Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek Κύριε, vocative case of Κύριος (Kyrios), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie eleison ( KEER-ee-ay el-AY-eess-on; Ancient Greek: Κύριε, ἐλέησον, romanized: Kýrie, eléēson, lit. 'Lord, have mercy'). In the Bible. The prayer, Kýrie, eléison, "Lord, have mercy" derives from a Biblical phrase. Greek ἐλέησόν με κύριε, 'have mercy on me, Lord', is the Septuagint translation of the phrase חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה often found in the Psalms (6:2, 9:13, 31:9, 86:3, and 123:3).
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Kyrie, a transliteration of Greek Κύριε, vocative case of Κύριος (Kyrios), is a common name of an important prayer of Christian liturgy, also called the Kyrie eleison ( KEER-ee-ay el-AY-eess-on; Ancient Greek: Κύριε, ἐλέησον, romanized: Kýrie, eléēson, lit. 'Lord, have mercy'). In the Bible. The prayer, Kýrie, eléison, "Lord, have mercy" derives from a Biblical phrase. Greek ἐλέησόν με κύριε, 'have mercy on me, Lord', is the Septuagint translation of the phrase חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה often found in the Psalms (6:2, 9:13, 31:9, 86:3, and 123:3).
