What does κύριος · εἰμί mean in the Bible?
κύριος · εἰμί is a Greek phrase meaning "It is the Lord".
Greek · G2962, G1510
Ὁ κύριός ἐστιν
Lord: God · I exist (used only when emphatic)
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κύριος G2962 lord: God
Pronunciation kýrios
One who possesses ultimate authority; in NT, distinctively applied to the risen Jesus Christ alongside God.
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εἰμί G1510 I exist (used only when emphatic)
Pronunciation eimí
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What does Ὁ κύριός ἐστιν (Ho kyrios estin) mean in the Bible?
κύριος · εἰμί is a Greek phrase meaning "It is the Lord".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2962, G1510?
G2962, G1510 is connected to 713 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. It is the Lord
Source Gloss
It is the Lord
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 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 9 Aligned forms 713 Case pattern Genitive (242) Number pattern Singular (699)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:25 · Matt 12:8 · Matt 18:25 · Matt 18:27 · Matt 18:32 · Matt 18:34 · Matt 20:8 · Matt 21:3 · Matt 21:40 · Matt 22:44 · Matt 24:42 · Matt 24:45 · Matt 24:46 · Matt 24:48 · Matt 24:50 · Matt 25:19 176×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 19:33 · Acts 16:19 · 1 Cor 8:5 · Eph 6:9 · Col 4:1 5×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 · Matt 1:22 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:19 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 9:38 · Matt 21:9 · Matt 21:42 · Matt 23:39 · Matt 25:18 · Matt 25:21 · Matt 25:23 · Matt 28:2 · Mark 1:3 239×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 15:27 · Rev 17:14 · Rev 19:16 3×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:33 · Matt 18:31 · Matt 22:44 · Mark 12:36 · Luke 1:17 · Luke 2:22 · Luke 2:23 · Luke 14:21 · Luke 16:5 · Luke 17:5 · Luke 20:42 · Acts 2:34 · Acts 5:14 · Acts 11:23 · Acts 11:24 · Acts 13:2 99×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Luke 16:13 · Acts 16:16 · Eph 6:5 · Col 3:22 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:7 · Matt 4:10 · Matt 10:24 · Matt 22:37 · Matt 22:43 · Matt 22:45 · Mark 12:30 · Mark 12:37 · Luke 1:16 · Luke 1:46 · Luke 4:8 · Luke 4:12 · Luke 7:19 · Luke 10:27 · Luke 12:36 · Luke 19:8 67×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:21 · Matt 7:22 · Matt 8:2 · Matt 8:6 · Matt 8:8 · Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:25 · Matt 9:28 · Matt 11:25 · Matt 13:27 · Matt 14:28 · Matt 14:30 · Matt 15:22 · Matt 15:25 · Matt 15:27 · Matt 16:22 118×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Acts 16:30 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 1
Voice
active 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
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