Definition:
κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον), [in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for בַּעַל,אָדוֹן, etc;] having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst, ὁ κ, lord, master; 1) in general: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.9:38 20:8, Mrk.12:9 13:35, Luk.19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:28, Luk.6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc, Mat.10:24, Luk.14:21, Act.16:16, al; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Eph.6:5, 9 al; of the Emperor (Deiss, LAE, 161), Act.25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1Co.8:5; of a husband, 1Pe.3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc, Mat.13:27 16:22 27:63, Mrk.7:28, Luk.5:12, Jhn.4:11, Act.9:5, al. 2) As a divine title (frequently in π; Deiss, LAE, 353 ff.); in NT, (a) of God: ὁ κ, Mat.5:33, Mrk.5:19, Luk.1:6, Act.7:33, Heb.8:2, Jas.4:15, al; anarth. (Bl, §46, 6), Mat.21:9, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:17, Heb.7:21, 1Pe.1:25, al; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Mat.11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1Ti.6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Mat.4:7, 10 al; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Rev.4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Rom.9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Mat.1:20 2:13, Luk.1:11, al; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.8:39; (b) of the Christ: Mat.21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.1:43 20:44, al; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Act.10:36, Rom.14:8, 1Co.7:22, Eph.4:5, al; ὁ κ. μου, Jhn.20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Act.1:21, 1Co.11:23, al; id. before Χριστός, Eph.1:2, al; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1Ti.1:14, Heb.7:14, al; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1Th.3:11, Heb.13:20, al; Χριστός, Rom.16:18; Ἰ Χ, 1Co.1:2, 1Th.1:3, al; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom.1:4, Col.2:6, Eph.3:11, al; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2Pe.3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ, ib. 18; anarth, 1Co.7:22, 25 Jas.5:4, al; κ. κυρίων, Rev.19:16; with prep, ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ, Col.3:24, al. SYN: see: δεσπότης. (AS)
Definition:
κύριος [ῡ], α, ον, also ος, ον [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Thess.
κῦρρος [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
I) of persons,
having power or
authority over, with
genitive, Ζεὺς ὁ πάντων κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὶν ἄν σε κ. στήσω τέκνων put thee
in possession of, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], of the god to whom a temple is dedicated, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τῶν αὑτοὺ κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θανάτου κ. τινός
with power of life and death over, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2) κύριός εἰμι with
infinitive, I
have authority to do,
am entitled to do, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὗτος κ. ὁρκωμοτεῖν (probably to be read instead of -ῶν) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ώτεροι δοῦναι
better able to give, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also κ. τοῦ μὴ μεθυσθῆναι
having power not to, [
Refs]: with
accusative et
infinitive, κ. εἶναι ἢ τοίαν εἶναι [πόλιν] ἢ τοίαν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3) followed by a dependent clause, κ. γενέσθαι, ὅντινα δεῖ καταστήσασθαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.4) with
participle, πριαμένους τι ἢ πωλοῦντας κυρίους εἶναι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5)
absolutely,
having authority, supreme, τί τῶνδε κυριωτέρους μένει; [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ πατὴρ μέχρι τούτου κ. [ἐστι] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. the
sovereign power in a state, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ κ. the
supreme authorities, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; at Athens, κ. ἐκκλησία a
sovereign or
principal assembly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) of things, ὁ τῆς ὥρας τῆς καταρχῆς κ. [ἀστήρ] [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]: but usually
absolutely,
authoritative, decisive, δίκαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μῦθος -ώτερος
of more authority, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ωτάτη τῶν ἐπιστημῶν [ἡ πολιτική] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; -ωτέρα ἡ καθόλου [ἀπόδειξις] [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of
sovereign remedies, - ωτάτη τῶν καθάρσεων [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
important, principal, κ. δόξαι, of certain doctrines of Epicurus, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὰ -ώτατα the
principal organs, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] (but, the
most important matters, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
principal accent, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.2) opposed to ἄκυρος,
valid, νόμος, δόγματα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ποιεῖν [τὴν γνῶσιν], opposed to ἄκυρον π, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔστω τὰ κριθέντα κ. Legal cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) of times, etc,
ordained, appointed, ἡ κυρίη ἡμέρη [
Refs 5th c.BC+], etc; κ. μήν, of a woman with child, i.e. the ninth month, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅταν τὸ κ. μόλῃ φάος (probably) the
appointed time, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. [ἡμέρα] [
Refs 4th c.BC+] but αἱ κ. [ἡμεραι], ={κριτικαί}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4)
legitimate, lawful, ὕπνος πόνος τε, κ. ξυνωμόται [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύρι᾽ ἔχοντες having
lawful power, [
Refs]
II.5) ἡ κ. ἀρετή goodness
proper, real goodness, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Rhet. and Grammars, κ. ὄνομα the
real or
actual, hence
current, ordinary, name of a thing, opposed to μεταφορά, γλῶττα, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; σπάνει κυρίου ὀνόματος for lack of a
current term, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; -ώτατα ὀνόματα
most ordinary terms, [
Refs]
proper, personal name, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὄνομα alone in this sense, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. [λέξεις] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸν κ. τρόπον, opposed to καταχρωμένη, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
adverb κυρίως, see entry
B)
substantive κύριος, ὁ,
lord, master, τοῖσι κ. δωμάτων [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ κ. alone,
head of a family,
master of a house (compare [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
guardian of a woman, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], etc: generally,
guardian, trustee, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
B.b) later κύριε, as a form of respectful address,
sir, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]
B.2)
feminine κυρία, ἡ,
mistress, lady of the house, [
LXX+4th c.BC+]: in
vocative,
madam, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; applied to women from fourteen years upwards, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]. (In later Gr. frequently written
κύρα, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
B.2.b) epithet of Ἶσις, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
B.3) of gods, especially in the East, Σεκνεβτῦνις ὁ κ. θεός [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; Κρόνος κ. [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; Ζεὺς κ. [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; κ. Σάραπις [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of deified rulers, τοῦ κ. βασιλέος θεοῦ [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; οἱ κ. θεοὶ μέγιστοι, of Ptolemy XIV and [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; of Roman Emperors, [
Refs]
B.4) ὁ Κύριος, = Hebrew [
LXX]; of Christ, [
NT]