[B-Greek] Fw: [BYZANS-L] Is "Lord" (Kyrios) the name of God in the Early Christian Greek scriptures?

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Tue Apr 27 09:58:19 EDT 2004


Let's restrict ourselves to Greek usage in the NT, please, and refrain from
the broader endeavor of ascertaining post-Biblical usage of the term. I
think one would do best to look carefully at the entries on KURIOS in Louw
& Nida and in BDAG and note the varied applications of the term KURIOS in
the GNT's 717 instances of the word, sometimes for the name of God, perhaps
most frequently for a title of Jesus, several times for the master over a
household, sometimes as a simple honorific (= "Sir").

At 9:36 PM +0800 4/27/04, Jia Jun wrote:
>The email below is an email from someone who is enquiring about the use of
>KYRIOS in the Greek New Testament.
>
>Kevin Jang
>
>> > From: "Erguen Lafli" <elafli at YAHOO.CA>
>> > To: <BYZANS-L at PO.MISSOURI.EDU>
>> > Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:32 PM
>> > Subject: [BYZANS-L] Is "Lord" (Kyrios) the name of
>> > God in the Early
>> > Christian Greek scriptures?
>> >
>> >
>> > > Dear list members,
>> > >
>> > > does any of you know if "Lord" (Kyrios) the name
>> > of
>> > > God in the Early Christian Greek scriptures is? I
>> > have
>> > > a 2nd century A.D. inscription from Edessa with a
>> > > reference of "O KYPIOC" which we cannot explain.
>> > Any
>> > > idea of the use of this title in the Near East
>> > during
>> > > the Early Christiany to Early Byzantine period?
>> > When
>> > > did the word "Theos" begin to be used? Many thanks
>> > in
>> > > advance.
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Carl W. Conrad
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