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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, ὁ θάνατος, Romans 6:9; ἡ ἁμαρτία, 14; ὁ 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
In pain you shall bring forth children;
Your desire shall be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:8 - And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 - The enemy said, ‘I will pursue,
I will overtake,
I will divide the spoil;
My desire shall be satisfied on them.
I will draw my sword,
My hand shall destroy them.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - The well the leaders sank,
Dug by the nation’s nobles,
By the lawgiver, with their staves.”
And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - He shall pour water from his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many waters.

“His king shall be higher than Agag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - One king was Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon and ruled half of Gilead, from Aroer, which is on the bank of the River Arnon, from the middle of that river, even as far as the River Jabbok, which is the border of the Ammonites,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:16 - And Caleb said, “He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in a hill belonging to Phinehas his son, which was given to him in the mountains of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Please speak in the hearing of all the men of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one reign over you?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and bone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:4 - But his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD—that He was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines. For at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:7 - Therefore he said to Judah, “Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:6 - and said: “O LORD God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:41 - And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:4 - “I will give children to be their princes,
And babes shall rule over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for My people, children are their oppressors,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who lead you cause you to err,
And destroy the way of your paths.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:18 - And it shall come to pass in that day
That the LORD will whistle for the fly
That is in the farthest part of the rivers of Egypt,
And for the bee that is in the land of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the LORD; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - And the Egyptians I will give
Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:19 - Who is blind but My servant,
Or deaf as My messenger whom I send?
Who is blind as he who is perfect,
And blind as the LORD’s servant?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:31 - “O generation, see the word of the LORD!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We are lords;
We will come no more to You’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:3 - ‘For behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘that I will bring back from captivity My people Israel and Judah,’ says the LORD. ‘And I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:8 - Servants rule over us;
There is none to deliver us from their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:39 - “But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:25 - They shall drive you from men, your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you eat grass like oxen. They shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:32 - And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. They shall make you eat grass like oxen; and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - “Then he was driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - And the king gave the command, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions overpowered them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they ever came to the bottom of the den.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:3 - “Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:4 - “And when he has arisen, his kingdom shall be broken up and divided toward the four winds of heaven, but not among his posterity nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:5 - “Also the king of the South shall become strong, as well as one of his princes; and he shall gain power over him and have dominion. His dominion shall be a great dominion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:43 - “He shall have power over the treasures of gold and silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; also the Libyans and Ethiopians shall follow at his heels.
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