kyrios · Lord, lord

What it means

kyrios (κύριος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Lord, lord”.

Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The one who has something in his charge and rules over it.
2. A respectful way to address someone.
3. The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Lord, owner, master. Abbott-Smith and Thayer define it as one who has power and authority over something or someone.

• The Lord God; in Old Testament quotations where the Hebrew says YHWH Matthew 4:7Matthew 22:44
• Jesus as Lord John 20:28Romans 10:9
• A human owner or master Matthew 6:24Luke 19:33Ephesians 6:5
• A respectful way of addressing someone John 4:11

How we translate it

“Lord” 636 times, “master” 50, “Sir” 10, “masters” 9, “owner” 3. By this edition's rules, in the New Testament it translates what the Greek says: κύριος is “Lord”, also when it quotes a passage that in Hebrew says YHWH (Matthew 4:7 quotes Deuteronomy 6:16). When it is a man who rules over others, this edition's glossary sets “master” or “owner”; addressed to someone in authority or a stranger, “Sir”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Lord ×636
• master ×50
• Sir ×10
• masters ×9
• lords ×3
• owner ×3
• Sirs ×1
• owners ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×80
• Mark×18
• Luke×102
• John×51
• Acts×107
• Romans×44
• 1 Corinthians×66
• 2 Corinthians×28
• Galatians×6
• Ephesians×26
• Philippians×15
• Colossians×16
• 1 Thessalonians×24
• 2 Thessalonians×22
• 1 Timothy×6
• 2 Timothy×17
• Philemon×5
• Hebrews×16
• James×14
• 1 Peter×8
• 2 Peter×13
• Jude×6
• Revelation×23

• Matthew 1:20

  And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:22

  And all this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says:

• Matthew 1:24

  And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to himself his wife;

• Matthew 2:13

  And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”

• Matthew 2:15

  and he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

• Matthew 2:19

  And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

• Matthew 3:3

  For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, when he says, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

• Matthew 4:7

  Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’”

• Matthew 4:10

  Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and him alone you shall serve.’”

• Matthew 5:33

  “Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but you shall fulfill your oaths to the Lord.’

• Matthew 6:24

  “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.

• Matthew 7:21

  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 7:22

  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many miracles?’

• Matthew 8:2

  And look, a leper came and was bowing down before him, saying, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.”

• Matthew 8:6

  and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, terribly tormented.”

• Matthew 8:8

  And the centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

• Matthew 8:21

  Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”

• Matthew 8:25

  And they came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us; we are perishing!”

• Matthew 9:28

  When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus says to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They say to him, “Yes, Lord.”

• Matthew 9:38

  so ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”

• Matthew 10:24

  A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above his master.

• Matthew 10:25

  It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!

• Matthew 11:25

  At that time Jesus responded and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and the intelligent and revealed them to little children.

• Matthew 12:8

  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

• Matthew 13:27

  And the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then where does it get darnel?’

• Matthew 14:28

  And Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

• Matthew 14:30

  But seeing the strong wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”

• Matthew 15:22

  And look, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is badly demon-possessed.”

• Matthew 15:25

  But she came and was bowing down before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

• Matthew 15:27

  But she said, “Yes, Lord; for even the little dogs eat from the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”

• Matthew 16:22

  And Peter, taking him aside, began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This will never happen to you.”

• Matthew 17:4

  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Matthew 17:15

  and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

• Matthew 18:21

  Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times will my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?”

• Matthew 18:25

  And since he did not have the means to repay, the master ordered him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

• Matthew 18:27

  And the master of that slave had compassion and released him and forgave him the loan.

• Matthew 18:31

  So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very grieved, and they went and reported to their master all that had happened.

• Matthew 18:32

  Then his master summoned him and says to him, ‘Wicked slave! All that debt I forgave you, because you begged me.

• Matthew 18:34

  And his master, angered, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed.

• Matthew 20:8

  And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard says to his steward, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last up to the first.’

And 673 more times.