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Lexicon :: Strong's G2961 - kyrieuō

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κυριεύω
Transliteration
kyrieuō (Key)
Pronunciation
ko-ree-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:1097,486

Strong’s Definitions

κυριεύω kyrieúō, ko-ree-yoo'-o; from G2962; to rule:—have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G2961 in the following manner: have dominion over (4x), exercise lordship over (1x), be Lord of (1x), lords (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G2961 in the following manner: have dominion over (4x), exercise lordship over (1x), be Lord of (1x), lords (1x).
  1. to be lord of, to rule, have dominion over

  2. of things and forces

    1. to exercise influence upon, to have power over

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κυριεύω kyrieúō, ko-ree-yoo'-o; from G2962; to rule:—have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over.
STRONGS G2961:
κυριεύω; future κυριεύσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular κυριεύσῃ; (κύριος); to be lord of, to rule over, have dominion over: with the genitive of the object (cf. Buttmann, 169 (147)), Luke 22:25; Romans 14:9; 2 Corinthians 1:24; absolutely, οἱ κυριεύοντες, supreme rulers, kings, 1 Timothy 6:15; of things and forces equivalent to to exercise influence upon, to have power over: with the genitive of the object, θάνατος, Romans 6:9; ἁμαρτία, 14; νόμος, Romans 7:1. (Xenophon, Aristotle, Polybius, and following, the Sept. for מָשַׁל (etc.).) (Compare: κατακυριεύω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
22:25
Romans
6:9; 7:1; 14:9
2 Corinthians
1:24
1 Timothy
6:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2961 matches the Greek κυριεύω (kyrieuō),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 -

He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;

you will bear children with painful effort.

Your desire will be for your husband,

yet he will rule over you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 -

“Are you really going to reign over us? ” his brothers asked him. “Are you really going to rule us? ” So they hated him even more because of his dream and what he had said.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 -

The enemy said:

“I will pursue, I will overtake,

I will divide the spoil.

My desire will be gratified at their expense.

I will draw my sword;

my hand will destroy[fn] them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 -

The princes dug the well;

the nobles of the people hollowed it out

with a scepter and with their staffs.

They went from the wilderness to Mattanah,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 -

Water will flow from his buckets,

and his seed will be by abundant water.

His king will be greater than Agag,

and his kingdom will be exalted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 -

King Sihon of the Amorites lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon River, along the middle of the valley, and half of Gilead up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites),

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 -

and Caleb said, “Whoever attacks and captures Kiriath-sepher, I will give my daughter Achsah to him as a wife.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 -

And Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah,[fn] which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 -

“Please speak in the hearing of all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you or that one man rule over you? ’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4 -

Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who wanted the Philistines to provide an opportunity for a confrontation.[fn] At that time, the Philistines were ruling Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 -

So he said to the people of Judah, “Let’s build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, with doors and bars. The land is still ours because we sought the LORD our God. We sought him and he gave us rest on every side.” So they built and succeeded.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 -

He said:

LORD, God of our ancestors, are you not the God who is in heaven, and do you not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, and no one can stand against you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41 -

He handed them over to the nations;

those who hated them ruled over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:4 -

“I will make youths their leaders,

and unstable rulers[fn] will govern them.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 -

Youths oppress my people,

and women rule over them.

My people, your leaders mislead you;

they confuse the direction of your paths.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 -

On that day

the LORD will whistle to flies

at the farthest streams of the Nile

and to bees in the land of Assyria.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 -

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 -

I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters,

and a strong king will rule it.

This is the declaration of the Lord GOD of Armies.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 -

“Who is blind but my servant,

or deaf like my messenger I am sending?

Who is blind like my dedicated one,[fn]

or blind like the servant of the LORD?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 -

Evil generation,

pay attention to the word of the LORD!

Have I been a wilderness to Israel

or a land of dense darkness?

Why do my people claim,

“We will go where we want;[fn]

we will no longer come to you”?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:3 -

“for look, the days are coming” ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​“when I will restore the fortunes[fn] of my people Israel and Judah,” says the LORD. “I will restore them to the land I gave to their ancestors and they will possess it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:8 -

Slaves rule over us;

no one rescues us from them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 -

“After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 -

When the satraps, prefects, governors, and the king’s advisers gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on[fn] the bodies of these men: not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 -

“You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals. You will feed on grass like cattle and be drenched with dew from the sky for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 -

“You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle for seven periods of time, until you acknowledge that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 -

“He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over human kingdoms and sets anyone he wants over them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 -

The king then gave the command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel[fn] were brought and thrown into the lions’ den ​— ​they, their children, and their wives. They had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:3 -

“Then a warrior king will arise; he will rule a vast realm and do whatever he wants.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 -

“But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and divided to the four winds of heaven, but not to his descendants; it will not be the same kingdom that he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and will go to others besides them.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:5 -

“The king of the South will grow powerful, but one of his commanders will grow more powerful and will rule a kingdom greater than his.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 -

“He will get control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt. The Libyans and Cushites will also be in submission.[fn]

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