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

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,