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For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.’ When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife.” (Matthew 1:20, 24) ‘Joseph, son of David,’ the angel said, ‘do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For instance, we read in the account of the Annunciation: “As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream.

So kyrios is often translated “Lord” in the New Testament. Thus kyrios as a name for God was very familiar to the Jewish people in the New Testament era. In the Septuagint-the Greek translation of the Old Testament- kyrios is primarily used to translate YHWH, the personal covenant name of the God of Israel.

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In the parable of the wheat and the weeds, we read, “The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘ Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’” (Matthew 13:27) Sometimes the term was used simply as a title of respect. Students are to be like their teacher, and slaves are to be like their master.” (Emphasis has been added in each Scripture quotation in this article.) We see this meaning reflected in Matthew 10:24-25, which reads this way in the NLT: “Students are not greater than their teacher, and slaves are not greater than their master. In the ancient Greek world, kyrios was used to describe a master or a slave owner or a ruler.