Word Summary
kyrieuō: to be lord of, rule
Original Word: κυριεύωTransliteration: kyrieuō
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-ree-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be lord of, rule
Meaning: to be lord of, rule
Strong's Concordance
have dominion over, exercise lordship over.
From kurios; to rule -- have dominion over, lord, be lord of, exercise lordship over.
see GREEK kurios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2961: κυριεύωκυριεύω; future
κυριεύσω; 1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular
κυριεύσῃ; (
κύριος);
to be lord of, to rule over, have dominion over: with the genitive of the object (cf.
Buttmann, 169 (147)),
Luke 22:25;
Romans 14:9;
2 Corinthians 1:24; absolutely,
οἱ κυριεύοντες, supreme rulers, kings,
1 Timothy 6:15; of things and forces equivalent to
to exercise influence upon, to have power over: with the genitive of the object,
ὁ θάνατος,
Romans 6:9;
ἡ ἁμαρτία, 14;
ὁ νόμος,
Romans 7:1. (
Xenophon,
Aristotle,
Polybius, and following, the
Sept. for
מָשַׁל (etc.).) (Compare:
κατακυριεύω.)