κύριος | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

κύριος, -ου, ὁ

Definition

Lord; lord, master, sir

Erasmian

Modern

Root

κυριο

Frequency

717

3261

Cognates

Kurie eleison is a petitionary prayer that is usedby some Eastern and Roman churches.

Mnemonics

I am curious! Who is lord and master of your life?

Mnemonic Singing

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.

Song

Verse

“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is κύριος,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)

“κύριος, you have no bucket and the well is deep.” (John 4:11)

Mnemonics

Pronunciation of word

Above pronunciation was with two “p” . Pronunciation should be ku/ pi/ os

Biblical Concordance

Acts 5:9	And Peter said to her, “Why is it that you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc)? Look! The feet of those who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
Acts 5:14	and more than ever believers were added to the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc), multitudes both of men and women,
Acts 5:19	But an angel of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) during the night opened the doors of the prison and brought them out and said,
Acts 7:31	When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight; and as he came closer to look at it, there came the voice of the Lord: (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc)
Acts 7:33	And the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground.
Acts 7:49	‘Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What sort of house will you build for me, says the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc), or what is the place of my rest?
Acts 7:59	They kept stoning Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc) Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Acts 7:60	And falling to his knees he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 8:16	for he had not yet fallen on any one of them, but they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) Jesus.
Acts 8:22	Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 8:24	And answering, Simon said, “You pray for me to the Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc) so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”
Acts 8:25	Now after solemnly testifying and speaking the word of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc), they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:26	Now an angel of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) said to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.
Acts 8:39	And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
Acts 9:1	But Saul, still breathing threat and murder against the disciples of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc), went to the high priest
Acts 9:5	And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc) And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
Acts 9:10	Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he replied, “Here I am, Lord.” (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc)
Acts 9:11	Then the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) told him, “Get up and go to the street called ‘Straight,’ and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for even now he is praying,
Acts 9:13	But Ananias answered, “Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:15	But the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said to him, “Go, for this man is for me a chosen instrument to carry my name before both Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel,
Acts 9:17	So Ananias went entered the house; he placed his hands on Saul and said, “Brother Saul, the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 9:27	But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and he related to them how on the road he had seen the Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc), and that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:28	And he was with them, going in and out at Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc).
Acts 9:31	So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace; being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in number.
Acts 9:35	And all who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc).