Vocabulary Form
κύριος
Definition

Lord; master, sir

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
717
GK
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

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him, saying, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), if it is you, tell me to come to you on the water.”
Matthew 14:30 But when he realized that the wind was blustery, he became afraid; and starting to sink, he cried out, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), save me!”
Matthew 15:22 And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to shout, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), Son of David; my daughter is horribly demon-possessed.”
Matthew 15:25 Then she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), help me!”
Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ (kyriōn | κυρίων | gen pl masc) table.”
Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) This must never happen to you.”
Matthew 17:4 And Peter spoke to Jesus, saying, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), it is good that we are here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters here — one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matthew 17:15 and said, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), take pity on my son, because he is an epileptic and suffers terribly; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
Matthew 18:21 Then Peter came to Jesus and said, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), how often must I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Matthew 18:25 And since he did not have the means to repay the debt, his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) commanded that he be sold along with his wife and children and everything he had, and that payment be made.
Matthew 18:27 Moved with compassion, the master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.
Matthew 18:31 So when his fellow servants saw what had happened, they became indignant and went and told their master (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) all that had taken place.
Matthew 18:32 Then his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.
Matthew 18:34 And in anger his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) handed him over to the prison guards to torture him until he should pay back all he owed.
Matthew 20:8 And when evening came, the owner (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going back to the first.’
Matthew 20:30 Two blind men were sitting beside the road, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by they cried out, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:33 They said to him, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), let our eyes be opened.”
Matthew 21:3 If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has need of them.’ And he will send them at once.”
Matthew 21:9 The crowds that went before him and those that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:30 Then the man went to the second son and said the same thing. And he answered, saying, ‘I will, sir,’ (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) but he did not go.
Matthew 21:40 Now when the owner (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”
Matthew 21:42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘A stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) doing, and it is amazing in our eyes’?
Matthew 22:37 And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’
Matthew 22:43 He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) saying,