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

Luke 13:23	Someone said to him, “Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them,
Luke 13:25	“Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking at the door, saying, ‘Sir (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’
Luke 13:35	Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc)
Luke 14:21	So the servant came and reported these things to his master (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc). Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
Luke 14:22	The slave said, ‘Sir (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.’
Luke 14:23	The master (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and urge people to come in, so that my house may be filled.
Luke 16:3	And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg.
Luke 16:5	Calling each one of his master’s (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc)
Luke 16:8	The master (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
Luke 16:13	“No servant is able to serve two masters (kyriois \| κυρίοις \| dat pl masc). For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Luke 17:5	The apostles said to the Lord (kyriō \| κυρίῳ \| dat sg masc), “Increase our faith!”
Luke 17:6	And the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
Luke 17:37	Then the disciples said in response, “Where, Lord?” (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc) And he said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.”
Luke 18:6	And the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
Luke 18:41	“What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), that I might see again.”
Luke 19:8	Zacchaeus, as he stood there, said to the Lord (kyrion \| κύριον \| acc sg masc), “Look, half of what I own, Lord (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will repay fourfold.”
Luke 19:16	The first came before him, saying, ‘Master (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), your mina has gained ten minas.’
Luke 19:18	And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Master (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), has gained five minas.’
Luke 19:20	Then the other came, saying, ‘Master (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), look, your mina that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth,
Luke 19:25	And they said to him, ‘Master (kyrie \| κύριε \| voc sg masc), he has ten minas!’
Luke 19:31	If someone asks you why are you untying it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) has need of it.’”
Luke 19:33	As they were untying the colt, its owners (kyrioi \| κύριοι \| nom pl masc) asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:34	And they said, “Because the Lord (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) has need of it.”
Luke 19:38	saying, “Blessed is the coming one, the king, the one who comes in the name of the Lord! (kyriou \| κυρίου \| gen sg masc) Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 20:13	Then the owner (kyrios \| κύριος \| nom sg masc) of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’