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κύριος (kurios) means “lord: God” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κύριος Greek · G2962 707 tagged occurrences in 650 verses

Pronunciation guide: koo'-ree-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2962G

κύριος · kurios · lord: God

κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον), [in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for בַּעַל ,אָדוֹן, etc. ;] having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst., ὁ κ., lord, master; 1. in general: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.9:38 20:8, Mrk.12:9 13:35, Luk.19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:28, Luk.6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Mat.10:24, Luk.14:21, Act.16:16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Eph.6:5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), Act.25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1Co.8:5; of a husband, 1Pe.3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Mat.13:27 16:22 27:63, Mrk.7:28, Luk.5:12, Jhn.4:11, Act.9:5, al. 2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT, (a) of God: ὁ κ., Mat.5:33, Mrk.5:19, Luk.1:6, Act.7:33, Heb.8:2, Jas.4:15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.21:9, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:17, Heb.7:21, 1Pe.1:25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Mat.11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1Ti.6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Mat.4:7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Rev.4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Rom.9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Mat.1:20 2:13, Luk.1:11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.8:39; (b) of the Christ: Mat.21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.1:43 20:44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Act.10:36, Rom.14:8, 1Co.7:22, Eph.4:5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, Jhn.20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Act.1:21, 1Co.11:23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Eph.1:2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1Ti.1:14, Heb.7:14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1Th.3:11, Heb.13:20, al.; Χριστός, Rom.16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1Co.1:2, 1Th.1:3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom.1:4, Col.2:6, Eph.3:11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2Pe.3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1Co.7:22, 25 Jas.5:4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Rev.19:16; with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Col.3:24, al. SYN: see: δεσπότης. (AS)

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TBESG · G2962H

κύριος · kurios · lord: master

κύριος, -α, -ον (also -ος, -ον), [in LXX (subst.) chiefly for יהוה, also for בַּעַל ,אָדוֹן, etc. ;] having power (κῦρος) or authority; as subst., ὁ κ., lord, master; 1. in general: with genitive of thing(s), Mat.9:38 20:8, Mrk.12:9 13:35, Luk.19:33; τ. σαββάτου, Mat.12:8, Mrk.2:28, Luk.6:5; with genitive of person(s), δούλου, etc., Mat.10:24, Luk.14:21, Act.16:16, al.; absol, opposite to οἱ δοῦλοι, Eph.6:5, 9 al.; of the Emperor (Deiss., LAE, 161), Act.25:26; θεοὶ πολλοὶ καὶ κ. πολλοί, 1Co.8:5; of a husband, 1Pe.3:6; in voc, as a title of respect to masters, teachers, magistrates, etc., Mat.13:27 16:22 27:63, Mrk.7:28, Luk.5:12, Jhn.4:11, Act.9:5, al. 2. As a divine title (frequently in π.; Deiss., LAE, 353 ff.); in NT, (a) of God: ὁ κ., Mat.5:33, Mrk.5:19, Luk.1:6, Act.7:33, Heb.8:2, Jas.4:15, al.; anarth. (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.21:9, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:17, Heb.7:21, 1Pe.1:25, al.; κ. τ. οὐρανοῦ καὶ τ. γῆς, Mat.11:25; τ. κυριευόντων, 1Ti.6:15; κ. ὁ θεός, Mat.4:7, 10 al.; id. before παντοκράτωρ, Rev.4:8; κ. σαβαώθ, Rom.9:29; (ὁ) ἄγγελος κυρίου, Mat.1:20 2:13, Luk.1:11, al.; πνεῦμα κυρίου, Luk.4:18, Act.8:39; (b) of the Christ: Mat.21:3, Mrk.11:3, Luk.1:43 20:44, al.; of Jesus after his resurrection (Dalman, Words, 330), Act.10:36, Rom.14:8, 1Co.7:22, Eph.4:5, al.; ὁ κ. μου, Jhn.20:28; ὁ κ. Ἰησοῦς, Act.1:21, 1Co.11:23, al.; id. before Χριστός, Eph.1:2, al.; ὁ κ. ἡμῶν, 1Ti.1:14, Heb.7:14, al.; id. before Ἰησοῦς, 1Th.3:11, Heb.13:20, al.; Χριστός, Rom.16:18; Ἰ Χ., 1Co.1:2, 1Th.1:3, al.; Ἰ. Χ. (Χ. Ἰ) ὁ κ. (ἡμῶν), Rom.1:4, Col.2:6, Eph.3:11, al.; ὁ κ. καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ, 2Pe.3:2; id. before Ἰ. Χ., ib. 18; anarth., 1Co.7:22, 25 Jas.5:4, al.; κ. κυρίων, Rev.19:16; with prep., ἀπὸ (κατὰ, πρὸς, σὺν, etc.) κ., Col.3:24, al. SYN: see: δεσπότης. (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

lord, master, sir; the Lord.

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How translators render G2962

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
lord 405
the lord 122
of the lord 54
master 41
lords 14
sir 14
masters 11
for the lord 5
owner 5
the lords 5
o lord 4
from the lord 3
is lord 3
to the lord 3
as lord 2
of lords 2
of the lord is 2
owners 2
a master 1
he 1
his 1
if all this is so then the lord 1
is the lord 1
lord away 1
lord be 1
lord from the dead 1
lord is 1
lord to jealousy 1
of the lords 1
our lord 1
our sovereign 1
sirs 1
the lord is 1
the lord would 1
the owner 1
then lord 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the lord 285
lord 248
of the lord 118
of 15
to the lord 14
unto the lord 13
sir 11
masters 8
o lord 8
the lords 8
lords 6
unto 3
for the lord 2
of lords 2
a master 1
after the lord 1
by the lord 1
for 1
is the lord 1
master 1
of god 1
of our lord 1
of the lords 1
on the lord 1
shall 1
sirs 1
that belong to the lord 1
that the lord 1
the 1
the lords sake 1
the master 1
the owners 1
unto my lord 1

Verses containing G2962

Page 5 of 13. 650 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. John 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He came to Simon Peter, who asked Him, “Lord, are You going to wash my feet?”

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  2. John 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!”

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  3. John 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You call Me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, because I am.

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  4. John 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet.

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  5. John 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.

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  6. John 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”

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  7. John 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

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  8. John 13:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord,” said Peter, “why can’t I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You.”

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  9. John 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

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  10. John 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

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  11. John 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

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  12. John 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

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  13. John 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

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  14. John 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”

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  15. John 20:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Woman, why are you weeping?” they asked. “Because they have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I do not know where they have put Him.”

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  16. John 20:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Woman, why are you weeping?” Jesus asked. “Whom are you seeking?” Thinking He was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried Him off, tell me where you have put Him, and I will get Him.”

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  17. John 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what He had said to her.

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  18. John 20:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

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  19. John 20:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “Unless I see the nail marks in His hands, and put my finger where the nails have been, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe.”

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  20. John 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

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  21. John 21:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.

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  22. John 21:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Come, have breakfast,” Jesus said to them. None of the disciples dared to ask Him, “Who are You?” They knew it was the Lord.

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  23. John 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”

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  24. John 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus asked a second time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus told him, “Shepherd My sheep.”

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  25. John 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

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  26. John 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper to ask, “Lord, who is going to betray You?”

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  27. John 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”

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  28. Acts 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So when they came together, they asked Him, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”

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  29. Acts 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have accompanied us the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

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  30. Acts 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they prayed, “Lord, You know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two You have chosen

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  31. Acts 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

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  32. Acts 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’

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  33. Acts 2:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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  34. Acts 2:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand

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  35. Acts 2:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

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  36. Acts 2:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

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  37. Acts 2:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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  38. Acts 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

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    Source alternate reference: 3.19

  39. Acts 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

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  40. Acts 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

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  41. Acts 4:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

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  42. Acts 4:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With great power the apostles continued to give their testimony about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And abundant grace was upon them all.

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  43. Acts 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “How could you agree to test the Spirit of the Lord?” Peter replied. “Look, the feet of the men who buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also.”

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  44. Acts 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Yet more and more believers were brought to the Lord—large numbers of both men and women.

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  45. Acts 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and brought them out, saying,

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  46. Acts 7:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:

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  47. Acts 7:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

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  48. Acts 7:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?

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  49. Acts 7:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

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  50. Acts 7:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

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