Strong G2962G2962Hκύριος
lord: master
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 G2962H appears in 74 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lord51
- sir11
- master10
- lords1
- masters1
- owner1
- sirs1
First verses
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 10:24The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
- Matthew 10:25It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- Matthew 12:8For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
- Matthew 13:27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Matthew 15:27And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
- Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- Matthew 18:27Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
- Matthew 18:32Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
- Matthew 18:34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
- Matthew 20:8So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
- Matthew 21:30And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
- Matthew 21:40When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
- Matthew 24:45Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
- Matthew 24:46Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
- Matthew 24:48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
- Matthew 24:50The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
- Matthew 25:11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
- Matthew 25:18But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
- Matthew 25:19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
Occurrences by book
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.)]