κοσμοκράτωρ, κοσμοκρατορος, ὁ (κόσμος and κρατέω), lord of the world, prince of this age: the devil and demons are called in plural οἱ κοσμοκρατορες τοῦ σκότους τοῦ αἰῶνος (but critical editions omit τοῦ αἰῶνος) τούτου (R. V. the world-rulers of this darkness), Ephesians 6:12 ; cf. 11; Joh_12:31; 2Co_4:4; see ἄρχων. (The word occurs in the Orphica, 8, 11; 11, 11; in ecclesiastical writings of Satan; in rabbinical writings λΜεζΐξεχΐψΘθεψ is used both of human rulers and of the angel of death; cf. Buxtorf, Lex. talm. et rabb., p. 2006 (p. 996, Fischer edition).)

κοσμοκράτωρ kosmokratōr 1x pr. monarch of the world; in NT a worldly prince, a power paramount in the world of the unbelieving and ungodly, Eph_6:12

*† κοσμοκράτωρ , -ορος , ὁ ( < κόσμος , κρατέω ), 1. in Orphic hymns, al. ( v. AR , Eph ., l.c .), a ruler of the whole world (and so in Rabbinic writings: χεΚζξεΚχΐψΘθεΚψ ) . 2. a ruler of this world (in contrast to παντο κράτωρ ): οἱ κ . τ . σκότους τούτου , the rulers of this dark world , Eph_6:12 .†

κοσμοκράτωρ [page 356] The Emperor Caracalla receives this title in an Egyptian inscr. Archiv ii. p. 449, No. 83.

κοσμοκράτωρ κοσμο-κράτωρ, ορος, [Etym: κρατέω] "lord of the world", NTest.

κοσμοκράτωρ, -ορος, ὁ (κόσμος, κρατέω), __1. in Orphic hymns, al. (see AR, Eph., l.with), a ruler of the whole world (and so in Rabbinic writings: קוֺזמוֺקְרָטוֺר). __2. a ruler of this world (in contrast to παντο κράτωρ): οἱ κ. τ. σκότους τούτου, the rulers of this dark world, Eph.6:12.† (AS)