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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)
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κύριος [υ], α, ον, also ος, ον A. Supp. 732, E. Heracl. 143, Arist. Pol. 1306b20:—Thess. κῦρρος IG 9(2).517.20 (Larissa, iii B.C.): (κῦρος) (not in Hom. ):
I of persons, having power or authority over, c. gen., Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. Pi. I. 5(4).53, cf. P. 2.58; ἐμῶν τε καὶ σῶν κ. πιστωμάτων A. Ag. 878; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee in possession of.., S. OC 1041; κύριοι πολιτείας Antipho 3.1.1; κ. καταλύσεως Th. 4.20; εἰρήνης καὶ πολέμου X. HG 2.2.18; – ώτατοι τοῦ ἱεροῦ Th. 5.53 (but ὁ -ώτατος θεὸς τοῦ ἱεροῦ, of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, OGI 90.39 (Rosetta, ii B.C.)); τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. Pl. Lg. 929d, cf. Isoc. 19.34, etc.; θανάτου κ. τινός with power of life and death over, Pl. Criti. 120d; κ. περί τινος Arist. Pol. 1286a24.
2 κύριός εἰμι c. inf., I have authority to do, am entitled to do, A. Ag. 104 (lyr.); οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (prob. for –ῶν) E. Supp. 1189; κ. ἀπολέσαι, σῶσαι δ’ ἄκυροι And. 4.9, cf. Th. 5.63, 8.5; –ώτεροι δοῦναι better able to give, Id. 4.18; οὐ.. κ. οὔτε ἀνελέσθαι πόλεμον οὔτε καταλῦσαι X. An. 5.7.27; δοῦλοι κ. μαστιγοῦν τοὺς ἐλευθέρους Ephor. 29 J.; αἱ ἀρχαὶ κ. κρίνειν Arist. Pol. 1287b16; also κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι having power not to.., Id. EN 1113b32: c. acc. et inf., κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν Pl. R. 429b.
3 folld. by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι Is. 6.4.
4 c. part., πριαμένους τι ἢ πωλοῦντας κυρίους εἶναι Th. 5.34; κ. ἦν πράσσων ταῦτα Id. 8.51, cf. Plb. 6.37.8, 18.37.10; κύριοι ἐόντω συλέοντες Schwyzer 337.13 (Delph.).
5 abs., having authority, supreme, τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένεις; A. Supp. 965; – ώτερος σέθεν E. Ba. 505; ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι] Arist. Rh. 1402a1; τὸ κ. the sovereign power in a state, Id. Pol. 1281a11, cf. Pl. R. 565a, etc.; τὰ κ. the supreme authorities, D. 19.259, Arist. Rh. 1365b27; τὰ τῆσδε τῆς γῆς κ. S. OC 915; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a sovereign or principal assembly, Ar. Ach. 19, Arist. Ath. 43.4, IG 12.42.22, al., 22.493.8, etc.; ἀγορὰ κ. ib. 1298.7.
II of things, ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99: but usu. abs., authoritative, decisive, δίκαι E. Heracl. l.c., And. 1.88, Pl. Cri. 50b; μῦθος -ώτερος of more authority, E. IA 318 (troch.); –ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] Arist. Pol. 1282b15; αἱ -ώτεραι ἀρχαί Id. Cael. 285a26, cf. Metaph. 997a12; [ ἡ φρόνησις] τῆς σοφίας κυριωτέρα Id. EN 1143b34; –ωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις] Id. APo. 86a23; τάραχος ὁ -ώτατος Epicur. Ep. 1p.30U.; of sovereign remedies, – ωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων Pl. Sph. 230d; – ωτάτη κένωσις Gal. 1.299; important, principal, κ. δόξαι, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, Phld. Ir. p.86 W.; τὰ -ώτατα μέρη τῆς φύσεως Epicur. Sent. 9; – ώτερα μέρη τοῦ σώματος Philostr. Gym. 50; τὰ -ώτατα the principal organs, Gal. 1.385 (but, the most important matters, Epicur. Sent. 16 ); τὸ -ώτατον τῆς Ἐφέσου Philostr. VS 1.22.4: Gramm., κ. τόνος principal accent, D.T. Supp. 674.32.
2 opp. ἄκυρος, valid, νόμος, δόγματα, D. 24.1, Pl. Lg. 926d; κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν], opp. ἄκυρον π., D. 21.92, cf. 39.15; τὰς συνθήκας κυρίας ποιεῖν Lys. 18.15; ἡ συγγραφὴ ἥδε κ. ἔστω PEleph. 1.14 (iv B.C.); ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ. Lexap. D. 21.94; so τὰς τῶν ἄλλων δόξας κ. ποιεῖν Pl. Tht. 179b.
3 of times, etc., ordained, appointed, ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη Hdt. 5.50, cf. 93 (pl.); ἡ κ. τῶν ἡμερέων Id. 1.48, 6.129; κ. ἐν ἡμέρᾳ A. Supp. 732; τόδε κ. ἦμαρ E. Alc. 105 (lyr.), etc.; κ. μήν, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, Pi. O. 6.32; ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος (prob.) the appointed time, A. Ag. 766 (lyr.); κ. μένει τέλος Id. Eu. 544 (lyr.); ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα] D. 21.84, cf. Test.ib. 93; but αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι], = κριτικαί, Hp. Aff. 9.
4 legitimate, lawful, ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται A. Eu. 127, cf. 327; κύρι’ ἔχοντες having lawful power, ib. 960 (lyr.).
5 ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness proper, real goodness, Arist. EN 1144b4; [ φλοιὸς] ὁ κ. Thphr. HP 4.15.1; Rhet. and Gramm., κ. ὄνομα the real or actual, hence current, ordinary, name of a thing, opp. μεταφορά, γλῶττα, Arist. Rh. 1404b6, 1410b12, Po. 1457b3, cf. D.H. Comp. 21, D.L. 10.13, etc.; σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος for lack of a current term, D.H. Comp. 24; –ώτατα ὀνόματα most ordinary terms, ib. 3 (hence also κ. ὄνομα proper, personal name, Plb. 6.46.10, A.D. Pron. 10.11, al., Hdn. 7.5.8; ὄνομα alone in this sense, Diog.Bab.Stoic. 3.213 ); κ. [λέξεις] Phld. Rh. 1.181 S.; κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον, opp. καταχρωμένη, ib. 1.59 S.
III Adv. κυρίως, v. sub voc.
B Subst. κύριος, ὁ, lord, master, τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων A. Ch. 658, cf. 689, S. Aj. 734, etc.; ὁ κ. alone, head of a family, master of a house (cf. Sch. Ar. Eq. 965 ), Antipho 2.4.7, Ar. Pl. 6, Arist. Pol. 1269b10; τοὺς κ. τῶν οἰκιῶν PTeb. 5.147 (ii B.C.); also, guardian of a woman, Is. 6.32, PGrenf. 2.15 i 13 (ii B.C.), etc.: generally, guardian, trustee, Is. 2.10, D. 43.15, 46.19, Men. Epit. 89, etc.
b later κύριε, as a form of respectful address, sir, Ev.Jo. 12.21, 20.15, Act.Ap. 16.30 (pl.), PFay. 106.15 (ii A.D.), etc.
2 fem. κυρία, ἡ, mistress, lady of the house, Philem. 223, LXX Is. 24.2, etc.; κ. τῆς οἰκίας Men. 403: in voc., madam, D.C. 48.44; applied to women from fourteen years upwards, Epict. Ench. 40. (In later Gr. freq. written κύρα, PGrenf. 1.61.4 (vi A.D.), etc.)
b epith. of Ἶσις, OGI 180 (Egypt, i B.C.), etc.
3 of gods, esp. in the East, Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός PTeb. 284.6 (i B.C.); Κρόνος κ. CIG 4521 (Abila, i A.D.); Ζεὺς κ. Supp.Epigr. 2.830 (Damascus, iii A.D.); κ. Σάραπις POxy. 110.2 (ii A.D); ἡ κ. Ἄρτεμις IG 4.1124 (Tibur, ii A.D.); of deified rulers, τοῦ κ. βασιλέος θεοῦ OGI 86.8 (Egypt, i B.C.); οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι, of Ptolemy XIV and Cleopatra, Berl.Sitzb. 1902.1096: hence, of rulers in general, βασιλεὺς Ἡρώδης κ. OGI 415 (Judaea, i B.C.); of Roman Emperors, BGU 1200.11 (Augustus), POxy. 37 i 6 (Claudius), etc.
4 ὁ Κύριος, = Hebr. Yahweh, LXX Ge. 11.5, al.; of Christ, 1 Ep.Cor. 12.3, etc.
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This word occurs 8,629 times — too many to list one by one. The counts below give each work; open a book to see it in place.
Septuagint 7,177
Genesis (LXX) 219×
Exodus (LXX) 363×
Leviticus (LXX) 321×
Numbers (LXX) 369×
Deuteronomy (LXX) 517×
Joshua (LXX) 218×
Judges (LXX) 180×
Ruth (LXX) 19×
1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 357×
2 Kingdoms (2 Samuel) 199×
3 Kingdoms (1 Kings) 282×
4 Kingdoms (2 Kings) 307×
1 Chronicles (LXX) 171×
2 Chronicles (LXX) 423×
2 Esdras (Ezra-Nehemiah) 38×
Esther (LXX) 25×
Psalms (LXX) 810×
Proverbs (LXX) 77×
Job (LXX) 113×
Hosea (LXX) 46×
Amos (LXX) 91×
Micah (LXX) 45×
Joel (LXX) 30×
Obadiah (LXX) 7×
Jonah (LXX) 26×
Nahum (LXX) 12×
Habakkuk (LXX) 11×
Zephaniah (LXX) 38×
Haggai (LXX) 35×
Zechariah (LXX) 141×
Malachi (LXX) 50×
Isaiah (LXX) 426×
Jeremiah (LXX) 596×
Lamentations (LXX) 42×
Ezekiel (LXX) 482×
Daniel (Old Greek) 91×
Intertestamental 734
1 Esdras 133×
Judith 62×
Tobit 28×
1 Maccabees 1×
2 Maccabees 45×
3 Maccabees 6×
4 Maccabees 3×
Wisdom of Solomon 20×
Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 228×
Psalms of Solomon 113×
Baruch 47×
Susanna (Old Greek) 10×
Susanna (Theodotion) 5×
Bel and the Dragon (Old Greek) 12×
Bel and the Dragon (Theodotion) 4×
1 Enoch (Greek, Swete) 17×
New Testament 718
Matthew 80×
Mark 18×
Luke 103×
John 53×
Acts 107×
Romans 43×
1 Corinthians 67×
2 Corinthians 29×
Galatians 6×
Ephesians 26×
Philippians 15×
Colossians 16×
1 Thessalonians 24×
2 Thessalonians 22×
1 Timothy 6×
2 Timothy 16×
Philemon 5×
Hebrews 16×
James 14×
1 Peter 8×
2 Peter 14×
Jude 7×
Revelation 23×
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