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The Royal Order of Chivalry Among the various levels of advancement in ROC is that of lords and ladies. Webster’s Dictionary says this of the word “lord”.
2. The owner of an estate in the Middle Ages.” There are basically four different words in the Bible that are translated “lord”. Three of these words appear in the Old Testament. The first word translated as “Lord” is “Adonay” and it appears 353 times. Lord is the literal translation of Adonay and is always used as the title of God. The second word used in the Old Testament is “adoni”. This word appears 198 times. Its translation is “lord” and it always applies to men who are in leadership or to the head of a family. The third word rendered “Lord” in the King James Bible is actually not a literal translation. The name of God, Yahweh or Jehovah appears over 7300 times in the Old Testament. The Jews would not ever speak the name of God out of respect to him, and always inserted the word “Adonay” while reading scripture. From this, translators later used “Adonay”, or “Lord”, when making their translations of the Bible. There is basically only one Greek word translated “lord” in the New Testament. This word, “kurios”, is used both for Jesus Christ and other “lords”, Jesus himself used the word over 20 times to describe men in positions of authority. (Matthew 10:24, 18:25, 25:19, Luke 12:37, 14:21, 16:3, 20:13) The usage of the English word “lord” must be placed in the context of the Middle Ages. The King James Version of the Bible was translated in the early 1600’s. The use of the word “lord” was translated according to the normal usage of the day. Today, in the New American Standard and New International Version, the word “kurios” is translated sometimes as “lord”, master and ruler. Be it known, that Jesus is the Lord of lords (“Adonay” of “adoni”), and the King of kings, as such, we all humbly bow our hearts and knees.
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