κυριεύω
kyrieúō · G2961 · Greek · 7 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
ExamplesLuke 22:25 And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles domineer over them; and those who have authority over them are called ‘Benefactors.’
Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
Romans 6:14 For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace.
How it’s used In 5 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
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- θάνατοςdeath 1
- ἁμαρτίαsin 1
- νόμοςlaw, the Law 1
- βασιλεύςking 1
- Not stated: we 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon+ ζάωto be alive, to live, to come back to life 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- οὐnot 2
- οὐκέτιno longer 1
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔπωto say 1
- ἀγνοέωto not know 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κύριοςLord 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- מָשַׁל mâshal · H4910 · to be like, to become like, to compare
- מָשַׁל (mâshal, H4910) denotes exercising dominion or ruling authority, directly corresponding to κυριεύω (kyrieúō, G2961) as its standard Hebrew equivalent for the concept of lordship/mastery in governance contexts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To rule, to govern, to reign over37.50
- κυριεύω describes ruling or exercising mastery over someone. Romans 6:9 states, “knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him,” the κυριεύει naming this rule death once held but holds no longer.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future κυριεύσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular κυριεύσῃ; (κύριος); to be lord…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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