"Kyrios" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Kyrios" Meaning

Kyrios is a Greek word that is often translated to "Lord" in English. In the New Testament of the Bible, it is used as a title for Jesus Christ, emphasizing his authority, power, and divinity.

"Kyrios" Examples

Kyrios (Κύριος)

In the New Testament of the Bible, Kyrios is a Greek word translated to "Lord" or "Master" in English.

Examples:

And thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hand. (Hebrews 1:10, KJV) - Here, Kyrios refers to Jesus Christ as the Lord and Creator.
In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." (Luke 1:26-28, NRSV) - In this passage, Kyrios is used to address Mary, indicating that the Lord is with her.
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and perceived that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they recognized them as companions of Jesus, the man crucified under Pontius Pilate. Even in their faces they recognized them as the ones who had been alongside the crucified one. But, seeing the courage of Peter and John and perceiving them to be unsophisticated and ordinary men, the rulers and the authorities who had sent them arrested them and put them in a maximum-security jail. And they ask them to stand before the council of elders, to give an explanation. And they called Peter and John, and after questioning, they proposed them, “By what power or by what name did you do this thing?”... Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, “Rulers of the people and elders, if we are being examined today because of a good deed done to a cripple, by what means he was healed, be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified and whom God has raised from the dead, in His name this man stands before you in good health. He is the Stone which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:13-12, RSVCE) - In this passage, Kyrios is used to emphasize the divinity of Jesus