Lexicon 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). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kosmos and krateóDefinitiona ruler of this world NASB Translationworld forces (1).
Thayer's 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).)
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