For an Informed Love of God
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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
| James 2:1 | My brothers, stop showing favoritism as you live out your faith in our glorious Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
| James 3:9 | With it we bless our Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God. |
| James 4:10 | Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and he will lift you up. |
| James 4:15 | Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) so decrees, then we will live and do this or that.” |
| James 5:4 | Look, the wages you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) of Hosts. |
| James 5:7 | Be patient, therefore, dear friends, until the coming of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). Note how the farmer waits for the precious harvest of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and latter rains. |
| James 5:8 | You too must be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) is near. |
| James 5:10 | As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
| James 5:11 | For sure, we regard as blessed those who persevered. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the result of the Lord's (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) activity, that the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is exceedingly compassionate and merciful. |
| James 5:14 | Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc); |
| James 5:15 | and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick and the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. |
| 1 Peter 1:3 | Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, |
| 1 Peter 1:25 | but the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. |
| 1 Peter 2:3 | since you have tasted that the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is good. |
| 1 Peter 2:13 | Submit to every human authority on account of the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), whether to the king as supreme, |
| 1 Peter 3:6 | just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him “my lord.” (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not fear any intimidation. |
| 1 Peter 3:12 | For the eyes of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers; but the face of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) is against those who do evil.” |
| 1 Peter 3:15 | but in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), being ready at all times to make a defense to all who ask you for a word concerning the hope that is in you. |
| 2 Peter 1:2 | May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure through knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
| 2 Peter 1:8 | For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will make you effective and productive in your knowledge of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Peter 1:11 | For in this way entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you. |
| 2 Peter 1:14 | since I know that my body will soon be put aside as our Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) Jesus Christ made clear to me. |
| 2 Peter 1:16 | For we did not follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. |
| 2 Peter 2:9 | then the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) knows how to rescue the godly from trial, but to keep the unrighteous under guard awaiting punishment on the day of judgment, |
| 2 Peter 2:11 | whereas angels, although greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
| 2 Peter 2:20 | For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first. |
| 2 Peter 3:2 | to remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and Savior spoken through your apostles. |
| 2 Peter 3:8 | But do not let this one thing escape your notice, dear friends, that one day with the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) is as a thousand years and a thousand years are as a single day. |
| 2 Peter 3:9 | The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is not late in fulfilling his promise, as some regard lateness, but is patient toward you, not willing that anyone should perish, but that all should come to repentance. |
| 2 Peter 3:10 | But the Day of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, the elements will melt in the intense heat, and the earth and the works in it will be exposed. |
| 2 Peter 3:15 | And consider the patience of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, |
| 2 Peter 3:18 | But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and in the eternal day. Amen. |
| Jude 1:4 | For certain men have stolen in unawares — men who long ago were designated for this condemnation — ungodly men who turn the grace of our God into an excuse for blatant immorality, and deny our only Master and Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), Jesus Christ. |
| Jude 1:5 | Now I want to remind you, though you once knew all this, that the Lord, having saved his people out of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. |
| Jude 1:9 | But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) rebuke you!” |
| Jude 1:14 | It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh in descent from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) comes with ten thousands of his holy ones |
| Jude 1:17 | But you, dear friends, must remember the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ, |
| Jude 1:21 | Keep yourselves in the love of God as you wait for the mercy of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ to grant you eternal life. |
| Jude 1:25 | to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), belong glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, now and forever. Amen. |
| Revelation 1:8 | “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) God, “the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” |
| Revelation 4:8 | And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And day or night they never rest, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come!” |
| Revelation 4:11 | “Worthy are you, our Lord (kyrios | κύριος | voc sg masc) and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created.” |
| Revelation 7:14 | I said to him, “My lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. |
| Revelation 11:4 | (These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) of the earth.) |
| Revelation 11:8 | and their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city, which symbolically is called Sodom, or Egypt, where also their Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) was crucified. |
| Revelation 11:15 | Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.” |
| Revelation 11:17 | saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) God Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. |
| Revelation 14:13 | And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) from now on.” “Yes indeed!” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their labors, because their deeds will follow them!” |
| Revelation 15:3 | And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your deeds, O Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) God Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations! |
| Revelation 15:4 | Who will not fear you, O Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), and glorify your name? For you alone are holy, for all nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.” |
Mnemonics
Kurie eleison
Also used in Anglican churches