kyriotēs · lordship, dominion

What it means

kyriotēs (κυριότης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lordship, dominion”.

Also a rank of spiritual powers.

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. Power to rule as lord.
2. One of the powers of the unseen world.

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

How it is translated

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

• authority ×2
• dominion ×1
• dominions ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Ephesians×1
• Colossians×1
• 2 Peter×1
• Jude×1

• Ephesians 1:21

  far above every principality and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come;

• Colossians 1:16

  because in him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

• 2 Peter 2:10

  and especially those who walk after the flesh in defiling desire and despise authority. Bold, arrogant, they do not tremble when they blaspheme the glories,

• Jude 1:8

  Yet in the same way these dreamers also defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glories.