Meaning of “Lord”

1. Lord — There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered. (1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version. (2.) Heb. 'adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12). The old plural form of this Hebrew word is _'adonai_. From a superstitious reverence for the name "Jehovah," the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it _'Adonai_. (3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for "Jehovah" and "'Adonai." (4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13). (5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.

2. Fear of the Lord the — is in the Old Testament used as a designation of true piety (Prov. 1:7; Job 28:28; Ps. 19:9). It is a fear conjoined with love and hope, and is therefore not a slavish dread, but rather filial reverence. (Comp. Deut. 32:6; Hos. 11:1; Isa. 1:2; 63:16; 64:8.) God is called "the Fear of Isaac" (Gen. 31:42, 53), i.e., the God whom Isaac feared. A holy fear is enjoined also in the New Testament as a preventive of carelessness in religion, and as an incentive to penitence (Matt. 10:28; 2 Cor. 5:11; 7:1; Phil. 2:12; Eph. 5:21; Heb. 12:28, 29).

3. Lord's day — only once, in Rev. 1:10, was in the early Christian ages used to denote the first day of the week, which commemorated the Lord's resurrection. There is every reason to conclude that John thus used the name. (See SABBATH »T0003170.)

4. Lord's Prayer — the name given to the only form of prayer Christ taught his disciples (Matt. 6:9-13). The closing doxology of the prayer is omitted by Luke (11:2-4), also in the R.V. of Matt. 6:13. This prayer contains no allusion to the atonement of Christ, nor to the offices of the Holy Spirit. "All Christian prayer is based on the Lord's Prayer, but its spirit is also guided by that of His prayer in Gethsemane and of the prayer recorded John 17. The Lord's Prayer is the comprehensive type of the simplest and most universal prayer."

5. Lord's Supper — (1 Cor. 11:20), called also "the Lord's table" (10:21), "communion," "cup of blessing" (10:16), and "breaking of bread" (Acts 2:42). In the early Church it was called also "eucharist," or giving of thanks (comp. Matt. 26:27), and generally by the Latin Church "mass," a name derived from the formula of dismission, Ite, missa est, i.e., "Go, it is discharged." The account of the institution of this ordinance is given in Matt. 26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:19, 20, and 1 Cor. 11:24-26. It is not mentioned by John. It was designed, (1.) To commemorate the death of Christ: "This do in remembrance of me." (2.) To signify, seal, and apply to believers all the benefits of the new covenant. In this ordinance Christ ratifies his promises to his people, and they on their part solemnly consecrate themselves to him and to his entire service. (3.) To be a badge of the Christian profession. (4.) To indicate and to promote the communion of believers with Christ. (5.) To represent the mutual communion of believers with each other. The elements used to represent Christ's body and blood are bread and wine. The kind of bread, whether leavened or unleavened, is not specified. Christ used unleavened bread simply because it was at that moment on the paschal table. Wine, and no other liquid, is to be used (Matt. 26:26-29). Believers "feed" on Christ's body and blood, (1) not with the mouth in any manner, but (2) by the soul alone, and (3) by faith, which is the mouth or hand of the soul. This they do (4) by the power of the Holy Ghost. This "feeding" on Christ, however, takes place not in the Lord's Supper alone, but whenever faith in him is exercised. This is a permanent ordinance in the Church of Christ, and is to be observed "till he come" again.

6. Wars of the Lord, The Book of the — (Num. 21:14, 15), some unknown book so called (comp. Gen. 14:14-16; Ex. 17:8-16; Num. 14:40-45; 21:1-3, 21-25, 33-35; 31. The wars here recorded might be thus designated).

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1. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 22 — And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

2. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 21 — And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

3. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 19 — And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

4. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 18 — And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

5. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 16 — And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

6. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 15 — And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

7. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 9 — And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

8. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 8 — And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

10. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

11. Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 4 — These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

12. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

13. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 22 — And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

14. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 21 — Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

15. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

16. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 13 — And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

17. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

18. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 8 — And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

19. Genesis Chapter 3 Verse 1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

20. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 26 — And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

21. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 16 — And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

22. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

23. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 13 — And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

24. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 9 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

25. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 6 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

26. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 4 — And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

27. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 3 — And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

28. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

29. Genesis Chapter 5 Verse 29 — And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.

30. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

31. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 7 — And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

32. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 6 — And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

33. Genesis Chapter 6 Verse 3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

34. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 16 — And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.

35. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 5 — And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

36. Genesis Chapter 7 Verse 1 — And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

37. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

38. Genesis Chapter 8 Verse 20 — And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

39. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 26 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

40. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 9 — He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

41. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 9 — Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

42. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 8 — So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

43. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

44. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 5 — And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

45. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 17 — And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.

46. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 8 — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

47. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 7 — And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

48. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 4 — So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

49. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:

50. Genesis Chapter 13 Verse 10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

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