Bible Dictionary: Lordship

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.

2. (n.) Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

3. (n.) Dominion; power; authority.

Greek

2963. kuriotes -- lordship
... lordship. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: kuriotes Phonetic Spelling:
(koo-ree-ot'-ace) Short Definition: lordship, domination, dignity ...
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2961. kurieuo -- to be lord of, rule
... over. 2961 (from 2962 , "lord") -- properly, to exercise rights over one's
as an with full (lordship) over this jurisdiction. Word ...
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2634. katakurieuo -- to bend down
... 2634 (from 2596 , ", according to," intensifying 2691 , "exercise lordship") --
properly, exercise control (ward) as an with full jurisdiction; (passive) to be ...
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506. anupotaktos -- not subject to rule
... 506 (from 1 "not" and 5273 , " God's ") -- properly, not submissive; disobedient
(unruly), unwilling to come under Christ's Lordship; refusing to "fall in line ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Romans 10:9
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.
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Matthew 7:21-23
Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven.
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Library

On the Lordship or Dominion of God
... DISPUTATION XXVII ON THE LORDSHIP OR DOMINION OF GOD. Through creation, dominion
over all things which have been created by himself, belongs to the Creator. ...
/.../the works of james arminius vol 2/disputation xxvii on the lordship.htm

The Honourable and Right Reverend James York, DD , Lord Bishop of ...
... My LORD, When, five years ago, an important station in the University of Cambridge
awaited your Lordship's disposal, you were pleased to offer it to me. ...
/.../paley/evidences of christianity/the honourable and right reverend.htm

Though the Spirit be Called Lord, Three Lords are not Thereby ...
... as two Lords are not implied by the fact that the Son in the same manner as the
Father is called Lord in many passages of Scripture; for Lordship exists in the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xv though the spirit.htm

Whether Dulia is a Special virtue Distinct from Latria?
... Now servitude is due to God and to man under different aspects: even as lordship
is competent to God and to man under different aspects. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether dulia is a special.htm

Concerning Holy of Holies, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, God of ...
... And first we must say, what we think Holiness Itself is; and what Kingdom, and what
Lordship, and what Divinity, and what the Oracles wish to denote by the ...
/.../dionysius/dionysis on divine names/caput xii concerning holy of.htm

Sundry Inevitable but Intolerable Conclusions from the Principles ...
... Well, but perhaps it was a title derived from the will of another, [6208] which
he enjoyed"a precarious holding, and not a lordship, [6209] and that to such ...
/.../tertullian/against hermogenes/chapter ix sundry inevitable but intolerable.htm

Christ, So Far as He is True Son of God...
... For this reason the Lord shows in His Gospel that no lordship is exercised where
there is a true offspring, saying: "What think ye of Christ? Whose Son is He? ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter viii christ so far.htm

Relation xi. Written from Palencia in May 1581, and Addressed to ...
... 1. Oh, that I could clearly explain to your Lordship the peace and quiet my soul
has found! ... Your Lordship will see what it will be best to do in the matter. ...
/.../teresa/the life of st teresa of jesus/relation xi written from palencia.htm

To the Right Honourable
... Family obligeth us to make all just Acknowledgments of it: and there is no Form
of Acknowledgment in our Power, more worthy of your Lordship's Acceptance, than ...
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Concerning Lordships and Powers and Authorities, and Concerning ...
... subserviency, as becomes the free, not submitting itself in any way whatever to
one of the tyrannical dissimilarities, as a cruel Lordship; superior to every ...
/.../dionysius/on the heavenly hierarchy/caput viii concerning lordships and.htm

Thesaurus

Lordship (12 Occurrences)
... a manor. 3. (n.) Dominion; power; authority. Multi-Version Concordance
Lordship (12 Occurrences). Matthew 20:25 But Jesus having ...
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Lords (63 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and ...
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Exercise (35 Occurrences)
... are kurieuo, "to be lord over" and exousiazo, "to have power or authority over,"
the Revised Version (British and American) "have lordship," "have authority ...
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Exercising (5 Occurrences)
... Luke 22:25 And he said to them, 'The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over
them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors; (YLT ...
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Dynasty (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. 2. (n.) A race or succession of kings,
of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers. ...
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Image (126 Occurrences)
... moral law. This gives man his position of lordship in creation, and invests
his being with the sanctity of personality. The image ...
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Pauline
... brought the unmistakable experience of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:2 Galatians 3:2,
etc.; compare Acts 9:17), demonstrating Christ's Lordship (1 Corinthians 12:3 ...
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Gentiles (150 Occurrences)
... Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and ...
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Lord's-day (1 Occurrence)
Lord's-day. Lord's, Lord's-day. Lordship . Multi-Version Concordance
Lord's-day (1 Occurrence). ... Lord's, Lord's-day. Lordship . Reference Bible.
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Lordships (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Lordship (12 Occurrences)

Matthew 20:25 But Jesus having called them to him, said, Ye know that the rulers of the nations exercise lordship over them, and the great exercise authority over them.
(DBY YLT)

Mark 10:42 But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Luke 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
(KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)

Romans 6:9 knowing that Christ, having been raised up out of the dead, doth no more die, death over him hath no more lordship;
(YLT)

Romans 6:14 for sin over you shall not have lordship, for ye are not under law, but under grace.
(YLT)

Romans 7:1 Are ye ignorant, brethren -- for to those knowing law I speak -- that the law hath lordship over the man as long as he liveth?
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 1:24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
(WEB ASV)

Ephesians 1:21 far above all principality, and authority, and might, and lordship, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in the coming one;
(YLT)

1 Timothy 6:15 which in its own time the blessed and only Ruler shall shew, the King of those that reign, and Lord of those that exercise lordship;
(DBY)

1 Peter 5:3 neither as exercising lordship over the heritages, but patterns becoming of the flock,
(YLT)

2 Peter 2:10 and specially those who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise lordship. Bold are they, self-willed; they do not fear speaking injuriously of dignities:
(DBY YLT)

Jude 1:8 Yet in like manner these dreamers also defile the flesh, and despise lordship, and speak railingly against dignities.
(DBY YLT)

Subtopics

Lordship

Related Terms

Lords (63 Occurrences)

Exercise (35 Occurrences)

Exercising (5 Occurrences)

Dynasty (3 Occurrences)

Image (126 Occurrences)

Pauline

Gentiles (150 Occurrences)

Lord's-day (1 Occurrence)