noun · masculine

kosmokratōros

Greekκοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokratōr)

Strong’sG2888

ruler of this world

stem kosmokratōr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

cosmic powers1×

What it means

*† κοσμοκράτωρ, -ορος, ὁ

(< κόσμος, κρατέω),

1. in Orphic hymns, al. (v. AR, Eph 6:12), a ruler of the whole world (and so in Rabbinic writings: קוֺזמוֺקְרָטוֺר).

2. a ruler of this world (in contrast to παντοκράτωρ): οἱ κ. τ. σκότους τούτου, the rulers of this dark world, Eph 6:12.†

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

Strong’s G2888 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkos-mok-fat'-ore

a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan

Fromfrom G2889 and G2902;

King Jamesruler.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kosmokratōros	kosmokratōrois
object accusative	kosmokratōron	kosmokratōroin1×κοσμοκράτορας
direct address vocative	kosmokratōror	kosmokratōroir
of, belonging to genitive	kosmokratōrou	kosmokratōroiu
to, for dative	kosmokratōro	kosmokratōroi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

kosmokratōrstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kosmokratōro 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

kosmokratōroin“cosmic powers”objectaccusative plural1×

Ephesians 6:12“cosmic powers”hoti ouk atō ni tas palas pros haimem kai sarxan, alla pros tain archain, pros tain exousiain, pros toin kosmokratōroin teu skoteu houteu, pros teim pneumatikeim tau ponēriau en tei epouranei.For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.