What does κυριακός · ἡμέρα mean in the Bible?
κυριακός · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "the Lord's Day; a day belonging to the Lord".
Greek · G2960, G2250
κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ
Belonging to the Lord (Jehovah or Jesus) · day
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κυριακός G2960 belonging to the Lord (Jehovah or Jesus)
Pronunciation kyriakós
Distinctively applies "belonging to the Lord" to Christ; marks Christian observances as specially dedicated to Jesus.
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ἡμέρα G2250 day
Pronunciation hēméra
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What does κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kyriakē hēmera) mean in the Bible?
κυριακός · ἡμέρα is a Greek phrase meaning "the Lord's Day; a day belonging to the Lord".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2960, G2250?
G2960, G2250 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. the Lord's Day; a day belonging to the Lord
Source Gloss
the Lord's Day; a day belonging to the Lord
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rev 1:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 1 Cor 11:20 1×
Word Origins
κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain