κύριος
Lord
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G2962 appears in the Book of Acts — 102 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Acts
- Acts 1:6 κύριε n voc sg masc Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
- Acts 1:21 κύριος n nom sg masc Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
- Acts 1:24 κύριε n voc sg masc They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
- Acts 2:20 κυρίου n gen sg masc The sun will be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.
- Acts 2:21 κυρίου n gen sg masc It will be, that whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.'
- Acts 2:25 κύριον n acc sg masc For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
- Acts 2:34 κύριος κυρίῳ n nom sg masc n dat sg masc For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,
- Acts 2:36 κύριον n acc sg masc "Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified."
- Acts 2:39 κύριος n nom sg masc For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself."
- Acts 2:47 κύριος n nom sg masc praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Acts 3:19 κυρίου n gen sg masc "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Acts 3:22 κύριος n nom sg masc For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Acts 4:26 κυρίου n gen sg masc The kings of the earth take a stand, And the rulers take council together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.'
- Acts 4:29 κύριε n voc sg masc Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness,
- Acts 4:33 κυρίου n gen sg masc With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.
- Acts 5:9 κυρίου n gen sg masc But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."
- Acts 5:14 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women.
- Acts 5:19 κυρίου n gen sg masc But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,
- Acts 7:31 κυρίου n gen sg masc When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,
- Acts 7:33 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- Acts 7:49 κύριος n nom sg masc 'heaven is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?
- Acts 7:59 κύριε n voc sg masc They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit!"
- Acts 7:60 κύριε n voc sg masc He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 8:16 κυρίου n gen sg masc for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
- Acts 8:22 κυρίου n gen sg masc Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
- Acts 8:24 κύριον n acc sg masc Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."
- Acts 8:25 κυρίου n gen sg masc They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
- Acts 8:26 κυρίου n gen sg masc But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."
- Acts 8:39 κυρίου n gen sg masc When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn't see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
- Acts 9:1 κυρίου n gen sg masc But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
- Acts 9:5 κύριε n voc sg masc He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
- Acts 9:10 κύριος κύριε n nom sg masc n voc sg masc Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."
- Acts 9:11 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said to him, "Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,
- Acts 9:13 κύριε n voc sg masc But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:15 κύριος n nom sg masc But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
- Acts 9:17 κύριος n nom sg masc Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
- Acts 9:27 κύριον n acc sg masc But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 9:28 κυρίου n gen sg masc He was with them entering into Jerusalem,
- Acts 9:31 κυρίου n gen sg masc So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 9:35 κύριον n acc sg masc All who lived at Lydda and in Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.
- Acts 9:42 κύριον n acc sg masc And it became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord.
- Acts 10:4 κύριε n voc sg masc He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
- Acts 10:14 κύριε n voc sg masc But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
- Acts 10:33 κυρίου n gen sg masc Therefore I sent to you at once, and it was good of you to come. Now therefore we are all here present in the sight of God to hear all things that have been commanded you by God."
- Acts 10:36 κύριος n nom sg masc The word which he sent to the children of Israel, preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ--he is Lord of all--
- Acts 11:8 κύριε n voc sg masc But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
- Acts 11:16 κυρίου n gen sg masc I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
- Acts 11:17 κύριον n acc sg masc If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
- Acts 11:20 κύριον n acc sg masc But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 11:21 κυρίου κύριον n gen sg masc n acc sg masc The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.
- Acts 11:23 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- Acts 11:24 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.
- Acts 12:7 κυρίου n gen sg masc And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
- Acts 12:11 κύριος n nom sg masc When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
- Acts 12:17 κύριος n nom sg masc But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
- Acts 12:23 κυρίου n gen sg masc Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn't give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- Acts 13:2 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
- Acts 13:10 κυρίου n gen sg masc and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Acts 13:11 κυρίου n gen sg masc Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!" Immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
- Acts 13:12 κυρίου n gen sg masc Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
- Acts 13:44 κυρίου n gen sg masc The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
- Acts 13:47 κύριος n nom sg masc For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, 'I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, That you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.'"
- Acts 13:48 κυρίου n gen sg masc As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- Acts 13:49 κυρίου n gen sg masc The Lord's word was spread abroad throughout all the region.
- Acts 14:3 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Acts 14:23 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
- Acts 15:11 κυρίου n gen sg masc But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they are."
- Acts 15:17 κύριον κύριος n acc sg masc n nom sg masc That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
- Acts 15:26 κυρίου n gen sg masc men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Acts 15:35 κυρίου n gen sg masc But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
- Acts 15:36 κυρίου n gen sg masc After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
- Acts 15:40 κυρίου n gen sg masc but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
- Acts 16:14 κύριος n nom sg masc A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
- Acts 16:15 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
- Acts 16:16 κυρίοις n dat pl masc It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
- Acts 16:19 κύριοι n nom pl masc But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
- Acts 16:30 κύριοι n voc pl masc and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
- Acts 16:31 κύριον n acc sg masc They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
- Acts 16:32 κυρίου n gen sg masc They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
- Acts 17:24 κύριος n nom sg masc The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, doesn't dwell in temples made with hands,
- Acts 18:8 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
- Acts 18:9 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
- Acts 18:25 κυρίου n gen sg masc This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.
- Acts 19:5 κυρίου n gen sg masc When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
- Acts 19:10 κυρίου n gen sg masc This continued for two years, so that all those who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
- Acts 19:13 κυρίου n gen sg masc But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches."
- Acts 19:17 κυρίου n gen sg masc This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
- Acts 19:20 κυρίου n gen sg masc So the word of the Lord was growing and becoming mighty.
- Acts 20:19 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
- Acts 20:21 κύριον n acc sg masc testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
- Acts 20:24 κυρίου n gen sg masc But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Gospel of the grace of God.
- Acts 20:28 κυρίου n gen sg masc Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
- Acts 20:35 κυρίου n gen sg masc In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"
- Acts 21:13 κυρίου n gen sg masc Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
- Acts 21:14 κυρίου n gen sg masc When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."
- Acts 22:8 κύριε n voc sg masc I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
- Acts 22:10 κύριε κύριος n voc sg masc n nom sg masc I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'
- Acts 22:19 κύριε n voc sg masc I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
- Acts 23:11 κύριος n nom sg masc The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome."
- Acts 25:26 κυρίῳ n dat sg masc Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.
- Acts 26:15 κύριε κύριος n voc sg masc n nom sg masc "I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' "He said, 'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
- Acts 28:31 κυρίου n gen sg masc preaching the Kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hinderance.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Lord” is the headline sense of the Greek name κυριος (kýrios). First canonically at Matthew 1:20, it enters the text early. It appears 659 verses across 23 books of the Greek New Testament, among its most common vocabulary. See 659-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2962 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 659
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 659 distinct verses.
- 23 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 23 of 27 New Testament books.
- #24
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 24 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 659 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 659 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 246 verses · 37%
- Gospels 233 verses · 35%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 197 verses · 30%
- Johannine 71 verses · 11%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 41 verses · 6%
- Revelation 21 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 16 verses · 2%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Lord 696×, Lord's 12×, Sir 10×
- American Standard Version: Lord 645×, Of 16×, Sir 9×
- Berean Standard Bible: Lord 610×, Master 42×, Lord’s 19×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Lord 641×, Of 60×, Master 49×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2962 across 748 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2962 across 730 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 28 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2962 across 713 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2962 across 794 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
Word origin
Origin: from kuros (supremacy)
From κῦρος kuros ( supremacy ); supreme in authority that is (as noun) controller ; by implication Mr . (as a respectful title): - God Lord master Sir.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 11 distinct written forms G2962 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κυρίου kyríou | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:20 | 240 |
| κύριος kýrios | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 10:25 | 164 |
| κύριε kýrie | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 7:21 | 116 |
| κυρίῳ kyríō | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 5:33 | 100 |
| κύριον kýrion | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 4:7 | 68 |
| κύριός kýriós | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Mark 2:28 | 12 |
| κύριοι kýrioi | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Luke 19:33 | 6 |
| κυρίοις kyríois | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 6:24 | 5 |
| κυρίων kyríōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 15:27 | 3 |
| κύριέ kýrié | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Revelation 7:14 | 1 |
| κύριόν kýrión | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | John 20:13 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2962, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- κυριακος kyriakós G2960 of the Lord
- κυριευω kyrieúō G2961 to rule
- κυριοτης kyriótēs G2963 dominion
- κυροω kyróō G2964 to ratify
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Lord). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
(1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version.
(2.) Heb. adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12).
The old plural form of this Hebrew word is 'adonai. From a superstitious reverence for the name "Jehovah," the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it 'Adonai.
(3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for "Jehovah" and "Adonai."
(4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13).
(5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
[God]
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word κυριος appears 7,441 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 6,126 verses in 36 books.
- 7,441
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 6,126
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:8 κύριος
- Exodus 3:2 κύριος
- Leviticus 1:1 κύριος
- Numbers 1:1 κύριος
- Deuteronomy 1:3 κύριος
- Joshua 1:1 κύριος
- Judges 1:1 κύριος
- Ruth 1:6 κύριος
- 1 Samuel 1:3 κύριος
- 2 Samuel 1:10 κύριος
- 1 Kings 1:2 κύριος
- 2 Kings 1:3 κύριος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2962) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 6,126. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:8 κύριος Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:15 κύριος Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:16 κύριος Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 κύριος Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:22 κύριος He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
- Genesis 3:1 κύριος Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:8 κύριος They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:9 κύριος Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:13 κύριος Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:14 κύριος Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:21 κύριος Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
- Genesis 3:23 κύριος Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 4:3 κύριος As time passed, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Yahweh from the fruit of the ground.
- Genesis 4:6 κύριος Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Genesis 4:13 κύριος Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 4:15 κύριος Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 4:26 κύριος There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
- Genesis 5:29 κύριος and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
- Genesis 6:3 κύριος Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:5 κύριος Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Genesis 6:8 κύριος But Noah found favor in Yahweh's eyes.
- Genesis 6:12 κύριος God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 6:22 κύριος Thus Noah did. According to all that God commanded him, so he did.
- Genesis 7:1 κύριος Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Genesis 7:5 κύριος Noah did everything that Yahweh commanded him.
- Genesis 7:16 κύριος Those who went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him; and Yahweh shut him in.
- Genesis 8:15 κύριος God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Genesis 8:21 κύριος Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:12 κύριος God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:26 κύριος He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.
- Genesis 10:9 κύριος He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
- Genesis 11:5 κύριος Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.
- Genesis 11:6 κύριος Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language; and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.
- Genesis 11:8 κύριος So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.
- Genesis 11:9 κύριος Therefore the name of it was called Babel, because Yahweh confused the language of all the earth, there. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.
- Genesis 12:1 κύριος Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 12:4 κύριος So Abram went, as Yahweh had spoken to him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed out of Haran.
- Genesis 12:7 κύριος Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, "I will give this land to your seed." He built an altar there to Yahweh, who appeared to him.
- Genesis 12:8 κύριος He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh, and called on the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:4 κύριος to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.
- Genesis 13:18 κύριος Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
- Genesis 15:1 κύριος After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
- Genesis 15:4 κύριος Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
- Genesis 15:8 κύριος He said, "Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?"
- Genesis 15:18 κύριος In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
- Genesis 16:2 κύριος Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 16:7 κύριος The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 16:8 κύριος He said, "Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?" She said, "I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai."
- Genesis 16:9 κύριος The angel of Yahweh said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands."
- Genesis 16:10 κύριος The angel of Yahweh said to her, "I will greatly multiply your seed, that they will not be numbered for multitude."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2962) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.