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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
In
Gen. 43:20
20
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: (Genesis 43:20)
the
word is
adon
,
often
translated “
Lord
.” In the Acts (except in
Acts 16:30
30
And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (Acts 16:30)
) the word is
ἀνήρ
, “
man
,” and is
used
as a term of respect. In
all
other
places in the
New
Testament
the word is
κύριος
, commonly translated “Lord”; in these cases the context determines how it should be rendered.