Lexical Summary kyria: a lady Original Word: κυρίαTransliteration: kyria Phonetic Spelling: (koo-ree'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a lady Meaning: a lady Strong's Concordance lady. Feminine of kurios; Cyria, a Christian woman -- lady. see GREEK kurios Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2959: κυρίακυρία, κυρίας, ἡ, Cyria, a Christian woman to whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed: 2 John 1:1, 5 (G L T K C (and WH marginal reading in 2 John 1:1)). This proper name is not uncommon in other writers also; cf. Lücke, Comm. üb. die Brr. des John 3rd edition, p. 444. (But R Tr others κυρία, regarding the word as an appellative, lady; (αἱ γυναῖκες εὐθύς ἀπό τεσσαρεσκαίδεκα ἐτῶν ὑπό τῶν ἀνδρῶν κυριαι καλοῦνται, Epictetus enchir. 40). Cf. Westcott on 2 John as above). |
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