noun · feminine
kurias
Greekκυρία (kuria)
Strong’sG2959
a lady
stem kuri-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κυρία
(Κυρία, T, WH, mg.), -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גְּבֶרֶת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2959 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoo-ree'-ah
Cyria, a Christian woman
Fromfeminine of G2962;
King Jameslady.
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 | kurias | kuriais |
| object accusative | kurian | kuriain |
| direct address vocative | kuriar1×κυρία | kuriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kuriau | kuriaiu |
| to, for dative | kuria1×κυρίᾳ | kuriai |
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
kuria 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
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kuriar“lady”direct addressvocative singular1×
2 John 1:5“lady”kai nun erōtamō sin, kuriar, ouk hōs entolan kainan grafarōtos si alla han echane apo archau, hina agapaneiō allēloin.And now I urge you, dear lady — not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
kuria“lady”to, fordative singular1×
2 John 1:1“lady”Tos presbuteros eklekta kuria kai tei teknei autau, hoin mis agapamō en alētheia, kai ouk mis monos alla kai pantois tois gnōskarētois tan alētheian,The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth — and not I alone, but also all who know the truth —