Kyrios

Kyrios or kurios (Greek: κύριος, romanizedkū́rios (ancient), kyrios (modern)) is a Greek word that is usually translated as "lord" or "master".[1] It is used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew scriptures about 7000 times,[2] in particular translating the name YHWH (the Tetragrammaton),[3] and it appears in the Koine Greek New Testament about 740 times, usually referring to Jesus.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ κύριος. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  2. ^ "G2962 - kyrios - Strong's Greek Lexicon (LXX)".
  3. ^ "Bible Search and Study Tools - Blue Letter Bible".
  4. ^ The Christology of the New Testament by Oscar Cullmann 1959 ISBN 0-664-24351-7 pages 234-237 [1]
  5. ^ The Bauer lexicon, 1979 edition
  6. ^ Philip Schaff. "LORD". New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. VII: Liutprand - Moralities. p. 21.
  7. ^ Archibald Thomas Robertson. "10". Word Pictures in the New Testament - Romans.

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