Quick Definition
lordship, domination, dignity
Strong's Definition
mastery, i.e. (concretely and collectively) rulers
Derivation: from G2962 (κύριος);
KJV Usage: dominion, government
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κυριότης, κυριότητος, ἡ (ὁ κύριος), dominion, power, lordship; in the N. T. one who possesses dominion (see ἐξουσία, 4 c. β.; cf. German Herrschaft (or Milton's dominations); in Tacitus, ann. 13, 1 dominationes is equivalent to dominantes), so used of angels (κύριοι, 1Co_8:5; see κύριος, a. at the end): Eph_1:21; 2Pe_2:10; Jud_1:8; plural Col_1:16. (Ecclesiastical (e. g. 'Teaching' c. 4 [ET]) and Byzantine writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κυριότης kyriotēs 4x
lordship; constituted authority, Eph_1:21 ; 2Pe_2:10 ; Jud_1:8 ;
pl. authorities, potentates, Col_1:16 .
The Ephesian and Colossian passage could also be speaking about angelic powers.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† κυριότης , -ητος , ἡ
( < κύριος ),
lordship, dominion: Eph_1:21 , 2Pe_2:10 , Jud_1:8 ; pl ., Col_1:16 ( cf. Lft ., Col,; Mayor , Ju., in ll .; DB , i, 616 f .).†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κυριότης [Etym: from κύριος] κυ_ριότης, ητος, "dominion", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κυριότης, -ητος, ἡ
(κύριος),
lordship, dominion: Eph.1:21, 2Pe.2:10, Ju 8; pl., Col.1:16 (cf. Lft., Col; Mayor, Ju., in ll.; DB, i, 616 f.).†
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📖 In-Depth Word Study
Authority (2963) kuriotes
Authority (2963) (kuriotes which comes from kurios = Lord, owner, master) means lordship, ruling power, one who possesses dominion, civil power, authority or magistracy. It can refer to supernatural beings that possess dominion and authority (See notes Ephesians 1:21, Colossians 1:16).
Kuriotes is found 4 times in the NT...
Ephesians 1:21 (note) far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come.
Colossians 1:16 (note) For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities-- all things have been created by Him and for Him.
2 Peter 2:10 (note) and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties,
Jude 1:8 Yet in the same manner these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.
MacArthur adds that
"The false teachers identified with Christ outwardly, but they would not live under His lordship. The two major characteristics of false teachers are emphasized in this verse: 1) lust and 2) arrogance."
Wuest concurs adding that
we may conclude that by ââ¬Ëdespise government’ is meant a despising of the Lordship of Christ, which was the central theme of the apostolic teaching and preaching.
DARING: tolmetai: (KJV: "presumptuous") (Nu 15:30; Jude 1:8)