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Lord

κύριοςStrong’s G2962

kurios

Appears in 686 verses of the New Testament

In short

Kurios is the Greek word usually translated “lord”, “master” and “sir”. It appears in 686 verses of the New Testament.

“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:”
2 Thessalonians 1:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “lord”, “master” and “sir”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • lord 583
  • of lord 63
  • master 46
  • sir 14
  • masters 10
  • the lord 7
  • to lord 6
  • of the lord 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 103
  • Luke 100
  • Matthew 76
  • 1 Corinthians 59
  • John 50
  • Romans 39

25 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

κύριος kurios · lord

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., Ma …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lord” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LORD, noun

  1. A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor.
  2. A tyrant; an oppressive ruler.
  3. A husband.“My lord also being old” Genesis 18:12
  4. A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as the lord of the manor.
All definitions and other forms of “lord”
  1. A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons.
  2. An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
  3. In scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. Psalms 110:1Colossians 3:162 Thessalonians 3:1Genesis 40:12 Samuel 19:7Daniel 4:19Genesis 18:11 Kings 18:12 Kings 2:11 Corinthians 2:8Revelation 19:1

LORD, verb transitive

To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord

    LORD, verb intransitive

    To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.