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.
114 distinct verses where G2962 appears in the Vocative case, across 8 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 30 verses
- Matthew 7:21 κύριε κύριε n voc sg masc n voc sg masc Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 7:22 κύριε κύριε n voc sg masc n voc sg masc Many will tell me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
- Matthew 8:2 κύριε n voc sg masc Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Matthew 8:6 κύριε n voc sg masc and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented."
- Matthew 8:8 κύριε n voc sg masc The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 8:21 κύριε n voc sg masc Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
- Matthew 8:25 κύριε n voc sg masc They came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
- Matthew 9:28 κύριε n voc sg masc When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They told him, "Yes, Lord."
- Matthew 11:25 κύριε n voc sg masc At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
- Matthew 13:27 κύριε n voc sg masc The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
- Matthew 14:28 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
- Matthew 14:30 κύριε n voc sg masc But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
- Matthew 15:22 κύριε n voc sg masc Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely demonized!"
- Matthew 15:25 κύριε n voc sg masc But she came and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, help me."
- Matthew 15:27 κύριε κυρίων n voc sg masc n gen pl masc But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
- Matthew 16:22 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This will never be done to you."
- Matthew 17:4 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
- Matthew 17:15 κύριε n voc sg masc "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.
- Matthew 18:21 κύριε n voc sg masc Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"
- Matthew 20:31 κύριε n voc sg masc The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, "Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!"
- Matthew 20:33 κύριε n voc sg masc They told him, "Lord, that our eyes may be opened."
- Matthew 21:30 κύριε n voc sg masc He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
- Matthew 25:11 κύριε κύριε n voc sg masc n voc sg masc Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
- Matthew 25:20 κύριε n voc sg masc He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
- Matthew 25:22 κύριε n voc sg masc "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'
- Matthew 25:24 κύριε n voc sg masc "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
- Matthew 25:37 κύριε n voc sg masc "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
- Matthew 25:44 κύριε n voc sg masc "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
- Matthew 26:22 κύριε n voc sg masc They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
- Matthew 27:63 κύριε n voc sg masc saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
Mark 1 verse
Luke 25 verses
- Luke 5:8 κύριε n voc sg masc But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
- Luke 5:12 κύριε n voc sg masc It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 6:46 κύριε κύριε n voc sg masc n voc sg masc "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?
- Luke 7:6 κύριε n voc sg masc Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
- Luke 9:54 κύριε n voc sg masc When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
- Luke 9:61 κύριε n voc sg masc Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
- Luke 10:17 κύριε n voc sg masc The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
- Luke 10:21 κύριε n voc sg masc In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
- Luke 10:40 κύριε n voc sg masc But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
- Luke 11:1 κύριε n voc sg masc It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 12:41 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
- Luke 13:8 κύριε n voc sg masc He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
- Luke 13:23 κύριε n voc sg masc One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,
- Luke 13:25 κύριε n voc sg masc When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
- Luke 14:22 κύριε n voc sg masc "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
- Luke 17:37 κύριε n voc sg masc They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
- Luke 18:41 κύριε n voc sg masc "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
- Luke 19:8 κύριον κύριε n acc sg masc n voc sg masc Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
- Luke 19:16 κύριε n voc sg masc The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
- Luke 19:18 κύριε n voc sg masc "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
- Luke 19:20 κύριε n voc sg masc Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
- Luke 19:25 κύριε n voc sg masc "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
- Luke 22:33 κύριε n voc sg masc He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
- Luke 22:38 κύριε n voc sg masc They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."
- Luke 22:49 κύριε n voc sg masc When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"
John 33 verses
- John 4:11 κύριε n voc sg masc The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?
- John 4:15 κύριε n voc sg masc The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
- John 4:19 κύριε n voc sg masc The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
- John 4:49 κύριε n voc sg masc The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
- John 5:7 κύριε n voc sg masc The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I'm coming, another steps down before me."
- John 6:34 κύριε n voc sg masc They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
- John 6:68 κύριε n voc sg masc Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
- John 8:11 κύριε n voc sg masc She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."
- John 9:36 κύριε n voc sg masc He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
- John 9:38 κύριε n voc sg masc He said, "Lord, I believe!" and he worshiped him.
- John 11:3 κύριε n voc sg masc The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
- John 11:12 κύριε n voc sg masc The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
- John 11:21 κύριε n voc sg masc Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
- John 11:27 κύριε n voc sg masc She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
- John 11:32 κύριε n voc sg masc Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
- John 11:34 κύριε n voc sg masc and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."
- John 11:39 κύριε n voc sg masc Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
- John 12:21 κύριε n voc sg masc These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
- John 12:38 κύριε κυρίου n voc sg masc n gen sg masc that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
- John 13:6 κύριε n voc sg masc Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
- John 13:9 κύριε n voc sg masc Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"
- John 13:25 κύριε n voc sg masc He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
- John 13:36 κύριε n voc sg masc Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards."
- John 13:37 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."
- John 14:5 κύριε n voc sg masc Thomas says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
- John 14:8 κύριε n voc sg masc Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
- John 14:22 κύριε n voc sg masc Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"
- John 20:15 κύριε n voc sg masc Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
- John 21:15 κύριε n voc sg masc So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
- John 21:16 κύριε n voc sg masc He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
- John 21:17 κύριε n voc sg masc He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
- John 21:20 κύριε n voc sg masc Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"
- John 21:21 κύριε n voc sg masc Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
Acts 16 verses
- 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 1:24 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 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 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 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 9:13 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 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 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 16:30 κύριοι n voc pl masc and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
- 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 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 2 verses
Hebrews 1 verse
Revelation 6 verses
- Revelation 7:14 κύριέ n voc sg masc I told him, "My lord, you know." He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's blood.
- Revelation 11:17 κύριε n voc sg masc saying: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was; because you have taken your great power, and reigned.
- Revelation 15:3 κύριε n voc sg masc They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Revelation 15:4 κύριε n voc sg masc Who wouldn't fear you, Lord, And glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed."
- Revelation 16:7 κύριε n voc sg masc I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments."
- Revelation 22:20 κύριε n voc sg masc He who testifies these things says, "Yes, I come quickly." Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
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.