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GreekG2634Verb

κατακυριεύω

katakurieuō

4Occurrences
G2634Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to lord against, i.e. control, subjugate

from G2596 (κατά) and G2961 (κυριεύω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to gain or exercise dominion (over); (a) absol. ; (b) with genitive (Arist.): .
Synonyms
(κατεξουσιάζω) (see Swete, Mk., l.with)
LXX: (כָּבַשׁ)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κατακυριεύω appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Peter
1
Acts
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

1 Peter 5:3BSB

not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.

Acts 19:16BSB

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.

Matthew 20:25BSB

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 10:42BSB

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.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.