Kurios κύριος

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Kurios
κύριος
Transliterationkurios
Strong's numberG2962 (G2962G, G2962H)
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosslord: God
Occurrences753 in 690 verses
Most frequent inActs (105)

Kurios (Greek κύριος, Strong's G2962) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “lord: God”. It occurs 753 times in 690 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G2962G: lord: God

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), Mat.9:38 20:8, Mrk.12:9 13:35, Luk.19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:28, Luk.6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Mat.10:24, Luk.14:21, Act.16:16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Eph.6:5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), Act.25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1Co.8:5; of a husband, 1Pe.3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Mat.13:27 16:22 27:63, Mrk.7:28, Luk.5:12, Jhn.4:11, Act.9:5, al.
2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT,
(a) of God: ὁ κ., Mat.5:33, Mrk.5:19, Luk.1:6, Act.7:33, Heb.8:2, Jas.4:15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.21:9, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:17, Heb.7:21, 1Pe.1:25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Mat.11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1Ti.6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Mat.4:7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Rev.4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Rom.9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Mat.1:20 2:13, Luk.1:11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.8:39;
(b) of the Christ: Mat.21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.1:43 20:44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Act.10:36, Rom.14:8, 1Co.7:22, Eph.4:5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, Jhn.20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Act.1:21, 1Co.11:23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Eph.1:2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1Ti.1:14, Heb.7:14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1Th.3:11, Heb.13:20, al.; Χριστός, Rom.16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1Co.1:2, 1Th.1:3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom.1:4, Col.2:6, Eph.3:11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2Pe.3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1Co.7:22, 25 Jas.5:4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Rev.19:16; with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Col.3:24, al.
SYN: see: δεσπότης. (AS)

G2962H: lord: master

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), Mat.9:38 20:8, Mrk.12:9 13:35, Luk.19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:28, Luk.6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Mat.10:24, Luk.14:21, Act.16:16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Eph.6:5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), Act.25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1Co.8:5; of a husband, 1Pe.3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Mat.13:27 16:22 27:63, Mrk.7:28, Luk.5:12, Jhn.4:11, Act.9:5, al.
2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT,
(a) of God: ὁ κ., Mat.5:33, Mrk.5:19, Luk.1:6, Act.7:33, Heb.8:2, Jas.4:15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.21:9, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:17, Heb.7:21, 1Pe.1:25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Mat.11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1Ti.6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Mat.4:7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Rev.4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Rom.9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Mat.1:20 2:13, Luk.1:11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.8:39;
(b) of the Christ: Mat.21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.1:43 20:44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Act.10:36, Rom.14:8, 1Co.7:22, Eph.4:5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, Jhn.20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Act.1:21, 1Co.11:23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Eph.1:2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1Ti.1:14, Heb.7:14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1Th.3:11, Heb.13:20, al.; Χριστός, Rom.16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1Co.1:2, 1Th.1:3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom.1:4, Col.2:6, Eph.3:11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2Pe.3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1Co.7:22, 25 Jas.5:4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Rev.19:16; with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Col.3:24, al.
SYN: see: δεσπότης. (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVlord (685), lord's (14), sir (11), masters (9), lord lord (5), master (4), unto (3), lords (3), unto the lord (1), shall (1), owners (1), sirs (1), and 3 other renderings
BSBlord (541), master (42), lord's (18), sir (14), masters (7), owner (6), master's (4), o lord (4), lords (3), owners (2), sirs (1), sovereign (1), and 1 other rendering

Verses

Kurios occurs in 690 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (76): 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 2:13, 2:15, 2:19, 3:3, 4:7, 4:10, 5:33, 6:24, 7:21, 7:22, 8:2, 8:6, 8:8, 8:21, 8:25, 9:28, 9:38, 10:24, 10:25, 11:25, 12:8, 13:27, 13:51, 14:28, 14:30, 15:22, 15:25, 15:27, 16:22, 17:4, 17:15, 18:21, 18:25, 18:26, 18:27, 18:31, 18:32, 18:34, 20:8, 20:30, 20:31, 20:33, 21:3, 21:9, 21:30, 21:40, 21:42, 22:37, 22:43, 22:44, 22:45, 23:39, 24:42, 24:45, 24:46, 24:48, 24:50, 25:11, 25:18, 25:19, 25:20, 25:21, 25:22, 25:23, 25:24, 25:26, 25:37, 25:44, 26:22, 27:10, 27:63, 28:2, 28:6

Mark (18): 1:3, 2:28, 5:19, 7:28, 9:24, 11:3, 11:9, 11:10, 12:9, 12:11, 12:29, 12:30, 12:36, 12:37, 13:20, 13:35, 16:19, 16:20

Luke (100): 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, 1:25, 1:28, 1:32, 1:38, 1:43, 1:45, 1:46, 1:58, 1:66, 1:68, 1:76, 2:9, 2:11, 2:15, 2:22, 2:23, 2:24, 2:26, 2:39, 3:4, 4:8, 4:12, 4:18, 4:19, 5:8, 5:12, 5:17, 6:5, 6:46, 7:6, 7:13, 7:19, 7:31, 9:54, 9:57, 9:59, 9:61, 10:1, 10:2, 10:17, 10:21, 10:27, 10:39, 10:40, 10:41, 11:1, 11:39, 12:36, 12:37, 12:41, 12:42, 12:43, 12:45, 12:46, 12:47, 13:8, 13:15, 13:23, 13:25, 13:35, 14:21, 14:22, 14:23, 16:3, 16:5, 16:8, 16:13, 17:5, 17:6, 17:37, 18:6, 18:41, 19:8, 19:16, 19:18, 19:20, 19:25, 19:31, 19:33, 19:34, 19:38, 20:13, 20:15, 20:37, 20:42, 20:44, 22:31, 22:33, 22:38, 22:49, 22:61, 23:42, 24:3, 24:34

John (50): 1:23, 4:11, 4:15, 4:19, 4:49, 5:7, 6:23, 6:34, 6:68, 8:11, 9:36, 9:38, 11:2, 11:3, 11:12, 11:21, 11:27, 11:32, 11:34, 11:39, 12:13, 12:21, 12:38, 13:6, 13:9, 13:13, 13:14, 13:16, 13:25, 13:36, 13:37, 14:5, 14:8, 14:22, 15:15, 15:20, 20:2, 20:13, 20:15, 20:18, 20:20, 20:25, 20:28, 21:7, 21:12, 21:15, 21:16, 21:17, 21:20, 21:21

Acts (105): 1:6, 1:21, 1:24, 2:20, 2:21, 2:25, 2:34, 2:36, 2:39, 2:47, 3:20, 3:22, 4:26, 4:29, 4:33, 5:9, 5:14, 5:19, 7:30, 7:31, 7:33, 7:37, 7:49, 7:59, 7:60, 8:16, 8:22, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:39, 9:1, 9:5, 9:6, 9:10, 9:11, 9:13, 9:15, 9:17, 9:27, 9:28, 9:31, 9:35, 9:42, 10:4, 10:14, 10:33, 10:36, 10:48, 11:8, 11:16, 11:17, 11:20, 11:21, 11:23, 11:24, 12:7, 12:11, 12:17, 12:23, 13:2, 13:10, 13:11, 13:12, 13:44, 13:47, 13:48, 13:49, 14:3, 14:23, 15:11, 15:17, 15:26, 15:35, 15:36, 15:40, 16:14, 16:15, 16:16, 16:19, 16:30, 16:31, 16:32, 17:24, 18:8, 18:9, 18:25, 19:5, 19:10, 19:13, 19:17, 19:20, 20:19, 20:21, 20:24, 20:35, 21:13, 21:14, 22:8, 22:10, 22:19, 23:11, 25:26, 26:15, 28:31

Romans (39): 1:4, 1:7, 4:8, 4:24, 5:1, 5:11, 5:21, 6:11, 6:23, 7:25, 8:39, 9:28, 9:29, 10:9, 10:12, 10:13, 10:16, 11:3, 11:34, 12:11, 12:19, 13:14, 14:4, 14:6, 14:8, 14:11, 14:14, 15:6, 15:11, 15:30, 16:2, 16:8, 16:11, 16:12, 16:13, 16:18, 16:20, 16:22, 16:24

1 Corinthians (59): 1:2, 1:3, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:31, 2:8, 2:16, 3:5, 3:20, 4:4, 4:5, 4:17, 4:19, 5:4, 5:5, 6:11, 6:13, 6:14, 6:17, 7:10, 7:12, 7:17, 7:22, 7:25, 7:32, 7:34, 7:35, 7:39, 8:5, 8:6, 9:1, 9:2, 9:5, 9:14, 10:21, 10:22, 10:26, 10:28, 11:11, 11:23, 11:26, 11:27, 11:29, 11:32, 12:3, 12:5, 14:21, 14:37, 15:31, 15:47, 15:57, 15:58, 16:7, 16:10, 16:19, 16:22, 16:23

2 Corinthians (28): 1:2, 1:3, 1:14, 2:12, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 4:5, 4:10, 4:14, 5:6, 5:8, 5:11, 6:17, 6:18, 8:5, 8:9, 8:19, 8:21, 10:8, 10:17, 10:18, 11:17, 11:31, 12:1, 12:8, 13:10, 13:13

Galatians (7): 1:3, 1:19, 4:1, 5:10, 6:14, 6:17, 6:18

Ephesians (26): 1:2, 1:3, 1:15, 1:17, 2:21, 3:11, 3:14, 4:1, 4:5, 4:17, 5:8, 5:10, 5:17, 5:19, 5:20, 5:22, 6:1, 6:4, 6:5, 6:7, 6:8, 6:9, 6:10, 6:21, 6:23, 6:24

Philippians (15): 1:2, 1:14, 2:11, 2:19, 2:24, 2:29, 3:1, 3:8, 3:20, 4:1, 4:2, 4:4, 4:5, 4:10, 4:23

Colossians (14): 1:2, 1:3, 1:10, 2:6, 3:13, 3:17, 3:18, 3:20, 3:22, 3:23, 3:24, 4:1, 4:7, 4:17

1 Thessalonians (22): 1:1, 1:3, 1:6, 1:8, 2:15, 2:19, 3:8, 3:11, 3:12, 3:13, 4:1, 4:2, 4:6, 4:15, 4:16, 4:17, 5:2, 5:9, 5:12, 5:23, 5:27, 5:28

2 Thessalonians (20): 1:1, 1:2, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:12, 2:1, 2:2, 2:8, 2:13, 2:14, 2:16, 3:1, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:12, 3:16, 3:18

1 Timothy (8): 1:1, 1:2, 1:12, 1:14, 5:21, 6:3, 6:14, 6:15

2 Timothy (15): 1:2, 1:8, 1:16, 1:18, 2:7, 2:19, 2:22, 2:24, 3:11, 4:1, 4:8, 4:14, 4:17, 4:18, 4:22

Titus (1): 1:4

Philemon (5): 1:3, 1:5, 1:16, 1:20, 1:25

Hebrews (16): 1:10, 2:3, 7:14, 7:21, 8:2, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 10:16, 10:30, 12:5, 12:6, 12:14, 13:6, 13:20

James (14): 1:1, 1:7, 1:12, 2:1, 3:9, 4:10, 4:15, 5:4, 5:7, 5:8, 5:10, 5:11, 5:14, 5:15

1 Peter (7): 1:3, 1:25, 2:3, 2:13, 3:6, 3:12, 3:15

2 Peter (14): 1:2, 1:8, 1:11, 1:14, 1:16, 2:9, 2:11, 2:20, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:15, 3:18

2 John (1): 1:3

Jude (7): 1:4, 1:5, 1:9, 1:14, 1:17, 1:21, 1:25

Revelation (23): 1:8, 4:8, 4:11, 7:14, 11:4, 11:8, 11:15, 11:17, 14:13, 15:3, 15:4, 16:5, 16:7, 17:14, 18:8, 19:1, 19:6, 19:16, 21:22, 22:5, 22:6, 22:20, 22:21

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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