κυρόω, κύρω: 1 aorist infinitive κυρῶσαι; perfect passive participle κεκυρωμενος; (κῦρος the head, that which is supreme, power, influence, authority); from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; to make valid; to confirm publicly or solemnly, to ratify: διαθήκην, passive Gal_3:15; ἀγάπην εἰς τινα, to make a public decision that love be shown to a transgressor by granting him pardon, 2Co_2:8. (Compare: προκυρόω.)

κυρόω kyroō 2x to confirm, ratify, Gal_3:15 ; to reaffirm, assure, 2Co_2:8

κυρόω , -ῶ ( <κῦρος , 1. authority . 2. validity ), [in LXX for H6965 ;] to confirm, ratify, make valid: 2Co_2:8 ; pass ., Gal_3:15 ( cf. προ -κυρόω ).†

κυρόω [page 366] κυρόω , ratify, confirm, as in Gal_3:15 , is common in legal documents, as when with reference to the sale of property the purchaser undertakes if the sale is confirmed to pay a certain sum into the government bank P Amh II. 97 .14 (A.D. 180 192) ἐφ᾽ ᾧ κυρωθεῖσα διαγράψω ἐπὶ τὴν δ [ημ ]οσίαν τράπεζαν , adding that he will remain in undisturbed possession and ownership for ever .17 ἐὰ ]ν φαίν [η ]ται κυρῶσαι , if you consent to confirm the sale ; but that if he is not so confirmed, he will not be bound by his promise .17 ἐὰν δὲ μὴ κυρωθῶ οὐ κατασχε [θ ]ήσομαι τῇ [ὑ ]ποσχέσει : cf. P Tebt II. 294 .16 (A.D. 146) ἃς κ [αὶ ] διαγράψω κυρωθεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐπὶ τόπων δημοσίαν τράπεζαν ταῖς συνήθεσι προθεσμίαις , which sum I will, as soon as my appointment is ratified, pay into the local public bank at the accustomed dates (Edd.), Michel 478 .6 (ii/B.C.) δεδόχθαι οὖν τῶ [ι κοι ]νῶι , κυρωθέντος τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσμ [ατο ]ς , and the interesting Commagene rescript OGIS 383 .122 (mid. i/B.C.) νόμον δὲ τοῦτον φωνὴ μὲν ἐξήγγειλεν ἐμή , νοῦς δὲ θεῶν ἐκύρωσεν , .207 διατάξεως ταύτης δύναμιν ἱερὰν ἢ τιμὴν ἡρωϊκήν , ἣν ἀθάνατος κρίσις ἐκύρωσεν . For κύρωσις cf. ib. 455 .17 (i/B.C.) κατ᾽ οὖσαν μετὰ ταῦτα ἐν ἑαυτοῖς κύρωσιν , P Tebt II. 297 .16 ( c. A.D. 123) ἀντ [έγραψεν ὁ στρ ]ατηγὸς . . . τὴν ἐπ [ε ]νεχθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Μαρσισο [ύχου κύ ]ρωσιν ἐπὶ τῶν τόπων μὴ εἶναι , the strategus replied . . . that the certificate of appointment produced by Marsisuchus was not to be found on the spot (Edd.).

κυρόω [Etym: from κῦρος] κυ_ρόω, φυτ. -ώσω "to make valid, confirm, ratify, determine", Lat. ratum facere, Hdt. , Aesch. , etc.:—Mid. "to accomplish one's end", Plat. :—Pass. "to be ratified", Hdt. , attic:—generally, κεκύρωται τέλος "the end hath been fixed or determined", Aesch. ; πρὶν κεκυρῶσθαι σφαγάς before "it has been accomplished", Eur. :—impers. c. inf., ἐκεκύρωτο συμβάλλειν "it had been decided" to fight, Hdt. ; ἐκυρώθη ναυμαχέειν id=Hdt. κ. δίκην "to decide" it, Aesch.

κυρόω, -ῶ (κῦρος, 1. authority. 2. validity), [in LXX for קוּם ;] to confirm, ratify, make valid: 2Co.2:8; pass., Gal.3:15 (cf. προ-κυρόω).† (AS)