(3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably
used for “Jehovah” and “‘Adonai.”
(4.) Hebrews ba’al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied
to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or
profession, and to heathen deities. “The men of Shechem,” literally “the
baals of Shechem” (Judges 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who
had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Joshua 16:10;
17:13).
(5.) Hebrews seren, applied exclusively to the “lords of the Philistines”
(Judges 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the
Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Samuel 21:10), under a kingly
government. (See Joshua 13:3; 1 Samuel 6:18.) There were five such
lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.
- LORD’S DAY only once, in Revelation 1:10, was in the early Christian
ages used to denote the first day of the week, which commemorated the
Lord’s resurrection. There is every reason to conclude that John thus used
the name. (See SABBATH.) - LORD’S PRAYER the name given to the only form of prayer Christ
taught his disciples (Matthew 6:9-13). The closing doxology of the prayer
is omitted by Luke (11:2-4), also in the R.V. of Matthew 6:13. This
prayer contains no allusion to the atonement of Christ, nor to the offices
of the Holy Spirit. “All Christian prayer is based on the Lord’s Prayer,
but its spirit is also guided by that of His prayer in Gethsemane and of the
prayer recorded John 17. The Lord’s Prayer is the comprehensive type of
the simplest and most universal prayer.” - LORD’S SUPPER (1 Corinthians 11:20), called also “the Lord’s table”
(10:21), “communion,” “cup of blessing” (10:16), and “breaking of bread”
(Acts 2:42).
In the early Church it was called also “eucharist,” or giving of thanks
(comp. Matthew 26:27), and generally by the Latin Church “mass,” a
name derived from the formula of dismission, Ite, missa est, i.e., “Go, it is
discharged.”
The account of the institution of this ordinance is given in Matthew
26:26-29, Mark 14:22-25, Luke 22:19, 20, and 1 Corinthians 11:24-26. It
is not mentioned by John.