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

1 Corinthians 7:34	and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc), that she may be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband.
1 Corinthians 7:35	I am saying this for your benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc).
1 Corinthians 7:39	A wife is bound for such a time as her husband is alive. But if her husband should die, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc).
1 Corinthians 8:5	For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”) (kyrioi \| κύριοι \| nom pl masc),
1 Corinthians 8:6	yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc), Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
1 Corinthians 9:1	Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc)? Are you not the result of my labor in the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc)?
1 Corinthians 9:2	If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you, for you are the proof of my apostleship in the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc).
1 Corinthians 9:5	Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, as also the other apostles, the Lord’s (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) brothers, and Cephas do?
1 Corinthians 9:14	In the same way, the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) gave instructions to those who proclaim the gospel that they should get their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 10:21	You cannot drink the cup of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) and the table of demons.
1 Corinthians 10:22	Or are we trying to provoke the Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc) to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
1 Corinthians 10:26	for the earth and its fullness belong to the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc).
1 Corinthians 11:11	Nevertheless, in the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc) woman is not independent of man nor is man independent of woman;
1 Corinthians 11:23	For I received from the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) that which I also passed on to you: that the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread,
1 Corinthians 11:26	For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27	Whoever, therefore, eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc).
1 Corinthians 11:32	But when we are judged by the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc), we are being corrected by discipline, so that we will not be condemned along with the world.
1 Corinthians 12:3	Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:5	and there are different kinds of ministries, but the same Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc);
1 Corinthians 14:21	In the Law it is written, “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me, says the Lord.” (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc)
1 Corinthians 14:37	If anyone considers himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc).
1 Corinthians 15:31	Every day I am in danger of dying! I swear by my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc).
1 Corinthians 15:57	But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) Jesus Christ!
1 Corinthians 15:58	So then, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc), since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc).
1 Corinthians 16:7	For I do not want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) permits.