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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
| Luke 13:23 | Someone said to him, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), will those who are saved be few?” And he said to them, |
| Luke 13:25 | “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking at the door, saying, ‘Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not know you or where you are from.’ |
| Luke 13:35 | Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’” (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) |
| Luke 14:21 | So the servant came and reported these things to his master (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). Then the master of the house was angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in here the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’ |
| Luke 14:22 | The slave said, ‘Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.’ |
| Luke 14:23 | The master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedgerows and urge people to come in, so that my house may be filled. |
| Luke 16:3 | And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:5 | Calling each one of his master’s (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) |
| Luke 16:8 | The master (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. |
| Luke 16:13 | “No servant is able to serve two masters (kyriois | κυρίοις | dat pl masc). For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.” |
| Luke 17:5 | The apostles said to the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), “Increase our faith!” |
| Luke 17:6 | And the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. |
| Luke 17:37 | Then the disciples said in response, “Where, Lord?” (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) And he said to them, “Where the corpse is, there also the vultures will be gathered.” |
| Luke 18:6 | And the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says. |
| Luke 18:41 | “What do you want me to do for you?” He said, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), that I might see again.” |
| Luke 19:8 | Zacchaeus, as he stood there, said to the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), “Look, half of what I own, Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will repay fourfold.” |
| Luke 19:16 | The first came before him, saying, ‘Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), your mina has gained ten minas.’ |
| Luke 19:18 | And the second came, saying, ‘Your mina, Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), has gained five minas.’ |
| Luke 19:20 | Then the other came, saying, ‘Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), look, your mina that I kept laid away in a piece of cloth, |
| Luke 19:25 | And they said to him, ‘Master (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), he has ten minas!’ |
| Luke 19:31 | If someone asks you why are you untying it, you shall say this: ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has need of it.’” |
| Luke 19:33 | As they were untying the colt, its owners (kyrioi | κύριοι | nom pl masc) asked them, “Why are you untying the colt?” |
| Luke 19:34 | And they said, “Because the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has need of it.” |
| Luke 19:38 | saying, “Blessed is the coming one, the king, the one who comes in the name of the Lord! (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” |
| Luke 20:13 | Then the owner (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the vineyard said, ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’ |
| Luke 20:15 | And they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) of the vineyard do to them? |
| Luke 20:37 | But that the dead are raised, even Moses made known, in the passage about the bush, for he calls the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc), ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ |
| Luke 20:42 | For David himself says in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) said to my Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), “Sit at my right hand, |
| Luke 20:44 | David thus calls him ‘Lord.’ (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) So how could he be his son?” |
| Luke 22:33 | Peter said to him, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.” |
| Luke 22:38 | So they said, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), look! Here are two swords.” Then he told them, “It is enough.” |
| Luke 22:49 | When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), shall we strike with the sword?” |
| Luke 22:61 | Then the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) turned and looked at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) that he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.” |
| Luke 24:3 | and going inside they did not find the body of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus. |
| Luke 24:34 | saying, “The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has indeed been raised and has appeared to Simon!” |
| John 1:23 | He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) as Isaiah the prophet said.” |
| John 4:11 | The woman said to him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), you have no bucket and the well is deep. How then are you going to draw the living water? |
| John 4:15 | The woman said to him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” |
| John 4:19 | The woman said to him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), I can see that you are a prophet. |
| John 4:49 | The officer said to him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), come down before my little boy dies.” |
| John 5:7 | The sick man answered him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am on my way someone else steps down ahead of me.” |
| John 6:23 | However, other boats from Tiberias had come ashore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) had given thanks. |
| John 6:34 | So they said to him, “Sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), give us this bread from now on!” |
| John 6:68 | Simon Peter answered him, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life, |
| John 8:11 | She said, “No one, Lord.” (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) Then Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” |
| John 9:36 | The man replied, saying, “And who is he, sir (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc)? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.” |
| John 9:38 | Then the man said, “I believe, Lord,” (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc) and he bowed in reverence before him. |
| John 11:2 | It was this Mary who anointed the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. |
| John 11:3 | So the sisters sent word to him, saying, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), the one you love is ill.” |
| John 11:12 | The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” |
Mnemonics
Kurie eleison
Also used in Anglican churches