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Strong's #2888 - κοσμοκράτωρ
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- lord of the world, prince of this age
- the devil and his demons
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κοσμο-κράτωρ [ ᾰ], ορος, ὁ,
1. lord of the world, epith. of οὐρανός, Orph. H. 4.3; Ζεὺς Μίτρας Ἥλιος κ. Not.Scav. 1912.323 (Rome).
2. of the Emperors, IG 14.926, Sammelb. 4275, cf. Ptol. Tetr. 175, Heph.Astr. 1.1.
3. Astrol., ruler of the κόσμος, i.e. planet, Id.in Cat.Cod.Astr. 6.68, Vett.Val. 171.6; οἱ ἑπτὰ κ. Dam. Pr. 131; οἱ κ. τοῦ σκότους τούτου the cosmic rulers of this sinful world, Ephesians 6:12; οἱ κ. οἱ τὰ ὑπὸ σελήνην στοιχεῖα διοικοῦντες Iamb. Myst. 2.3.
κοσμοκράτωρ, κοσμοκρατορος, ὁ (κόσμος and κρατέω), lord of the world, prince of this age: the devil and demons are called in plural οἱ κοσμοκρατορες τοῦ σκότους τοῦ αἰῶνος (but critical editions omit τοῦ αἰῶνος) τούτου (R. V. the world-rulers of this darkness), Ephesians 6:12; cf. 11; John 12:31; 2 Corinthians 4:4; see ἄρχων. (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).)
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*† κοσμοκράτωρ , -ορος , ὁ
(< κόσμος , κρατέω ),
1. in Orphic hymns, al. (v. AR, Eph., l.c.), a ruler of the whole world (and so in Rabbinic writings: קוֺזמוֺקְרָטוֺר ).
2. a ruler of this world (in contrast to παντο κράτωρ ): οἱ κ . τ . σκότους τούτου , the rulers of this dark world, Ephesians 6:12.†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
The Emperor Caracalla receives this title in an Egyptian inscr. Archiv ii. p. 449, No. 83.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
