A Title for a Divine Ruler.

God is addressed by His people using several different names, to which He has given particular significance for their instruction and comfort. In the Old Testament the two words most frequently used for God, after Elohim (q.v.) and other derivatives of El, are 'YAHWEH' (Jehovah), and Adonai. In most translations of the Bible these two names appear as 'LORD' in capital letters for Yahweh, and 'Lord' in small letters for Adonai, and to the casual reader the significance of the names is entirely lost. Jews read Adonai for YHWH. (See JEHOVAH).

Adoni, the singular form of the word, is used to address humans in authority, for example Genesis 24:18, where Abraham's steward is addressed as 'My Lord' and Genesis 43:20, where Joseph's steward is addressed as 'Sir.'

In the New Testament the Greek word Kurios meaning 'Lord' or 'Master' is used to name not only God and Jesus Christ, but angels and humans in authority, as 'Lord' (Matthew 1:20; 18:25; Mark 1:3) 'Master' (John 3:10 [NIV: "teacher"]; Matthew 6:24) or 'Sir', (Matthew 13:27; John 4:11).

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