Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

κύριος

Vocabulary form: 
κύριος
Definition: 

Lord; master, sir

Frequency: 
717
GK: 
3261
Cognates: 

Kurie eleison is a petitionary prayer that is usedby some Eastern and Roman churches.

Mnemonics: 

I am curious! Who is lord and master of your life?

Mnemonic Singing: 

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.

Mnemonics

For the Son of Man is Kurios of the Sabbath
Matthew 12:8

Kurios I believe

Biblical Concordance

Acts 14:23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, praying with fasting, they committed them to the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) in whom they had believed.
Acts 15:11 But through the grace of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus we believe that we will be saved, in the same way as those also.”
Acts 15:17 so that the rest of men may seek the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), namely, all the Gentiles on whom my name has been called, says the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc), who makes these things
Acts 15:26 men who have risked their lives for the sake of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ.
Acts 15:35 But Paul and Barnabas continued on in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), with many others also.
Acts 15:36 And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return indeed and visit the brothers in every city in which we announced the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) to see how they are.”
Acts 15:40 but Paul chose Silas and departed, having been commended to the grace of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) by the brothers.
Acts 16:14 And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple cloths from the city of Thyatira, a worshipper of God, listened; and the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) opened her heart to respond to what was said by Paul.
Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
Acts 16:16 Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl who had a spirit of divination, met us. She brought great profit to her masters (kyriois | κυρίοις | dat pl masc) by fortune-telling.
Acts 16:19 When her owners (kyrioi | κύριοι | nom pl masc) saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
Acts 16:30 Then he brought them outside and asked, “Sirs (kyrioi | κύριοι | voc pl masc), what must I do to be saved?”
Acts 16:31 And they said, “Believe in the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
Acts 16:32 And they spoke the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) to him, along with all who were in his house.
Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,
Acts 18:8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), together with his entire household; and many of the Corinthians upon hearing about it, believed and were baptized.
Acts 18:9 And the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to Paul during the night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent,
Acts 18:25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc); and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
Acts 19:5 Upon hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus.
Acts 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), both Jews and Greeks.
Acts 19:13 But some also of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, tried to invoke the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus over those having evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
Acts 19:17 And this became known to all the Jews and Greeks who lived in Ephesus. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus was exalted.
Acts 19:20 So the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) continued to spread and grow in power.
Acts 20:19 serving the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) with all humility and with tears, enduring the trials that fell on me by the plots of the Jews;
Acts 20:21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God and about faith in our Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) Jesus.
Acts 20:24 But I make my life of no account as of any value to me, that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus, to testify the good news of the grace of God.
Acts 20:35 In all this I have shown you that by working in this way you must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 21:13 Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus.”
Acts 21:14 And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, saying, “Let the will of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) be done.”
Acts 22:8 And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’
Acts 22:10 And I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) And the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there it will be told you about all that has been assigned to you to do.’
Acts 22:19 And I said, ‘Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), they themselves know that I used to go from one synagogue to another imprisoning and flogging those who believed in you.
Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so must you also testify in Rome.”
Acts 25:26 But I do not have anything definite about him to write to my lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that, when the examination has been conducted, I may have something to write.
Acts 26:15 And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) And the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
Acts 28:31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
Romans 1:4 and was designated Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc).
Romans 1:7 To all who are in Rome, loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ.
Romans 4:8 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) will not take into account.”
Romans 4:24 but for our sake as well, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) from the dead,
Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ,
Romans 5:11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ, through whom we now have received reconciliation.
Romans 5:21 so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc).
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc).
Romans 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
Romans 8:39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc).
Romans 9:28 for the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) will carry out his sentence on the earth, thoroughly and without delay.”
Romans 9:29 And as Isaiah predicted, “If the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of hosts had not left to us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and would have resembled Gomorrah.”
Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Romans 10:12 For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is Lord of all, giving generously to all who call on him;

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