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cosmocrator

noun

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek κοσμοκράτωρ (kosmokrátōr, “cosmocrator”), from κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + κράτωρ (krátōr, “ruler”).

  1. derived from κοσμοκράτωρ — “cosmocrator”

Definitions

  1. A ruler of the entire world or cosmos.

    • In the same vein, according to the Jewish lists of ten cosmocrators the tenth and last king will be God himself.
    • It is the confluence of Old Testament and Hellenistic terminology that makes him more than a mere cultic hero or lord; he is cosmocrator, lord of the cosmos, for the powers in v. 10 are cosmic powers.

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