κύριος
Lord
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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.
176 distinct verses where G2962 appears in the Nominative case, across 22 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Matthew 20 verses
- Matthew 10:25 κύριος n nom sg masc It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
- Matthew 12:8 κύριος n nom sg masc For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
- Matthew 18:25 κύριος n nom sg masc But because he couldn't pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- Matthew 18:27 κύριος n nom sg masc The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.
- Matthew 18:32 κύριος n nom sg masc Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me.
- Matthew 18:34 κύριος n nom sg masc His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, until he should pay all that was due to him.
- Matthew 20:8 κύριος n nom sg masc When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
- Matthew 21:3 κύριος n nom sg masc If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
- Matthew 21:40 κύριος n nom sg masc When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers?"
- Matthew 22:44 κύριος κυρίῳ n nom sg masc n dat sg masc 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
- Matthew 24:42 κύριος n nom sg masc Watch therefore, for you don't know in what hour your Lord comes.
- Matthew 24:45 κύριος n nom sg masc "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
- Matthew 24:46 κύριος n nom sg masc Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes.
- Matthew 24:48 κύριος n nom sg masc But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
- Matthew 24:50 κύριος n nom sg masc the lord of that servant will come in a day when he doesn't expect it, and in an hour when he doesn't know it,
- Matthew 25:19 κύριος n nom sg masc "Now after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reconciled accounts with them.
- Matthew 25:21 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:23 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc "His lord said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.'
- Matthew 25:26 κύριος n nom sg masc "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
- Matthew 27:10 κύριος n nom sg masc And they gave them for the potter's field, As the Lord commanded me."
Mark 9 verses
- Mark 2:28 κύριός n nom sg masc Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath."
- Mark 5:19 κύριός n nom sg masc He didn't allow him, but said to him, "Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you."
- Mark 11:3 κύριος n nom sg masc If anyone asks you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs him;' and immediately he will send him back here."
- Mark 12:9 κύριος n nom sg masc What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.
- Mark 12:29 κύριος κύριος n nom sg masc n nom sg masc Jesus answered, "The greatest is, 'Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:
- Mark 12:36 κύριος κυρίῳ n nom sg masc n dat sg masc For David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.'
- Mark 13:20 κύριος n nom sg masc Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days.
- Mark 13:35 κύριος n nom sg masc Watch therefore, for you don't know when the lord of the house is coming, whether at evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning;
- Mark 16:19 κύριος n nom sg masc So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 31 verses
- Luke 1:25 κύριος n nom sg masc "Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men."
- Luke 1:28 κύριος n nom sg masc Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"
- Luke 1:32 κύριος n nom sg masc He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
- Luke 1:58 κύριος n nom sg masc Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
- Luke 1:68 κύριος n nom sg masc "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people;
- Luke 2:11 κύριος n nom sg masc For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- Luke 2:15 κύριος n nom sg masc It happened, when the angels went away from them into the sky, that the shepherds said one to another, "Let's go to Bethlehem, now, and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."
- Luke 6:5 κύριός n nom sg masc He said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath."
- Luke 7:13 κύριος n nom sg masc When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
- Luke 10:1 κύριος n nom sg masc Now after these things, the Lord also appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every city and place, where he was about to come.
- Luke 10:41 κύριος n nom sg masc Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
- Luke 11:39 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
- Luke 12:37 κύριος n nom sg masc Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
- Luke 12:42 κύριος κύριος n nom sg masc n nom sg masc The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
- Luke 12:43 κύριος n nom sg masc Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes.
- Luke 12:45 κύριός n nom sg masc But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
- Luke 12:46 κύριος n nom sg masc then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn't expecting him, and in an hour that he doesn't know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
- Luke 13:15 κύριος n nom sg masc Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
- Luke 14:23 κύριος n nom sg masc "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 16:3 κύριός n nom sg masc "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
- Luke 16:8 κύριος n nom sg masc "His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.
- Luke 17:6 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
- Luke 18:6 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
- Luke 19:31 κύριος n nom sg masc If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' say to him: 'The Lord needs it.'"
- Luke 19:33 κύριοι n nom pl masc As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
- Luke 19:34 κύριος n nom sg masc They said, "The Lord needs it."
- Luke 20:13 κύριος n nom sg masc The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
- Luke 20:15 κύριος n nom sg masc They threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
- Luke 20:42 κύριος κυρίῳ n nom sg masc n dat sg masc David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
- Luke 22:61 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
- Luke 24:34 κύριος n nom sg masc saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
John 6 verses
- John 13:13 κύριος n nom sg masc You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.
- John 13:14 κύριος n nom sg masc If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
- John 15:15 κύριος n nom sg masc No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- John 20:28 κύριός n nom sg masc Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
- John 21:7 κύριός κύριός n nom sg masc n nom sg masc That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
- John 21:12 κύριός n nom sg masc Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.
Acts 23 verses
- 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 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 2:39 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 3:22 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 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 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 9:15 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 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 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 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 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 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 16:19 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 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 18:9 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 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 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 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.
Romans 7 verses
- Romans 4:8 κύριος n nom sg masc Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."
- Romans 9:28 κύριος n nom sg masc For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth."
- Romans 9:29 κύριος n nom sg masc As Isaiah has said before, "Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us a seed, We would have become like Sodom, And would have been made like Gomorrah."
- Romans 10:12 κύριος n nom sg masc For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich to all who call on him.
- Romans 12:19 κύριος n nom sg masc Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
- Romans 14:4 κυρίῳ κύριος n dat sg masc n nom sg masc Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands or falls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
- Romans 14:11 κύριος n nom sg masc For it is written, "'As I live,' says the Lord, 'to me every knee will bow. Every tongue will confess to God.'"
1 Corinthians 17 verses
- 1 Corinthians 3:5 κύριος n nom sg masc Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 κύριος n nom sg masc And again, "The Lord knows the reasoning of the wise, that it is worthless."
- 1 Corinthians 4:4 κύριός n nom sg masc For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 4:5 κύριος n nom sg masc Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:19 κύριος n nom sg masc But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord is willing. And I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.
- 1 Corinthians 6:13 κυρίῳ κύριος n dat sg masc n nom sg masc "Foods for the belly, and the belly for foods," but God will bring to nothing both it and them. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
- 1 Corinthians 7:10 κύριος n nom sg masc But to the married I command--not I, but the Lord--that the wife not leave her husband
- 1 Corinthians 7:12 κύριος n nom sg masc But to the rest I--not the Lord--say, if any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she is content to live with him, let him not leave her.
- 1 Corinthians 7:17 κύριος n nom sg masc Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
- 1 Corinthians 8:5 κύριοι n nom pl masc For though there are things that are called "gods," whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many "gods" and many "lords;"
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 κύριος n nom sg masc yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- 1 Corinthians 9:14 κύριος n nom sg masc Even so the Lord ordained that those who proclaim the Gospel should live from the Gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 κυρίου κύριος n gen sg masc n nom sg masc For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
- 1 Corinthians 12:3 κύριος n nom sg masc Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 12:5 κύριος n nom sg masc There are various kinds of service, and the same Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 14:21 κύριος n nom sg masc In the law it is written, "By men of strange languages and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people. Not even thus will they hear me, says the Lord."
- 1 Corinthians 16:7 κύριος n nom sg masc For I do not wish to see you now in passing, but I hope to stay a while with you, if the Lord permits.
2 Corinthians 6 verses
- 2 Corinthians 3:17 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
- 2 Corinthians 6:17 κύριος n nom sg masc Therefore, "'Come out from among them, And be separate,' says the Lord, 'Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 κύριος n nom sg masc I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
- 2 Corinthians 10:8 κύριος n nom sg masc For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,
- 2 Corinthians 10:18 κύριος n nom sg masc For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 κύριος n nom sg masc For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
Galatians 1 verse
Ephesians 2 verses
Philippians 2 verses
Colossians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 4 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11 κύριος n nom sg masc Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:12 κύριος n nom sg masc and the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 κύριος n nom sg masc that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 κύριος n nom sg masc For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,
2 Thessalonians 5 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8 κύριος n nom sg masc Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nothing by the brightness of his coming;
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 κύριος n nom sg masc Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3 κύριος n nom sg masc But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:5 κύριος n nom sg masc May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:16 κύριος κύριος n nom sg masc n nom sg masc Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.
1 Timothy 1 verse
2 Timothy 10 verses
- 2 Timothy 1:16 κύριος n nom sg masc May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain,
- 2 Timothy 1:18 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
- 2 Timothy 2:7 κύριος n nom sg masc Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.
- 2 Timothy 2:19 κύριος κυρίου n nom sg masc n gen sg masc However God's firm foundation stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness."
- 2 Timothy 3:11 κύριος n nom sg masc persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.
- 2 Timothy 4:8 κύριος n nom sg masc From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
- 2 Timothy 4:14 κύριος n nom sg masc Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,
- 2 Timothy 4:17 κύριός n nom sg masc But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
- 2 Timothy 4:18 κύριος n nom sg masc And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom; to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Timothy 4:22 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
Hebrews 10 verses
- Hebrews 7:14 κύριος n nom sg masc For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.
- Hebrews 7:21 κύριος n nom sg masc (for they indeed have been made priests without an oath), but he with an oath by him that says of him, "The Lord swore and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever, According to the order of Melchizedek'".
- Hebrews 8:2 κύριος n nom sg masc a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
- Hebrews 8:8 κύριος n nom sg masc For finding fault with them, he said, "Behold, the days come," says the Lord, "That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
- Hebrews 8:9 κύριος n nom sg masc Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they didn't continue in my covenant, And I disregarded them," says the Lord.
- Hebrews 8:10 κύριος n nom sg masc "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them a God, And they will be to me a people.
- Hebrews 10:16 κύριος n nom sg masc "This is the covenant that I will make with them: 'After those days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws on their heart, I will also write them on their mind;'" then he says,
- Hebrews 10:30 κύριος n nom sg masc For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."
- Hebrews 12:6 κύριος n nom sg masc For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."
- Hebrews 13:6 κύριος n nom sg masc So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
James 3 verses
- James 4:15 κύριος n nom sg masc For you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will both live, and do this or that."
- James 5:11 κυρίου κύριος n gen sg masc n nom sg masc Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
- James 5:15 κύριος n nom sg masc and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
1 Peter 1 verse
2 Peter 3 verses
- 2 Peter 1:14 κύριος n nom sg masc knowing that the putting off of my tent comes swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.
- 2 Peter 2:9 κύριος n nom sg masc the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
- 2 Peter 3:9 κύριος n nom sg masc The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Jude 3 verses
- Jude 1:5 κύριος n nom sg masc Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn't believe.
- Jude 1:9 κύριος n nom sg masc But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"
- Jude 1:14 κύριος n nom sg masc About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
Revelation 11 verses
- Revelation 1:8 κύριος n nom sg masc "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
- Revelation 4:8 κύριος n nom sg masc The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"
- Revelation 4:11 κύριος n nom sg masc "Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!"
- Revelation 11:8 κύριος n nom sg masc Their dead bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 17:14 κύριος κυρίων n nom sg masc n gen pl masc These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful."
- Revelation 18:8 κύριος n nom sg masc Therefore in one day her plagues will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong.
- Revelation 19:6 κύριος n nom sg masc I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
- Revelation 19:16 κύριος κυρίων n nom sg masc n gen pl masc He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."
- Revelation 21:22 κύριος n nom sg masc I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple.
- Revelation 22:5 κύριος n nom sg masc There will be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate them. They will reign forever and ever.
- Revelation 22:6 κύριος n nom sg masc He said to me, "These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon."
About this entry
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“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.