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Lexicon :: Strong's G2959 - kyria

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κυρία
Transliteration
kyria (Key)
Pronunciation
koo-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:1095,486

Strong’s Definitions

Κυρία Kyría, koo-ree'-ah; feminine of G2962; Cyria, a Christian woman:—lady.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2959 in the following manner: lady (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2959 in the following manner: lady (2x).
  1. a Christian woman to whom the second Epistle of John is addressed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Κυρία Kyría, koo-ree'-ah; feminine of G2962; Cyria, a Christian woman:—lady.
STRONGS G2959:
κυρία, κυρίας, , Cyria, a Christian woman to whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed: 2 John 1:1, 5 (G L T K C (and WH marginal reading in 2 John 1:1)). This proper name is not uncommon in other writers also; cf. Lücke, Comm. üb. die Brr. des Joh. 3rd edition, p. 444. (But R Tr others κυρία, regarding the word as an appellative, lady; (αἱ γυναῖκες εὐθύς ἀπό τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ὑπό τῶν ἀνδρῶν κυριαι καλοῦνται, Epictetus enchir. 40). Cf. Westcott on 2 John as above).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 John
1:1; 1:1; 1:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2959 matches the Greek κυρία (kyria),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:4 - He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai."
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - Then the LORD's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - She told her mistress, "If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease."
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the LORD, our God, until he shows us favor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:2 - Everyone will suffer - the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor.
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