For an Informed Love of God
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
| 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; |
Mnemonics
Kurie eleison
Also used in Anglican churches