LORDLY
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LORD
exhibits a pliiral termination without the affix is that of Gesc'iiius (Thesaur. s. v. "|"n), and seems just, though rather (iisapproved by professor Lee (^Lex. in "jI'lX). The latter adds that 'oiu: English Bibles generally translate riTI"' by LORD, in capitals; when preceded by "I'l'lXn; they translate it God; when mXSiJ, tzahaoth, follows, by Loan, as in Isa. iii, 1, ' The Lord, the Lord of Hosts.' Tlie copies now in use are not, however, consistent in this respect" (Kitto). " In some instances it is difficidt, on account of the pause accent, to say whether Adonai is the title of the Deity, or merely one of respect ad- dressed to men. These have been noticed by theMaso- rites, who distinguish the former in their notes as 'holy,' and the latter as ' profane.' (See Gen. xviii, 3 ; xix, 2, 18 ; and compare the Masoretic notes on Gen. xx, 13 ; Isa. xix, 4)" (Smith.) See Adonai.
3. Kvpiog, the general Greek term for supreme mas- tery, Avhether royal or private ; and thus, in classical Greek, distinguished from Oeoc, which is exclusively applied to God. The "Greek Kvpwg, indeed, is used iu much the same way and in the same sense as Lord. It is from Kvpog, authority, and signifies 'master' or ' possessor.' In the Septuagint, this, like Lord m our version, is invariably used for ' Jehovah' and ' Adonai ;' while Btdf, like God iu our translation, is generally re- served to represent the Hebrew ' Elohim.' Kvpiog in the original of the Greek Testament, and Lord in our version of it, are used in much the same manner as in the Septuagint; and so, also, is the corresponding title, Dominus, in the Latin versions. As the Hebrew name Jehovah is one never used with reference to any but the Almighty, it is to be regretted that the Septuagint, imitated by our own and other versions, has represented it by a word which is also used for the Hebrew 'Ado- nai,' which is applied not only to God, but, like our ' Lord,' to creatures also, as to angels (Gen. xix, 2 ; Dan. X, 16, 17), to men in authority (Gen. xlii, 30, 33), and to proprietors, owners, masters (Gen. xlv, 8). In the New Testament, Kvpiog, representing ' Adonai,' and both represented by Lord, the last, or human application of the term, is frequent. In fact, the leading idea of the Hebrew, the Greek, and the English words is that of an owner or proprietor, whether God or man ; and it occurs in the inferior application with great frequency in the New Testament. This application is either literal or complimentary : literal when the party is really an owner or master, as in Matt, x, 2-1 ; xx, 8 ; xxi, 40 ; Acts xvi, IC, 10 ; Gal. iv, 1, etc. ; or when he is so as having absolute authority over another (Matt, ix, 38 ; Luke x, 2), or as being a supreme lord or sovereign (Acts xxv, 26) ; and complimentary when used as a title of address, especially to superiors, like the English Master, Sir; the French Sieur, Monsieur; the German Herr, etc., as in Matt, xiii, 27; xxi, 20; Mark vii, 8; Luke ix, 54" (Kitto). See Winer, Z)e voce Kiipiog (Erlang. 1828).
4. 5:^'3, hii'ul, master in the sense oi domination, ap- ydied to only heathen deities, or else to human relations, as husband, etc., and especially to a person skilled or chief in a trade or profession (like the vulgar boss). To this corresponds the Greek devTroTijg, whence our "despot." See Baal.
The remaining and less important words in the orig- inal, thus rendered in the common Bible (usually with- out a capital initial), arc: ""^Hii, gebii-', prop, denoting physical strength or martial prowess; "lb, sar, a title of nobility ; b^b'j, shulish', a military officer (see Cap- tain); and '\^p,, se'ren, a Philistine term; also the Cliald. N']'2, mark', an official title (hence the Syriac mar, or bishop) ; and y^, rah, a general n&mz—jir effect, with its reduplicate '2"13'^, rahrehati', and its Greek equivalent pa^^oi'i, " Rabbonl.''
Lordly occurs in the A. Y. only in the expression C^T''nX ^ED, se'phel addirim', howl o/'[the] nobles, i.
e. a large vessel fit to be used for persons of quality (Judg. V, 25). See Disii.
Lord, Benjamin, D.D., a Congregational minister, was born in 1693 at Saybrook, Conn., graduated at Yale College in 1714, was chosen tutor in 1715, was ordained pastor Nov. 20, 1717, in Norwich, and there preaclied until his death, March 31, 1784. He was made a mem- ber of Yale College coqioration in 1740, and remained such till 1772. Dr. Lord published True Christianity ex- plained and exposed, wherein are some Observations re- specting Conversion (1727) : — Two Sermons on the Ne- cessity of Ref/eneration (1737) : — Believers in Christ only the true Children of God, and hoi-n of him alone, a ser- mon (1742) : — God glorified in the Worhs of Providence and Grace : a remarkable Instance of it in the various and signal Deliverances that evidently appear to he wrought for Mercy Wheeler, lately restored from extreme Impotence and Confinement (1743) ; and several occa- sional sermons. — Sprague, A nnals, i, 297.
Lord, Daniel Minor, a Presbyterian minister, was born April 0, 1800, at Lyme, Conn., and was educa- ted at Amherst College and at the Theological Seminar}' at Princeton, N. J., and in April, 1834, was licensed by the Second I'resbytery of Long Island, and subsequently ordained at Southampton. In 1835 the Presbytery dis- missed him to the Suffolk Soutli Association. Soon after he became pastor of the Boston Jlariners' Church. In August, 1848, he became the tirst pastor of the Shelter Island Church, where he remained until his death, Aug. 26, 1861. Mr. Lord published 7'Ae History of Pitcairn's Island; also various articles on The moral Claims of Seamen stated and enforced, and for several years was editor and almost sole writer and publisher of a review, in which he ably, logically, and clearly discussed pro- found theological questions. See Wilson, Presb. Hist. A Imanac, 1863, p. 305. (J. L. S.)