Matthew 20:25:13Matt.20.25.W13TAB
κατακυριεύουσιν
katakyrieuoosin
“lord it over”
- Transliteration
- ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-oo-sin
- Extended
- kah-tah-ky-ree-EU-oo-sihn
- IPA
- /ka.ta.ky.riˈeu.u.sin/
Meaning by language
- English
- lord it over
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-oo-sin
- clause
OI-da-te HO-ti hoi AR-khon-tes TÔN e-THNÔN ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-oo-sin au-TÔN KAI hoi me-GA-loi ka-te-ksoo-si-A-zoo-sin au-TÔN
- sentence
ho DE ee-ay-SOOS pros-ka-le-SA-me-nos au-TOUS EI-pen OI-da-te HO-ti hoi AR-khon-tes TÔN e-THNÔN ka-ta-ky-ri-EU-oo-sin au-TÔN KAI hoi me-GA-loi ka-te-ksoo-si-A-zoo-sin au-TÔN
Exegesis
The verbs katakyrieuousin {κατακυριεύουσιν | ka-ta-ku-ri-éu-ou-sin} ‘domineer’ and katexousiazousin {κατεξουσιάζουσιν | ka-tex-ou-si-á-zou-sin} ‘exercise authority over’ are both present indicatives, portraying habitual, ongoing patterns of oppressive rule. The parallelism between “the rulers … domineer over them” and “the great ones … exercise authority over them” creates a rhetorical couplet that underscores how power functions across different levels of Gentile leadership, providing a stark foil for the servant leadership model developed in the surrounding context.
Root and etymology
kyrioskappa–upsilon–rho–iota–omicron–sigma
“lord, master, owner”
In context — Matthew 20:25
But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the nations domineer over them, and the great ones exercise authority over them.”
About this coordinate
Matthew 20:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Matthew 20:25, so the Greek word κατακυριεύουσιν (katakyrieuoosin) 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.20.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.20.25.W13.S1) and character.