Lexical Summary kyriotēs: lordship Original Word: κυριότηςTransliteration: kyriotēs Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree-ot'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: lordship Meaning: lordship Strong's Concordance dominion, government. From kurios; mastery, i.e. (concretely and collectively) rulers -- dominion, government. see GREEK kurios Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2963: κυριότηςκυριότης, κυριότητος, ἡ (ὁ κύριος), dominion, power, lordship; in the N. T. one who possesses dominion (see ἐξουσία, 4 c. β.; cf. German Herrschaft (or Milton's dominations); in Tacitus, ann. 13, 1 dominationes is equivalent to dominantes), so used of angels (κύριοι, 1 Corinthians 8:5; see κύριος, a. at the end): Ephesians 1:21; 2 Peter 2:10; Jude 1:8; plural Colossians 1:16. (Ecclesiastical (e. g. 'Teaching' c. 4 [ET]) and Byzantine writings.) |
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