Dictionary entry

Dominion

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

do-min'-yun: InEph 1:21;Col 1:16the word so translated (kuriotes) appears to denote a rank or order of angels. The same word is probably to be so interpreted inJude 1:8(the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "dominion"), and in2Pe 2:10(the King James Version "government," the Revised Version (British and American) "dominion"). SeeANGEL.