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κύριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κύριος κυρίᾱ κύριον

Structure: κυρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku=ros

Sense

  1. (of people): ruling, governing, having power
  2. (of things): decisive, critical, authorized, valid, legal, entitled
  3. (of times): fixed, set, appointed
  4. (of language): literal
  5. main, major, primary, principal

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν. μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:13)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἅβραμ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα Σοδόμων. ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, ὃσ ἔκτισε τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:22)
  • καὶ εἶπεν. ἐπειδὴ ἔχω λαλῆσαι πρὸσ τὸν κύριον. ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι̣ καὶ εἶπεν. οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:31)
  • καὶ ἐταράχθησαν. καὶ ἐκράτησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι τῆσ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ χειρὸσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν δύο θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ φείσασθαι Κύριον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:16)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐκτρίψαι Κύριον πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ τῆσ περιοίκου, ἐμνήσθη ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν Λὼτ ἐκ μέσου τῆσ καταστροφῆσ, ἐν τῷ καταστρέψαι Κύριον τὰσ πόλεισ, ἐν αἷσ κατῴκει ἐν αὐταῖσ Λώτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:29)
  • καὶ ἀποκριθεὶσ Ἁβραὰμ εἶπε. νῦν ἠρξάμην λαλῆσαι πρὸσ τὸν Κύριόν μου, ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:27)

Synonyms

  1. main

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