Sir
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors
sur: In the Old Testament this word in Ge 43:20 the King James Version ('adhon) is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "my lord." In the New Testament the word sometimes represents aner, as in Ac 7:26; 14:15; 19:25, etc.; more frequently kurios, "lord," as in Mt 13:27; 21:30; 27:36; Joh 4:11,15,19,49 (the Revised Version margin "lord"); Joh 20:15. In Re 7:14, the Revised Version (British and American) renders "my lord."
In other dictionaries
Read “Lord” in the 8 dictionaries- LordEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- MasterEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- SirEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- Lord; the LordInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- MasterInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- LordSmith’s Bible Dictionary
- lord, Lord, master, sirTranslation Words
Source of the article
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915