• κάρτος(kártos) —Ionic, Doric, Epic
• κρέτος(krétos) —Aeolic

FromProto-Indo-European*krét-os, from*kret-(“strength; intelligence”). Cognates includeSanskritक्रतु(krátu),Avestan𐬑𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎-(xratu-), andOld Englishheard(“hard”) (whenceEnglishhard).^[1]

κρᾰ́τος• (krắtos) n (genitiveκρᾰ́τεοςorκρᾰ́τους);third declension

1. might,strength
2. act of strength, act ofvalour
3. (in theplural) acts of violence
4. dominion,power
   • 66-90C.E., Jude,Epistle of Jude 1.25:

     μόνῳ σοφῷ Θεῷ σωτῆρι ἡμῶν δόξα καὶ μεγαλωσύνη,κράτος καὶ ἐξουσία, καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας Ἀμήν

     mónōi sophōî Theōî sōtêri hēmôn dóxa kaì megalōsúnē,krátos kaì exousía, kaì nûn kaì eis pántas toùs aiônas Amḗn

     To God, our saviour, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty,power and authority, both now and in every age, amen.

• Greek:κράτος(krátos)

• “κράτος”, inLiddell & Scott (1940),A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κράτος”, inLiddell & Scott (1889),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κράτος”, inAutenrieth, Georg (1891),A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κράτος inBailly, Anatole (1935),Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001),A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• κράτος inCunliffe, Richard J. (1924),A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published1963
• “κράτος”, inSlater, William J. (1969),Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2904 inStrong, James (1979),Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910),English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ascendency idem, page 43.
  • authority idem, page 53.
  • chieftainship idem, page 129.
  • command idem, page 146.
  • conquest idem, page 161.
  • control idem, page 170.
  • crown idem, page 186.
  • direction idem, page 226.
  • dominance idem, page 247.
  • domination idem, page 247.
  • empire idem, page 269.
  • government idem, page 368.
  • governorship idem, page 368.
  • greatness idem, page 372.
  • kingship idem, page 470.
  • lordship idem, page 500.
  • mastery idem, page 517.
  • might idem, page 528.
  • paramountcy idem, page 592.
  • power idem, page 630.
  • predominance idem, page 634.
  • principality idem, page 641.
  • reign idem, page 688.
  • royalty idem, page 724.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • sceptre idem, page 738.
  • sovereignty idem, page 797.
  • strength idem, page 824.
  • superiority idem, page 839.
  • supremacy idem, page 842.
  • supreme idem, page 842.
  • sway idem, page 847.
  • throne idem, page 870.
  • triumph idem, page 896.
  • victory idem, page 951.

FromAncient Greekκράτος(krátos,“might, power”), fromProto-Indo-European*kret-.

κράτος• (krátos) n (pluralκράτη)

1. state,sovereigncountry

   αδέσμευτακράτη ―adésmeftakráti ―non-alignedstates

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