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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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - So Abram had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. But when Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to treat her mistress, Sarai, with contempt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:17 - Some time later the woman’s son became sick. He grew worse and worse, and finally he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:3 - One day the girl said to her mistress, “I wish my master would go to see the prophet in Samaria. He would heal him of his leprosy.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - We keep looking to the LORD our God for his mercy,
just as servants keep their eyes on their master,
as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,
a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:2 - Priests and laypeople,
servants and masters,
maids and mistresses,
buyers and sellers,
lenders and borrowers,
bankers and debtors—none will be spared.
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