κατακυριεύω
katakyrieúō · G2634 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to rule, to govern, to reign over
To rule or reign over, with the implication in some contexts of lording it over
ExamplesMatthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them.
Mark 10:42 Calling them to Himself, Jesus said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them; and their people in high position exercise authority over them.
1 Peter 5:3 nor yet as domineering over those assigned to your care, but by proving to be examples to the flock.
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to overpower
To subject someone or something to a superior force
ExamplesActs 19:16 And the man in whom was the evil spirit, pounced on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- δοκέωto think, to suppose, to seem 1
- ἄρχωνruler, governor, official 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- εἴδωto know 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To rule, to govern, to reign over37.50
- In Matthew 20:25, Jesus contrasts worldly and godly leadership, “the rulers of the Gentiles domineer over them, and those in high position exercise authority over them,” using this word for the act of ruling over others with controlling force.
- To overpower39.55
- In Acts 19:16, of the seven sons of Sceva it is written that the man with the evil spirit “pounced on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded,” using this word for the act of physically overpowering someone in a struggle.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist participle κατακυριεύσας; (κατά (which see III. 3) under); a. to bring under…
a. to bring under one's power, to subject to oneself, to subdue, master: τίνος, Acts 19:18 (Diodorus 14,64; for כָּבַשׁ Gen 1:28; Sir. 17:4).
b. to hold in subjection, to be master of, exercise lordship over: τίνος, Mt 20:25; Mk 10:42; 1 Pet 5:3; (of the benign government of God, Jer 3:14).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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