κύριος

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), Matt 9,38; 20,8, Mark 12,9; 13,35, Luk 19,33; τ. σαββάτου, Matt 12,8, Mark 2,28, Luk 6,5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Matt 10,24, Luk 14,21, ApG 16,16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Ef 6,5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), ApG 25,26 θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1 Kor 8,5 of a husband, 1 Pet 3,6 in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Matt 13,27; 16,22; 27,63, Mark 7,28, Luk 5,12, Joh 4,11, ApG 9,5, al.

2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT,

(a) of God: ὁ κ., Matt 5,33, Mark 5,19, Luk 1,6, ApG 7,33, Hebr 8,2, Jak 4,15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Matt 21,9, Mark 13,20, Luk 1,17, Hebr 7,21, 1 Pet 1,25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Matt 11,25 τ. κυριευόντων, 1 Tim 6,15 κ. ὁ θεός, Matt 4,7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Åb 4,8 κ. σαβαώθ, Rom 9,29 (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Matt 1,20; 2,13, Luk 1,11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk 4,18, ApG 8,39;

(b) of the Christ: Matt 21,3, Mark 11,3, Luk 1,43; 20,44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), ApG 10,36, Rom 14,8, 1 Kor 7,22, Ef 4,5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, Joh 20,28 ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, ApG 1,21, 1 Kor 11,23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Ef 1,2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1 Tim 1,14, Hebr 7,14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1 Thess 3,11, Hebr 13,20, al.; Χριστός, Rom 16,18 Ἰ Χ., 1 Kor 1,2, 1 Thess 1,3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom 1,4, Kol 2,6, Ef 3,11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2 Pet 3,2 id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1 Kor 7,22, 25 Jak 5,4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Åb 19,16 with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Kol 3,24, al.

SYN: see: δεσπότης.