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LORD, MASTER

Someone who has significant authority over others. The term is sometimes found in the vocative case of address, where it indicates deference and respect toward the individual(s) addressed. The term may convey esteem to a leader from his people (Num. 32:25; cf. Acts 25:26). In Gen. 44:7-16 it indicates the respect a slave exhibits for his or her master; Jesus’ parable of the wicked servant is a NT example of a similar usage (Matt. 18:23-25).

Lord also refers to secular heads of tribes or nations, as “the five lords of the Philistines” (Judg. 3:3; 1 Sam. 5:8; Isa. 16:8). It may also refer to an entire class of nobles or courtiers (Dan. 5:1). It is this kind of human lord over whom God is “King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 19:16). That lordship can be demonstrated even against the corrupt elite of Judah (cf. Jer. 22:8; 25:35; 34:5).

According to Mark 2:28 par. Jesus used the term to establish his authority over ancient custom: “The Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” As a verb (“to lord it over”) the term is used occasionally to describe high-handed behavior (Neh. 5:15; Eccl. 8:9), the very antithesis of the style Jesus commands of his disciples (Luke 22:24-27; cf. 2 Cor. 1:24).

See God, Names of.

Watson E. Mills