυρίου · Lord; Κυρίῳ · Lord
    I want you to be free from concern. The unmarried man is concerned about the work of the Lord, how he can please the Lord.
  32. 1 Corinthians 7:34Κυρίου · Lord
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  33. 1 Corinthians 7:35Κυρίῳ · Lord
    I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
  34. 1 Corinthians 7:39Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.
  35. 1 Corinthians 8:5κύριοι · lords
    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
  36. 1 Corinthians 8:6Κύριος · Lord
    …yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
  37. 1 Corinthians 9:1 (2×)Κύριον · Lord; Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
  38. 1 Corinthians 9:2Κυρίῳ · [the] Lord
    Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
  39. 1 Corinthians 9:5Κυρίου · Lord’s
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  40. 1 Corinthians 9:14Κύριος · Lord
    In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
  41. 1 Corinthians 10:21 (2×)Κυρίου · of [the] Lord; Κυρίου · of [the] Lord
    You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
  42. 1 Corinthians 10:22Κύριον · Lord {to jealousy}
    Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
  43. 1 Corinthians 10:26Κυρίου · Lord’s
    …for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”