κοσμοκράτωρ
kosmokrátōr · G2888 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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world ruler
One who rules over the whole world
ExamplesEphesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
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power, authority, lordship, ruler, wicked force
(Title for supernatural forces and powers) A supernatural power having some particular role in controlling the destiny and activities of human beings
ExamplesEphesians 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σκότοςdarkness 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πρόςto, toward, with 1
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
- Power, authority, lordship, ruler, wicked force12.44
- κοσμοκράτωρ names a ruling power exercising authority over the present age. Ephesians 6:12 states, “our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places,” the κοσμοκράτορας naming these ruling powers of darkness.
- World ruler37.73
- The same word specifically names such a power as a ruler over the world. Ephesians 6:12 is itself the only occurrence of κοσμοκράτωρ, its κοσμοκράτορας likewise naming these world rulers of the present darkness that believers contend against.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κοσμοκρατορος, ὁ (κόσμος and κρατέω), lord of the world, prince of this age: the devil…
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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