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Bill Mounce
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κύριος
Vocabulary form:
kuvrioV, -ou, oJ
Definition:
Lord; lord, master, sir
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
717
GK:
3261
Root:
kurio
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.
Verse:
“If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is κύριος,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9)
“κύριος, you have no bucket and the well is deep.” (John 4:11)
Biblical Concordance
| Matthew 22:44 | ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to my Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet”’? |
| Matthew 22:45 | If therefore David calls him ‘Lord,’ (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) how can he be his son?” |
| Matthew 23:39 | For I say to you, you will see me no more until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 24:42 | Therefore be alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) will come. |
| Matthew 24:45 | “Who then is the faithful and wise servant whom his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has put in charge of his household to give other servants their food at the proper time? |
| Matthew 24:46 | Blessed is that servant whom his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) will find so doing when he returns. |
| Matthew 24:48 | But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is slow to return,’ |
| Matthew 24:50 | the master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect and at an hour he does not know, |
| Matthew 25:11 | Later the other virgins came, saying, ‘Sir! (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) Sir! (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) Open the door for us.’ |
| Matthew 25:18 | But the servant who had received the one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) money. |
| Matthew 25:19 | Now after a long time the master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. |
| Matthew 25:20 | The one who had received the five talents came and brought another five, saying, ‘Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), you entrusted five talents to me; look, I have gained five more.’ |
| Matthew 25:21 | His master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’ (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 25:22 | The one who had received the two talents also came, saying, “Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), you entrusted two talents to me. Look, I have gained two more.’ |
| Matthew 25:23 | His master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’ (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 25:24 | Then the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you scattered no seed; |
| Matthew 25:26 | But his master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? |
| Matthew 25:37 | Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? |
| Matthew 25:44 | Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not help you?’ |
| Matthew 26:22 | And they were greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?” (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) |
| Matthew 27:10 | and they gave them for the potter’s field as the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) directed me.” |
| Matthew 27:63 | They said, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), we remember that while he was still alive that impostor said, ‘After three days I will be raised.’ |
| Matthew 28:2 | And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) descended from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled away the stone and sat on it. |
| Mark 1:3 | a voice calling out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), straight.’” make his paths his straight.’” |
| Mark 2:28 | So lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is the Son of Man is lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) even of the Sabbath.” |
| Mark 5:19 | But he did not permit him. Instead, he said to him, “Go to your home, your to your own people, and tell them how much the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has done for you has done and that he had mercy on you.” |
| Mark 7:28 | But she answered him, saying, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), even the dogs under the table feed from the children’s crumbs.” |
| Mark 11:3 | If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has need of it and will send it back as soon as possible.’” |
| Mark 11:9 | And those who went before and those who followed were crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) |
| Mark 12:9 | What therefore will the owner (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants and give the vineyard to others. |
| Mark 12:11 | this came about from the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” |
| Mark 12:29 | Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) our God, the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is one; |
| Mark 12:30 | and you shall love the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) your God with your whole heart, and with your whole life, and with your whole mind, and with your whole strength.’ |
| Mark 12:36 | David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to my Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies beneath your feet.”’ |
| Mark 12:37 | David himself calls him ‘Lord,’ (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) so how can he be his son?” And the large crowd was listening to him with delight. |
| Mark 13:20 | And unless the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) had cut short the number of days, no one would survive; but on account of the elect, whom he chose, he cut short the days. |
| Mark 13:35 | So stay alert — for you do not know when the master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the house will return, whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or toward daybreak — |
| Mark 16:19 | Then the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. |
| Mark 16:20 | And going out, they proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) worked alongside and confirmed the message through the accompanying signs. |
| Luke 1:6 | And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
| Luke 1:9 | that according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to go into the temple of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and burn incense, |
| Luke 1:11 | And an angel of (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. |
| Luke 1:15 | for he will be great before the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). And he must not drink wine and strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. |
| Luke 1:16 | and he will restore many of the sons of Israel to the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) their God. |
| Luke 1:17 | He will go on before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers toward their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, in order to establish for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) a people who are prepared for him.” |
| Luke 1:25 | “Thus the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has done for me in the days in which he looked with favor to take away my reproach among people.” |
| Luke 1:28 | And he came to her and said, “Greetings, highly favored one, the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is with you!” |
| Luke 1:32 | This very one will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) God will give him the throne of his father David. |
| Luke 1:38 | So Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Let it happen to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. |
| Luke 1:43 | And why should this happen to me that the mother of my Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) should come to me? |
Mnemonics
Kurie eleison
Also used in Anglican churches