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
Romans 10:13 | for “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) will be saved.” |
Romans 10:16 | However, not all of them have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), who has believed our message?” |
Romans 11:3 | “Lord (kyrie | κύριε | voc sg masc), they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.” |
Romans 11:34 | For who has known the mind of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), or who has been his counselor? |
Romans 12:11 | do not lag in zeal; be enthusiastic in spirit; serve the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc); |
Romans 12:19 | Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) |
Romans 13:14 | Rather, put on the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the sinful nature to gratify its desires. |
Romans 14:4 | Who are you to pass judgment on someone else’s servant? It is before his own master (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) that he will stand or fall. And he will stand, for the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) is able to make him stand. |
Romans 14:6 | The one who observes the day observes it for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). And the one who eats, eats for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), because he gives thanks to God; and the one who abstains from eating, abstains for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) and gives thanks to God. |
Romans 14:8 | if we live, we live for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), and if we die, we die for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). So then, whether we live or whether we die, we belong to the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
Romans 14:11 | For it is written, “As I live, says the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc), every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.” |
Romans 14:14 | I know and am convinced in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; however, to the one who considers something to be unclean, to him it is unclean. |
Romans 15:6 | so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
Romans 15:11 | And again, “Praise the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) all you Gentiles, and let all the nations extol him.” |
Romans 15:30 | Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in fervent prayer to God on my behalf, |
Romans 16:2 | so that you may receive her in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) in a manner worthy of the saints, and give her any help she may need from you; for she has been of great assistance to many, including myself. |
Romans 16:8 | Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). |
Romans 16:11 | Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) who belong to the household of Narcissus. |
Romans 16:12 | Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, diligent workers in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked so very hard in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). |
Romans 16:13 | Greet Rufus, an outstanding Christian, also his mother and mine. |
Romans 16:18 | For such people do not serve our Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) Christ but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the guileless. |
Romans 16:20 | The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. May the grace of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus be with you. |
Romans 16:22 | I, Tertius, the one who is writing down this letter, greet you in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). |
1 Corinthians 1:2 | to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be saints together with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: |
1 Corinthians 1:3 | Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
1 Corinthians 1:7 | so that you do not lack in any spiritual gift as you wait for the revealing of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
1 Corinthians 1:8 | He will keep you steadfast to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ. |
1 Corinthians 1:9 | God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
1 Corinthians 1:10 | I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment. |
1 Corinthians 1:31 | so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) |
1 Corinthians 2:8 | None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) of glory. |
1 Corinthians 2:16 | For, “Who has known the mind of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), so as to advise him?” But we have the mind of Christ. |
1 Corinthians 3:5 | What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, even as the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) assigned to each of us. |
1 Corinthians 3:20 | And again, “The Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) knows the reasonings of the wise, that they are futile.” |
1 Corinthians 4:4 | For I am not aware of anything against myself, yet not because of this am I acquitted. It is the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) who judges me. |
1 Corinthians 4:5 | So then, stop passing judgment on anything before the time, before the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will disclose the motives of the heart. At that time praise will come to each from God. |
1 Corinthians 4:17 | That is why I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). He will remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus, as I teach them everywhere in every church. |
1 Corinthians 4:19 | But I will come to you soon, if the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) wills, and I will find out not the speech of these arrogant people but their power. |
1 Corinthians 5:4 | When you are assembled in the name of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus and I am with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus, |
1 Corinthians 5:5 | hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). |
1 Corinthians 6:11 | And some of you were guilty of these abominations! But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. |
1 Corinthians 6:13 | “Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food” — and God will destroy both the one and the other. But the body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc), and the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) for the body; |
1 Corinthians 6:14 | and God both has raised the Lord (kyrion | κύριον | acc sg masc) and will raise us up by his power. |
1 Corinthians 6:17 | But the one who joins himself to the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) is one spirit with him. |
1 Corinthians 7:10 | To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) a wife should not separate from her husband |
1 Corinthians 7:12 | To the rest I say (I, not the Lord): (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) If some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her. |
1 Corinthians 7:17 | Only, as the Lord (kyrios | κύριος | nom sg masc) has assigned to each person, as God has called each one, so let that person conduct his life. And thus I prescribe in all the churches. |
1 Corinthians 7:22 | For the one who was called by the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc) as a slave is a freedman of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc). Likewise, the one who was called as a free person is a slave of Christ. |
1 Corinthians 7:25 | Now concerning virgins: I have no command from the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), but I give my opinion as one who has been shown mercy by the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc) and is trustworthy. |
1 Corinthians 7:32 | I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord (kyriou | κυρίου | gen sg masc), how to please the Lord (kyriō | κυρίῳ | dat sg masc). |
Mnemonics
Kurie eleison
Also used in Anglican churches