Lord, is the rendering in the A.V. of several Heb. and Greek words, which have a very different import from each other. “Lord” is a Saxon word signifying ruler or governor. In its original form it is hlaford, which, by dropping the aspiration, became laford, and afterwards, by contraction, lord.
1. יהָֹוה, Yehovah’, Jehovah, the proper name of the God of the Hebrews, which should always have been retained in that form, but has almost invariably been translated in the English Bible by LORD (and printed thus in small capitals), after the example of the Sept. (Κω῏/ριος) and Vulg. (Dominus). SEE JEHOVAH.
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Author: McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia
Keywords: Lord, kurios, adonai
Bible reference(s): Acts 16:16, Acts 25:26, Daniel 10:16, Exodus 23:13, Galatians 4:1, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 20:13, Genesis 24:4, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 42:30, Genesis 45:8, Isaiah 19:4, Isaiah 26:13, Isaiah 3:1, Joshua 3:13, Luke 10:2, Luke 9:54, Mark 7:8, Matthew 10:24, Matthew 13:27, Matthew 20:8, Matthew 21:40, Matthew 9:38, Psalms 114:7
Source: John McClintock and James Strong, Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
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