Strong's Concordance kosmokratór: a ruler of this world Original Word: κοσμοκράτωρ, ορος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: kosmokratór Phonetic Spelling: (kos-mok-fat'-ore) Short Definition: ruler of this world Definition: 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, 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).) 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 kosmokrátorasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 28881 Occurrence κοσμοκράτορας — 1 Occ. Ephesians 6:12 N-AMP GRK: πρὸς τοὺς κοσμοκράτορας τοῦ σκότους NAS: against the world forces of this KJV: against the rulers of the darkness INT: against the world's rulers of the darkness |