Quick Definition
κυρία, ας, ἡ n.f. a lady
Strong's Definition
Cyria, a Christian woman
Derivation: feminine of G2962 (κύριος);
KJV Usage: lady
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κυρία kyria 2x
a lady, 2 Jn. 1:1, 5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κυρία
(Κυρία, T, WH, mg.), -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גְּבֶרֶת;]
a lady: II Jo 1, 5 (on the interpretation, v. ICC, 167 ff.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κυρία. The use of κυρία 45 a courteous, and even affectionate, form of address in the ordinary correspondence of the time, may be said to have settled what Westcott (222. of S. John, p: 214) regarded as the ‘insoluble ’’ problem of 2 Jn by showing that κυρία there must be understood not of a church, nor of any dignified ‘‘lady,’’ but of a ‘‘dear’’ friend of the writer, Thus in P Oxy IV. 744? (B.c. 1) we find a man writing — Βεροῦτι τῇ κυρίᾳ pov, ““ἴο my dear Berous,” and similarly in an invitation to a festival, 25, I. 1121.3.7 (iii/iv. A.D.), the appellative occurs thrice (cf. the repetition in 2 Jn) in the same sense—xalpois, κυρία μου Lepnvla . . π(αρὰ) lerogelptos. πᾶν ποίησον, κυρία, ἐξελθεῖῖν τῇ] K τοῖς γενεθλίοις τοῦ θεο[Ὁ] . . . ὅρα [μὴ] ἀμελήσῃς, κυρία, ““ greeting, dear Serenia, from Petosiris. Be sure, dear, to come up on the 2oth for the birthday festival of the god. See that you do not forget, dear.” Cf ΦΧ VI. iii, p. 194 ff, where , κυριευω Rendel Harris with his accustomed ingenuity further discovers that John’s ‘‘dear’’ friend was a Gentile proselyte of the tribe of Ruth, and like Ruth a widow! The word is also used with more formality by a slave addressing her “mistress” in P Tebt II. 413! (ii/iii A.D.) “Ad (= ᾿ΑΦρ)οδίτη ᾿Αρσινοῆτι τῇ κυρίᾳ πολλὰ χαίρειν... μὴ δόξῃς με, κυρί[α], ἠμεληκέναι σου τῶν ἐντολῶν... ἀπόδος παρ᾽ ᾿Απ(= ᾿Αφρ)οδίτης κυρίᾳ, and in the Christian P Oxy VI. 939°" (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 128), where a servant writes to his master that the favour of the Lord God had been shown—@ore τὴν] κυρίαν ἀνασφῆλαι ἐκ τῆς καταλαβούσης [αὐτὴν νόσου, ‘ by the recovery of my mistress from the sickness which overtook her’’ (Edd.), and by saving her life in answer to her prayers—rats eb] x ats ἡμῶν ἐπένευσεν διασώσας ἡμῖν [τὴν ἡμῶν] κυρίαν. See also s.v. κύριος.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
Κυρία (Kuria) — lady. κυρία (Κυρία, T, WH, mg.), -ας, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גְּבֶרֶת ;] a lady: 2Jn.1 Jn 5 (on the interpretation, see ICC, 167 ff.).† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)