κύριοςkýrios

having power (κῦρος) or authority; as as a noun, ὁ κ., lord, master

Greek (New Testament) · G2962

Meanings

1. in general: with genitive of thing, Matthew 9:38, Matthew 20:8, Mark 12:9, Mark 13:35, Luke 19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Matthew 12:8, Mark 2:28, Luke 6:5; with genitive of person, δούλου, etc., Matthew 10:24, Luke 14:21, Acts 16:16, and elsewhere; absolutely, opposed to οἱ δοῦλοι, Ephesians 6:5, Ephesians 6:9, and elsewhere; of the Emperor, 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, Matthew 16:22, Matthew 27:63, Mark 7:28, Luke 5:12, John 4:11, Acts 9:5, and elsewhere

2. As a divine title; 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, and elsewhere; anarthrous (Bl., § 46, 6), Matthew 21:9, Mark 13:20, Luke 1:17, Hebrews 7:21, 1 Peter 1:25, and elsewhere; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Matthew 11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1 Timothy 6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Matthew 4:7, Matthew 4:10 and elsewhere; id. followed by ὁ παντοκράτωρ, Revelation 4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Romans 9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Matthew 1:20, Matthew 2:13, Luke 1:11, and elsewhere; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luke 4:18, Acts 8:39

(b) of the Christ: Matthew 21:3, Mark 11:3, Luke 1:43, Luke 20:44, and elsewhere; of Jesus after his resurrection, Acts 10:36, Romans 14:8, 1 Corinthians 7:22, Ephesians 4:5, and elsewhere; ὁ κ. μου, John 20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Acts 1:21, 1 Corinthians 11:23, and elsewhere; id. followed by Χριστός, Ephesians 1:2, and elsewhere; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1 Timothy 1:14, Hebrews 7:14, and elsewhere; id. followed by Ἰησοῦς, 1 Thessalonians 3:11, Hebrews 13:20, and elsewhere; Χριστός, Romans 16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1 Corinthians 1:2, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, and elsewhere; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Romans 1:4, Colossians 2:6, Ephesians 3:11, and elsewhere; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2 Peter 3:2; id. followed by Ἰ. Χ., 2 Peter 3:18; anarthrous, 1 Corinthians 7:22, 1 Corinthians 7:25, James 5:4, and elsewhere; κ. κυρίων, Revelation 19:16; with preposition, ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Colossians 3:24, and elsewhere

Synonyms

see δεσπότης.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 710 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
  • Matthew 1:22 All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet:
  • Matthew 1:24 When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.
  • Matthew 2:13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
  • Matthew 2:15 and they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
  • Matthew 2:19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.