κύριον

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 κύριον

   KY-ree-on

   Lord
2. sentence🔊 ἐν αὐτῇ εὐλογοῦμεν τὸν κύριον καὶ πατέρα καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ καταρώμεθα τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ γεγονότας

   en au-TÊ eu-lo-GOU-men ton KY-ree-on KAI pa-TE-ra KAI en au-TÊ ka-ta-RO-me-tha tous an-THRÔ-pous tous kath ho-MOI-ō-sin the-OU ge-go-NO-tas

   with it we bless the Lord and Father and with it we curse the people the according to likeness of God having become

Exegesis

These frame the verbs eulogoumen {εὐλογοῦμεν | eulogoumén} “we bless” and katarōmetha {καταρώμεθα | katarṓmetha} “we curse,” each with its respective object: ton kyrion kai patera {τὸν κύριον καὶ πατέρα | ton kyrion kai patéra} “the Lord and Father,” a hendiadys expressing divine sovereignty and parental care; and tous anthrōpous tous kath’ homoiosin theoû gegonótas {τοὺς ἀνθρώπους τοὺς καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ γεγονότας | toùs anthrṓpous toùs kath’ homoíōsin theoû gegonótas} “people who have been made according to the likeness of God,” where kath’ with the accusative homoiosin marks normative likeness and the perfect participle gegonótas indicates an enduring created state. In translation, this antithetical structure is preserved by mirroring the Greek instrument phrase with “By that means” in the formal and specifying “our tongue” in the dynamic, thus maintaining parallel syntax and highlighting the ethical tension between blessing God and cursing human image-bearers.