kuvrio" kuvrio", kurivou, oJ (properly, an adjective kuvrio", kuriva, kuvrion, also of two term.; properly equivalent to oJ e[cwn ku'ro", having power or authority) (from Pindar down), he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has the power of deciding; master, lord; used a. universally, of the possessor and disposer of a thing, the owner (the Septuagint for @/da;, l['B'): with the genitive of the thing, as tou' ajmpelw'no", ; ; ; ; tou' qerismou', ; ; th'" oijkiva", the master, (); tou' pwlou, ; tou' sabbavtou, possessed of the power to determine what is suitable to the sabbath, and of releasing himself and others from its obligations, ; ; . with the genitive of a person, one who has control of the person, the master (A. V. lord); in the household: douvlou, paidivskh", oijkonovmou, ; f; ; ,; , , etc.; absolutely, opposed to oiJ dou'loi, , ; , etc.; in the state, the sovereign, prince, chief: the Roman emperor ((on this use of kuvrio" see at length Woolsey in Bib. Sacr. for July 1861, pp. 595-608)), ; once angels are called kuvrioi, as those to whom, in the administration of the universe, departments are intrusted by God (see a[ggelo", 2): . b. kuvrio" is a title of honor, expressive of respect and reverence, with which servants salute their master, ; ,; ; , etc.; the disciples salute Jesus their teacher and master, ; ; ; ,; ; ,; ; ,,; ,f, etc., cf. ; ; his followers salute Jesus as the Messiah, whose authority they acknowledge (by its repetition showing their earnestness (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 65, 5 a.)), kuvrie, kuvrie, ; and R G in ; employed, too, by a son in addressing his father, ; by citizens toward magistrates, ; by anyone who wishes to honor a man of distinction, ,,; ; ; ; ; ,,; ; ; ; ; ; <<ref:BHS/GNT_Ac