Strong's #2962: kurios (pronounced koo'-ree-os)
from kuros (supremacy); supreme in authority, i.e. (as noun) controller; by implication, Master (as a respectful title):-- God, Lord, master, Sir.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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kurios
1) he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding; master, lord
1a) the possessor and disposer of a thing
1a1) the owner; one who has control of the person, the master
1a2) in the state: the sovereign, prince, chief, the Roman emperor
1b) is a title of honour expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants greet their master
1c) this title is given to: God, the Messiah
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from kuros (supremacy)
Citing in TDNT: 3:1039, 486
Usage:
This word is used 751 times:
Acts 9:10: "he said, Behold, I"
Acts 9:10: "him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And"
Acts 9:10: "he said, Behold, I am here, Lord."
Acts 9:11: "And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into"
Acts 9:13: "Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of"
Acts 9:15: "But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for"
Acts 9:17: "Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee"
Acts 9:27: "how he had seen the Lord in the way, and"
Acts 9:29: "the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed"
Acts 9:31: "in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the"
Acts 9:35: "turned to the Lord."
Acts 9:42: "believed in the Lord."
Acts 10:4: "and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy"
Acts 10:14: "Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing"
Acts 10:36: "Christ: (he is Lord of all:)"
Acts 10:48: "the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry"
Acts 11:8: "But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or"
Acts 11:16: "remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed"
Acts 11:17: "who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was"
Acts 11:20: "Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus."
Acts 11:21: "And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great"
Acts 11:21: "and turned unto the Lord."
Acts 11:23: "of heart they would cleave unto the Lord."
Acts 11:24: "people was added unto the Lord."
Acts 12:7: "And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined"
Acts 12:11: "I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and"
Acts 12:17: "unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the"
Acts 12:23: "And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because"
Acts 13:2: "they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy"
Acts 13:10: "the right ways of the Lord?"
Acts 13:11: "behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be"
Acts 13:12: "the doctrine of the Lord."
Acts 13:47: "For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee"
Acts 13:48: "the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained"
Acts 13:49: "the word of the Lord was published throughout all the"
Acts 14:3: "they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word"
Acts 14:23: "fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed."
Acts 15:11: "the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they."
Acts 15:17: "my name is called, saith the Lord,"
Acts 15:17: "of men might seek after the Lord, and all the"
Acts 15:17: "my name is called, saith"
Acts 15:26: "the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
Acts 15:35: "the word of the Lord, with many others also."
Acts 15:36: "where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do."
Acts 16:10: "assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them."
Acts 16:14: "us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of"
Acts 16:15: "to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house,"
Acts 16:16: "which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:"
Acts 16:19: "And when her masters saw that the hope of their"
Acts 16:30: "them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do"
