Difference between revisions of "Dominion"

<div> '''A — 1: κράτος ''' (Strong'S #2904 — Noun Neuter — kratos — krat'-os ) </div> <p> "force, strength, might," more especially "manifested power," is derived from a root kra---, "to perfect, to complete:" "creator" is probably connected. It also signifies "dominion," and is so rendered frequently in doxologies, &nbsp;1 Peter 4:11; &nbsp;5:11; &nbsp;Jude 1:25; &nbsp;Revelation 1:6; &nbsp;5:13 (RV); in &nbsp; 1 Timothy 6:16 , and &nbsp;Hebrews 2:14 it is translated "power." See [[Might]] , [[Power]] , Strength. </p> <div> '''A — 2: κυριότης ''' (Strong'S #2963 — Noun [[Feminine]] — kuriotes — koo-ree-ot'-ace ) </div> <p> denotes "lordship" (kurios, "a lord"), "power, dominion," whether angelic or human, &nbsp;Ephesians 1:21; &nbsp;Colossians 1:16; &nbsp;2 Peter 2:10 (RV, for AV, "government"); &nbsp; Jude 1:8 . In Eph. and Col. it indicates a grade in the angelic orders, in which it stands second. </p> <div> '''B — 1: κυριεύω ''' (Strong'S #2961 — Verb — kurieuo — koo-ree-yoo'-o ) </div> <p> "to be lord over, rule over, have dominion over" (akin to A, No. 2), is used of (a) [[Divine]] authority over men, &nbsp;Romans 14:9 , "might be Lord;" (b) human authority over men, &nbsp;Luke 22:25 , "lordship," &nbsp;1 Timothy 6:15 , "lords" (RV, marg., "them that rule as lords"); (c) the permanent immunity of Christ from the "dominion" of death, &nbsp;Romans 6:9; (d) the deliverance of the believer from the "dominion" of sin, &nbsp;Romans 6:14; (e) the "dominion" of law over men, &nbsp;Romans 7:1; (f) the "dominion" of a person over the faith of other believers, &nbsp;2 Corinthians 1:24 (RV, "lordship"). See Lord. </p> <div> '''B — 2: κατακυριεύω ''' (Strong'S #2634 — Verb — katakurieuo — kat-ak-oo-ree-yoo'-o ) </div> <p> kata, "down" (intensive), and No. 1, "to exercise, or gain, dominion over, to lord it over," is used of (a) the "lordship" of gentile rulers, &nbsp;Matthew 20:25 , AV, "exercise dominion," RV, "lord it;" &nbsp;Mark 10:42 , AV, "exercise lordship," RV, "lord it;" (b) the power of demons over men, &nbsp;Acts 19:16 , AV, "overcame," RV, "mastered;" (c) of the evil of elders in "lording" it over the saints under their spiritual care, &nbsp;1 Peter 5:3 . See Lordship , Overcome. </p> &nbsp;1 Timothy 2:12[[Authority]]

<p> '''''dō̇''''' -'''''min´yun''''' : In &nbsp;Ephesians 1:21; &nbsp;Colossians 1:16 the word so translated ( κυριότης , <i> '''''kuriótēs''''' </i> ) appears to denote a rank or order of angels. The same word is probably to be so interpreted in &nbsp;Judges 1:8 (the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "dominion"), and in &nbsp; 2 Peter 2:10 (the King James Version "government," the Revised Version (British and American) "dominion"). See [[Angel]] . </p>