verb

katakurieuamō

Greekκατακυριεύω (katakurieuō)

Strong’sG2634

I exercise authority over, overpower

stem katakurieu-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 forms occur

Translated as

lord … over2×lording … over1×overpowered1×

What it means

κατα-κυριεύω,

[in LXX: Ge 1:28 (כּבשׁ), Ps 109 (110):2 (רדה) Si 17:4, al.;]

to gain or exercise dominion (over);

(a) absol. (Arist.);

(b) c. gen. (Arist., al.): Mt 20:25, Mk 10:42, Ac 19:16, I Pe 5:3.†

SYN.: (κατεξουσιάζω) (v. Swete, Mk., l.c.).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2634 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ak-oo-ree-yoo'-o

to lord against, i.e. control, subjugate

Fromfrom G2596 and G2961;

King Jamesexercise dominion over (lordship), be lord over, overcome.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katakurieualōκατακυριεύουσιν	happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural	lord … over	2×
katakurieuarōtoisκατακυριεύοντες	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine	lording … over	1×
katakurieuaratosκατακυριεύσας	happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine	overpowered	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katakurieuamō	katakurieuame	katakurieuami	katakurieuama	katakurieuamē	katakurieuamelē
you 2nd person singular	katakurieuasō	katakurieuase	katakurieuasi	katakurieuasa	katakurieuasē	katakurieuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakurieuatō	katakurieuate	katakurieuati	katakurieuata	katakurieuatē	katakurieuatelē
we 1st person plural	katakurieuanō	katakurieuane	katakurieuani	katakurieuana	katakurieuanē	katakurieuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katakurieuavō	katakurieuave	katakurieuavi	katakurieuava	katakurieuavē	katakurieuavelē
they 3rd person plural	katakurieualō2×κατακυριεύουσιν	katakurieuale	katakurieuali	katakurieuala	katakurieualē	katakurieualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katakurieuameiō	katakurieuameia	katakurieuameiē
you 2nd person singular	katakurieuaseiō	katakurieuaseia	katakurieuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakurieuateiō	katakurieuateia	katakurieuateiē
we 1st person plural	katakurieuaneiō	katakurieuaneia	katakurieuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katakurieuaveiō	katakurieuaveia	katakurieuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katakurieualeiō	katakurieualeia	katakurieualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katakurieuasōr	katakurieuasar	katakurieuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakurieuatōr	katakurieuatar	katakurieuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katakurieuavōr	katakurieuavar	katakurieuavēr
they 3rd person plural	katakurieualōr	katakurieualar	katakurieualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katakurieuamoiō	katakurieuamoia
you 2nd person singular	katakurieuasoiō	katakurieuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakurieuatoiō	katakurieuatoia
we 1st person plural	katakurieuanoiō	katakurieuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katakurieuavoiō	katakurieuavoia
they 3rd person plural	katakurieualoiō	katakurieualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katakurieuarō	katakurieuari	katakurieuara	katakurieuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katakurieuarōtos1×	katakurieuaritos	katakurieuaratos1×κατακυριεύσας	katakurieuarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

katakurieustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katakurieu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

katakurieualō“lord … over”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural2×

Matthew 20:25“lord … over”tos de Iēsus proskaleratos autoin legata; Oidavē hoti tois archōnois teiu ethneiu katakurieualō auteiu kai tois megois katexousiazalō auteiu.But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

Mark 10:42“lord … over”kai proskaleratos autoin tos Iēsus legatō autoi; Oidavē hoti tois dokarōtois archarō teiu ethneiu katakurieualō auteiu kai tois megois auteiu katexousiazalō auteiu.So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

katakurieuarōtois“lording … over”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine1×

1 Peter 5:3“lording … over”mēde hōs katakurieuarōtois toiu klēroiu alla tupois ginerōtois teu poimnieu;not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

katakurieuaratos“overpowered”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 19:16“overpowered”kai efalleratos tos anthrōpos epi autoin en ho ate tem pneumem tem ponērem katakurieuaratos amfoteroiu ischuata kata autoiu, hōste gumnoin kai traumatizirētoin ekfeugara ek tou oikou ekeinou.Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.