Bible word study
Kurios (Strong’s G2962): Meaning in the Bible
Kurios (κύριος) is the Greek word numbered G2962 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title). In the King James Bible it is translated God, Lord, master, Sir..
- Original wordκύριος
- Transliterationkýrios
- Pronunciationkoo'-ree-os
- Strong’s numberG2962
- LanguageGreek
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. from (supremacy);
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
In the Greek Old Testament this word stood in for the divine name, and the New Testament gives it freely to Jesus. To call him Lord is to name him as the One before whom every knee will bow.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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