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2888. kosmokratór
Strong's Concordance
kosmokratór: a ruler of this world
Original Word: κοσμοκράτωρ,
ορος,Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kosmokratór Phonetic Spelling: (kos-mok-fat'-ore) Definition: a ruler of this world Usage: ruler of this world, that is, of the world as asserting its independence of God; used of the angelic or demonic powers controlling the sublunary world.
HELPS Word-studies
2888 kosmokrátōr (from 2889 /kósmos, "world" and 2902 /kratéō, "to rule") – properly, world-ruler, referring to Satan (demons) influencing the lives of worldly people (used only in Eph 6:12).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2888: κοσμοκράτωρκοσμοκράτωρ, κοσμοκρατορος, (κόσμος and κρατέω), lord of the world, prince of this age: the devil and demons are called in plural ο κοσμοκρατορες το σκότους το ανος (but critical editions omit το ανος) τούτου (R. V. the world-rulers of this darkness), Ephesians 6:12; cf. 11; John 12:31; 2 Corinthians 4:4; see ρχων. (The word occurs in the Orphica, 8, 11; 11, 11; in ecclesiastical writings of Satan; in rabbinical writings כּוזְמוקְרָטור is used both of human rulers and of the angel of death; cf. Buxtorf, Lex. talm. et rabb., p. 2006 (p. 996, Fischer edition).)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ruler.From kosmos and krateo; a world-ruler, an epithet of Satan -- ruler. see GREEK kosmos see GREEK krateo
Forms and Transliterations
κοσμοκρατορας κοσμοκράτορας kosmokratoras kosmokrátoras
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