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κύριος
kýrios · Greek · Strong's G2962 · 717 occurrences
The KJV renders 13 different Hebrew and Greek words as “lord”
What it means
supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title)
from (supremacy);
How the KJV renders it
god, lord, master, sir
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“lord”
“master”
also renders epistátēs (G1988), rhabbí (G4461), kathēgētḗs (G2519), despótēs (G1203), didáskalos (G1320), kybernḗtēs (G2942), ʼâdôwn (H113), baʻal (H1167), rab (H7229), sar (H8269)
“god”
“sir”
also renders anḗr (G435)
Questions this word decides
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
Where it appears
717 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:2 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:3 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:7 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:8 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:9 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:10 N-GSM1 Corinthians 1:31 N-DSM1 Corinthians 2:8 N-ASM1 Corinthians 2:16 N-GSM1 Corinthians 3:5 N-NSM1 Corinthians 3:20 N-NSM1 Corinthians 4:4 N-NSM1 Corinthians 4:5 N-NSM1 Corinthians 4:17 N-DSM1 Corinthians 4:19 N-NSM1 Corinthians 5:4 N-GSM1 Corinthians 5:5 N-GSM1 Corinthians 6:11 N-GSM1 Corinthians 6:13 N-DSM1 Corinthians 6:14 N-ASM1 Corinthians 6:17 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:10 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:12 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:17 N-NSM1 Corinthians 7:22 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:25 N-GSM1 Corinthians 7:32 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:34 N-GSM1 Corinthians 7:35 N-DSM1 Corinthians 7:39 N-DSM1 Corinthians 8:5 N-NPM1 Corinthians 8:6 N-NSM1 Corinthians 9:1 N-ASM1 Corinthians 9:2 N-DSM1 Corinthians 9:5 N-GSM1 Corinthians 9:14 N-NSM1 Corinthians 10:9 N-ASM1 Corinthians 10:21 N-GSM1 Corinthians 10:22 N-ASM1 Corinthians 10:26 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:11 N-DSM1 Corinthians 11:23 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:26 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:27 N-GSM1 Corinthians 11:32 N-GSM1 Corinthians 12:3 N-NSM1 Corinthians 12:5 N-NSM1 Corinthians 14:21 N-NSM1 Corinthians 14:37 N-GSM1 Corinthians 15:31 N-DSM1 Corinthians 15:57 N-GSM1 Corinthians 15:58 N-DSM1 Corinthians 16:7 N-NSM1 Corinthians 16:10 N-GSM1 Corinthians 16:19 N-DSM1 Corinthians 16:22 N-ASM1 Corinthians 16:23 N-GSM1 Peter 1:3 N-GSM1 Peter 1:25 N-GSM1 Peter 2:3 N-NSM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.