Glossary Term
Risk: Critical- Approved rendering
- 主
- Transliteration
- zhǔ
- Rejected alternatives
- 主人, 老爷
Lord
Established term. In Romans 10:9 the confession ‘Jesus is Lord’ = 耶稣是主. Must not be softened toward 主人 (zhǔrén, an ordinary master/owner) or 老爷 (lǎoye, a feudal-era honorific for a landlord or official), which reduce exclusive divine Lordship to a social-hierarchy title.