What does κυριότης (kyriótēs) mean in the Bible?
κυριότης (kyriótēs) is a Greek word meaning "lordship".
Greek · G2963
κυριότης
Lordship
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κυριότης G2963
Pronunciation kyriótēs
What does κυριότης (kyriótēs) mean in the Bible?
κυριότης (kyriótēs) is a Greek word meaning "lordship".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2963?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include authority (2), dominion (1), dominions (1).
Where does κυριότης (kyriótēs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Ephesians 1:21. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), Colossians (1), Ephesians (1), Jude (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It authority 2× 2 Peter 2:10, Jude 1:8
dominion 1× Ephesians 1:21
dominions 1× Colossians 1:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Ephesians 1:21
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Ephesians 1 Colossians 1 2 Peter 1 Jude 1
Source forms
κυριότητος 2x kyriotētos Ephesians 1:21, 2 Peter 2:10
κυριότητα 1x kyriotēta Jude 1:8
κυριότητες 1x kyriotētes Colossians 1:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 2x Ephesians 1:21, 2 Peter 2:10
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Jude 1:8
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural 1x Colossians 1:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. lordship
Strong's G2963
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
lordship
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Ephesians 1:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κυριότητος, kuriothtov
lordship, domination, dignity
Read verse Colossians 1:16 Noun Nominative Plural Feminine
κυριότητες, kuriothtev
lordship, domination, dignity
Read verse 2 Peter 2:10 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
κυριότητος kuriothtov
lordship, domination, dignity
Read verse Jude 1:8 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κυριότητα kuriothta
lordship, domination, dignity
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 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 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Col 1:16 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Eph 1:21 · 2 Pet 2:10 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Jude 1:8 1×
Word Origins
κυριότης is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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