Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κύριος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύριος κυρίου

Structure: κυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. lord, master, guardian, ruler, owner
  2. sir
  3. Greek translation of יהוה in LXX

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο μεθ̓ ἡμέρασ ἤνεγκε Κάϊν ἀπὸ τῶν καρπῶν τῆσ γῆσ θυσίαν τῷ Κυρίῳ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:3)
  • καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε Νῶε θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ, καὶ ἔλαβεν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν εἰσ ὁλοκάρπωσιν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 8:20)
  • καὶ ὤφθη Κύριοσ τῷ Ἅβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ. τῷ σπέρματί σου δώσω τὴν γῆν ταύτην. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ Ἅβραμ θυσιαστήριον Κυρίῳ τῷ ὀφθέντι αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:7)
  • καὶ ἀπέστη ἐκεῖθεν εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ κατὰ ἀνατολὰσ Βαιθὴλ καὶ ἔστησεν ἐκεῖ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, Βαιθὴλ κατὰ θάλασσαν καὶ Ἀγγαὶ κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ ἐπεκαλέσατο ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:8)
  • καὶ ἀποσκηνώσασ Ἅβραμ, ἐλθὼν κατῴκησε παρὰ τὴν δρῦν τὴν Μαμβρῆ, ἣ ἦν ἐν Χεβρώμ, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐκεῖ θυσιαστήριον τῷ Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:18)

Synonyms

  1. lord

Related

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION