Matthew 18:32:5Matt.18.32.W5TAB
κύριος
kyrios
“master”
- Transliteration
- KY-ri-os
- Extended
- KY-ri-ohs
- IPA
- /ˈky.ri.os/
Meaning by language
- English
- master
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KY-ri-os
- clause
TO-te pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos au-TON ho KY-ri-os au-TOO LE-yei au-TÔ
- sentence
TO-te pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos au-TON ho KY-ri-os au-TOO LE-yei au-TÔ DOO-le po-nê-RE PA-san TÊN o-phei-LÊN e-KEI-nên a-PHÊ-ka soi e-PEI pa-re-KA-le-sas me
Exegesis
The subject is ho kyrios autou {ὁ κύριος αὐτοῦ | ho ký-ri-os au-toû}, where the genitive autou marks possession.
Root and etymology
kyrioskappa–upsilon–rho–iota–omicron–sigma
“one who has authority”
In context — Matthew 18:32
Then, after summoning him, his lord said to him, “Wicked servant, I have released you from all that you owed because you entreated me.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 18:32:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Matthew 18:32, so the Greek word κύριος (kyrios) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.18.32.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.18.32.W5.S1) and character.