Strong G2962G2962Gκύριος
lord: God
One of the 2 senses of Strong G2962
- Transliteration
- kurios
- Pronunciation
- koo'-ree-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From κῦρος kuros (supremacy);
supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title): - God Lord master Sir.
supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title): - God Lord master Sir.
Detailed 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), 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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G2962G appears in 563 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lord555
- s9
- god1
- sake1
First verses
- Matthew 1:20But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
- Matthew 1:22Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 1:24Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
- Matthew 2:13And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 5:33Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
- Matthew 8:2And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
- Matthew 8:6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
- Matthew 8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
- Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Matthew 8:25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
- Matthew 9:28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
- Matthew 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κύριος [ῡ], α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 143, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306b20)]:—Thess. κῦρρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).517.20 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC): (κῦρος) (not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]:
I of persons, having power or authority over, with genitive, Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).53, compare “P.” 2.58; ἐμῶν τε καὶ σῶν κ. πιστωμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 878)]; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee in possession of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1041; κύριοι πολιτείας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.1.1; κ. καταλύσεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.18; - ώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.53 (but ὁ -ώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ)], of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.39 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)))]; τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.34, etc.)]; θανάτου κ. τινός with power of life and death over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120d; κ. περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a24.)]
I.2 κύριός εἰμι with infinitive, I have authority to do, am entitled to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 104 (Lyric poetry))]; οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (probably to be read instead of -ῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1189; κ. ἀπολέσαι, σῶσαι δ᾽ ἄκυροι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.9, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.63, 8.5)]; -ώτεροι δοῦναι better able to give, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.18; οὐ.. κ. οὔτε ἀνελέσθαι πόλεμον οὔτε καταλῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.27; δοῦλοι κ. μαστιγοῦν τοὺς ἐλευθέρους 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 29 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; αἱ ἀρχαὶ κ. κρίνειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b16)]; also κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι having power not to.., [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1113b32)]: with accusative et infinitive, κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429b.)]
I.3 followed by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.4.)]
I.4 with participle, πριαμένους τι ἢ πωλοῦντας κυρίους εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.34; κ. ἦν πράσσων ταῦτα [prev. author] 8.51, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.37.8, 18.37.10; κύριοι ἐόντω συλέοντες “Schwyzer” 337.13 (Delph.).)]
I.5 absolutely, having authority, supreme, τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 965; - ώτερος σέθεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 505)]; ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402a1)]; τὸ κ. the sovereign power in a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1281a11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565a, etc.)]; τὰ κ. the supreme authorities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.259, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365b27; τὰ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 915)]; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a sovereign or principal assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 19, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 43.4, “IG” 12.42.22, +others, 22.493.8, etc.; ἀγορὰ κ. [prev. work]1298.7.)]
II of things, ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.99)]: but usually absolutely, authoritative, decisive, δίκαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.88, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 50b)]; μῦθος -ώτερος of more authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 318 (troch.))]; -ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282b15; αἱ -ώτεραι ἀρχαί [prev. author] “Cael.” 285a26, compare “Metaphorical” 997a12; [ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα [prev. author] “EN” 1143b34)]; -ωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “APo.” 86a23; τάραχος ὁ -ώτατος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.30U.)]; of sovereign remedies, - ωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 230d; - ωτάτη κένωσις 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.299)]; important, principal, κ. δόξαι, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.86 W.; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη τῆς φύσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 9; - ώτερα μέρη τοῦ σώματος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 50)]; τὰ -ώτατα the principal organs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.385)] (but, the most important matters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 16); τὸ -ώτατον τῆς Ἐφέσου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.4: Grammars, κ. τόνος)] principal accent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus “Supp.” 674.32.)]
II.2 opposed to ἄκυρος, valid, νόμος, δόγματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 926d)]; κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν], opposed to ἄκυρον π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.92, compare 39.15; τὰς συνθήκας κυρίας ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.15; ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κ. ἔστω “PEleph.” 1.14 (4th c.BC))]; ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94; so τὰς τῶν ἄλλων δόξας κ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179b.)]
II.3 of times, etc., ordained, appointed, ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.50, compare 93 (_plural_); ἡ κ. τῶν ἡμερέων [prev. author] 1.48, 6.129; κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732; τόδε κ. ἦμαρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 105 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; κ. μήν, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.32)]; ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος (probably) the appointed time, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 766 (Lyric poetry); κ. μένει τέλος [prev. author] “Eu.” 544 (Lyric poetry))]; ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84, cf. Test.[prev. work] 93;)] but αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι], ={κριτικαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 9.)]
II.4 legitimate, lawful, ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 127, compare 327)]; κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες having lawful power, [Refs ([prev. work] 960 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.5 ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness proper, real goodness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1144b4; [φλοιὸς] ὁ κ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.1)]; Rhet. and Grammars, κ. ὄνομα the real or actual, hence current, ordinary, name of a thing, opposed to μεταφορά, γλῶττα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b6, 1410b12, “Po.” 1457b3, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 21, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 10.13, etc.)]; σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος for lack of a current term, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 24)]; -ώτατα ὀνόματα most ordinary terms, [Refs ([prev. work] 3 (hence also κ. ὄνομα)]proper, personal name, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.46.10, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 10.11, +others, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.5.8)]; ὄνομα alone in this sense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213))]; κ. [λέξεις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.181 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον, opposed to καταχρωμένη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]1.59 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III adverb κυρίως, see entry
B substantive κύριος, ὁ, lord, master, τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 658, compare 689, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 734, etc.)]; ὁ κ. alone, head of a family, master of a house (compare [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 965), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269b10; τοὺς κ. τῶν οἰκιῶν “PTeb.” 5.147 (2nd c.BC))]; also, guardian of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.32, “PGrenf.” 2.15 i 13 (2nd c.BC))], etc.: generally, guardian, trustee, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.15, 46.19, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 89, etc.)]
B.b later κύριε, as a form of respectful address, sir, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.John.12.21, 20.15, NT.Act.16.30 (_plural_), “PFay.” 106.15 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
B.2 feminine κυρία, ἡ, mistress, lady of the house, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 223, LXX.Isa.24.2, etc.; κ. τῆς οἰκίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 403)]: in vocative, madam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.44)]; applied to women from fourteen years upwards, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 40)]. (In later Gr. frequently written κύρα, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 1.61.4 (6th c.AD), etc.))]
B.2.b epithet of Ἶσις, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 180 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), etc.)]
B.3 of gods, especially in the East, Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 284.6 (1st c.BC))]; Κρόνος κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4521 (Abila, 1st c.AD))]; Ζεὺς κ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 2.830 (Damascus, 3rd c.AD))]; κ. Σάραπις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 110.2 (2nd c.AD); ἡ κ. Ἄρτεμις “IG” 4.1124 (Tibur, 2nd c.AD))]; of deified rulers, τοῦ κ. βασιλέος θεοῦ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 86.8 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι, of Ptolemy XIV and [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Cleopatra, “Berl.Sitzb.” 1902.1096: hence, of rulers in general, βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης κ. “OGI” 415 (Judaea, 1st c.BC))]; of Roman Emperors, [Refs (“BGU” 1200.11 (from Augustus), “POxy.” 37 i 6 (from Claudius), etc.)]
B.4 ὁ Κύριος, = Hebrew [LXX (“Yahweh”, LXX.Gen.11.5, +others)]; of Christ, [NT (NT.1Cor.12.3, etc.)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 143, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1306b20)]:—Thess. κῦρρος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“IG” 9(2).517.20 (Larissa, 3rd c.BC): (κῦρος) (not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus))]:
I of persons, having power or authority over, with genitive, Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).53, compare “P.” 2.58; ἐμῶν τε καὶ σῶν κ. πιστωμάτων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 878)]; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee in possession of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1041; κύριοι πολιτείας 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 3.1.1; κ. καταλύσεως 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.20; εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.2.18; - ώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.53 (but ὁ -ώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ)], of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 90.39 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC)))]; τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929d, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.34, etc.)]; θανάτου κ. τινός with power of life and death over, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120d; κ. περί τινος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1286a24.)]
I.2 κύριός εἰμι with infinitive, I have authority to do, am entitled to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 104 (Lyric poetry))]; οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (probably to be read instead of -ῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1189; κ. ἀπολέσαι, σῶσαι δ᾽ ἄκυροι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.9, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.63, 8.5)]; -ώτεροι δοῦναι better able to give, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.18; οὐ.. κ. οὔτε ἀνελέσθαι πόλεμον οὔτε καταλῦσαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.27; δοῦλοι κ. μαστιγοῦν τοὺς ἐλευθέρους 4th c.BC: Ephorus Historicus 29 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus; αἱ ἀρχαὶ κ. κρίνειν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287b16)]; also κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι having power not to.., [Refs ([prev. author] “EN” 1113b32)]: with accusative et infinitive, κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 429b.)]
I.3 followed by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.4.)]
I.4 with participle, πριαμένους τι ἢ πωλοῦντας κυρίους εἶναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.34; κ. ἦν πράσσων ταῦτα [prev. author] 8.51, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.37.8, 18.37.10; κύριοι ἐόντω συλέοντες “Schwyzer” 337.13 (Delph.).)]
I.5 absolutely, having authority, supreme, τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 965; - ώτερος σέθεν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 505)]; ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1402a1)]; τὸ κ. the sovereign power in a state, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pol.” 1281a11, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 565a, etc.)]; τὰ κ. the supreme authorities, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.259, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1365b27; τὰ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς κ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 915)]; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a sovereign or principal assembly, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 19, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 43.4, “IG” 12.42.22, +others, 22.493.8, etc.; ἀγορὰ κ. [prev. work]1298.7.)]
II of things, ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ] [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.99)]: but usually absolutely, authoritative, decisive, δίκαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heracl.” [same place], 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.88, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 50b)]; μῦθος -ώτερος of more authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 318 (troch.))]; -ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1282b15; αἱ -ώτεραι ἀρχαί [prev. author] “Cael.” 285a26, compare “Metaphorical” 997a12; [ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα [prev. author] “EN” 1143b34)]; -ωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις] [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “APo.” 86a23; τάραχος ὁ -ώτατος 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.30U.)]; of sovereign remedies, - ωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 230d; - ωτάτη κένωσις 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.299)]; important, principal, κ. δόξαι, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.86 W.; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη τῆς φύσεως 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 9; - ώτερα μέρη τοῦ σώματος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 50)]; τὰ -ώτατα the principal organs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.385)] (but, the most important matters, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 16); τὸ -ώτατον τῆς Ἐφέσου 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.22.4: Grammars, κ. τόνος)] principal accent, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus “Supp.” 674.32.)]
II.2 opposed to ἄκυρος, valid, νόμος, δόγματα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.1, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 926d)]; κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν], opposed to ἄκυρον π., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.92, compare 39.15; τὰς συνθήκας κυρίας ποιεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 18.15; ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κ. ἔστω “PEleph.” 1.14 (4th c.BC))]; ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ. Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.94; so τὰς τῶν ἄλλων δόξας κ. ποιεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 179b.)]
II.3 of times, etc., ordained, appointed, ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.50, compare 93 (_plural_); ἡ κ. τῶν ἡμερέων [prev. author] 1.48, 6.129; κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 732; τόδε κ. ἦμαρ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 105 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; κ. μήν, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.32)]; ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος (probably) the appointed time, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 766 (Lyric poetry); κ. μένει τέλος [prev. author] “Eu.” 544 (Lyric poetry))]; ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.84, cf. Test.[prev. work] 93;)] but αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι], ={κριτικαί}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παθῶν” 9.)]
II.4 legitimate, lawful, ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 127, compare 327)]; κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες having lawful power, [Refs ([prev. work] 960 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.5 ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness proper, real goodness, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1144b4; [φλοιὸς] ὁ κ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.15.1)]; Rhet. and Grammars, κ. ὄνομα the real or actual, hence current, ordinary, name of a thing, opposed to μεταφορά, γλῶττα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404b6, 1410b12, “Po.” 1457b3, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 21, 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 10.13, etc.)]; σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος for lack of a current term, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 24)]; -ώτατα ὀνόματα most ordinary terms, [Refs ([prev. work] 3 (hence also κ. ὄνομα)]proper, personal name, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.46.10, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 10.11, +others, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.5.8)]; ὄνομα alone in this sense, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213))]; κ. [λέξεις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.181 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]; κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον, opposed to καταχρωμένη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work]1.59 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
III adverb κυρίως, see entry
B substantive κύριος, ὁ, lord, master, τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 658, compare 689, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 734, etc.)]; ὁ κ. alone, head of a family, master of a house (compare [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 965), 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.7, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 6, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1269b10; τοὺς κ. τῶν οἰκιῶν “PTeb.” 5.147 (2nd c.BC))]; also, guardian of a woman, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 6.32, “PGrenf.” 2.15 i 13 (2nd c.BC))], etc.: generally, guardian, trustee, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 2.10, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 43.15, 46.19, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 89, etc.)]
B.b later κύριε, as a form of respectful address, sir, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.John.12.21, 20.15, NT.Act.16.30 (_plural_), “PFay.” 106.15 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
B.2 feminine κυρία, ἡ, mistress, lady of the house, [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 223, LXX.Isa.24.2, etc.; κ. τῆς οἰκίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 403)]: in vocative, madam, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 48.44)]; applied to women from fourteen years upwards, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 40)]. (In later Gr. frequently written κύρα, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PGrenf.” 1.61.4 (6th c.AD), etc.))]
B.2.b epithet of Ἶσις, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 180 (Egypt, 1st c.BC), etc.)]
B.3 of gods, especially in the East, Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 284.6 (1st c.BC))]; Κρόνος κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 4521 (Abila, 1st c.AD))]; Ζεὺς κ. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“Supp.epigram” 2.830 (Damascus, 3rd c.AD))]; κ. Σάραπις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 110.2 (2nd c.AD); ἡ κ. Ἄρτεμις “IG” 4.1124 (Tibur, 2nd c.AD))]; of deified rulers, τοῦ κ. βασιλέος θεοῦ [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 86.8 (Egypt, 1st c.BC))]; οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι, of Ptolemy XIV and [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Cleopatra, “Berl.Sitzb.” 1902.1096: hence, of rulers in general, βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης κ. “OGI” 415 (Judaea, 1st c.BC))]; of Roman Emperors, [Refs (“BGU” 1200.11 (from Augustus), “POxy.” 37 i 6 (from Claudius), etc.)]
B.4 ὁ Κύριος, = Hebrew [LXX (“Yahweh”, LXX.Gen.11.5, +others)]; of Christ, [NT (NT.1Cor.12.3, etc.)]