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

Where Kurios appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Kurios (G2962) stands behind 763 English renderings in 686 verses across 25 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (113), Luke (108), Matthew (86).

How the King James Bible renders Kurios, by count

• lord664 of 763 (87 percent)
• the lord26 of 763 (3 percent)
• lords15 of 763 (2 percent)
• of15 of 763 (2 percent)
• sir11 of 763 (1 percent)
• masters9 of 763 (1 percent)

Three places to read Kurios

• Matthew 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
• John 15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
• 2 Corinthians 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

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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