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Lexicon :: Strong's G935 - basileus

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βασιλεύς
Transliteration
basileus (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-il-yooce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from βάσις (G939) (through the notion of a foundation of power)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:576,97

Strong’s Definitions

βασιλεύς basileús, bas-il-yooce'; probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):—king.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 118x

The KJV translates Strong's G935 in the following manner: king (82x), King (of Jews) (21x), King (God or Christ) (11x), King (of Israel) (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 118x
The KJV translates Strong's G935 in the following manner: king (82x), King (of Jews) (21x), King (God or Christ) (11x), King (of Israel) (4x).

  1. leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασιλεύς basileús, bas-il-yooce'; probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):—king.
STRONGS G935:
βασιλεύς, -έως, ὁ, leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king; universally: οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, Matthew 17:25; Revelation 16:14 [L T Tr WH omit τῆς γῆς], etc.; τῶν ἐθνῶν, Luke 22:25; of the king of Egypt, Acts 7:10, 18; Hebrews 11:23, 27; of David, Matthew 1:6; Acts 13:22; of Herod the Great and his successors, Matthew 2:1ff; Luke 1:5; Acts 12:1; Acts 25:13; of a tetrarch, Matthew 14:9; Mark 6:14, 22 (of the son of a king, Xenophon, oec. 4, 16; "reges Syriae, regis Antiochi pueros, scitis Romae nuper fuisse," Cicero, Verr. 2:4, 27, cf. de senectute 17, 59; [Vergil Aen. 9, 223]); of a Roman emperor, 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Peter 2:17, cf. Revelation 17:9 (Revelation 17:10), (so in secular writings in the Roman age, as in Josephus, b. j. 5, 13, 6; Herodian, 2, 4, 8 [4 Bekker]; of the son of the emperor, ibid. 1, 5, 15 [5 Bekker]); of the Messiah, ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Matthew 2:2, etc.; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mark 15:32; John 1:49 (John 1:50); John 12:13; of Christians, as to reign over the world with Christ in the millennial kingdom, Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10 (Rec. in both passages and Griesbach in the latter; see βασιλεία, 3 e.); of God, the supreme ruler over all, Matthew 5:35; 1 Timothy 1:17 (see αἰών, 2); Revelation 15:3; βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, Revelation 17:14 [but here, as in Revelation 19:16 of the victorious Messiah]; ὁ βασ. τῶν βασιλευόντων, 1 Timothy 6:15, (2 Macc. 13:4; 3 Macc. 5:35; Enoch 9, 4; [84, 2; Philo de decal. § 10]; cf. [κύριος τῶν βασ. Daniel 2:47]; κύριος τ. κυρίων, Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 135:3 (Ps. 136:3; [so of the king of the Parthians, Plutarch, Pomp. § 38, 1]).

Related entry:
[βασιλίσκος, -ου, ὁ, (diminutive of βασιλεύς) a petty king; a reading noted by WH in their (rejected) marginal reading of John 4:46, 49. (Polybius, others)]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
10:17
Psalms
135:3; 136:3
Daniel
2:47
Matthew
1:6; 2:1; 2:2; 5:35; 14:9; 17:25
Mark
6:14; 6:22; 15:32
Luke
1:5; 22:25
John
1:49; 1:50; 4:46; 4:49; 12:13
Acts
7:10; 7:18; 12:1; 13:22; 25:13
1 Timothy
1:17; 2:2; 6:15
Hebrews
11:23; 11:27
1 Peter
2:17
Revelation
1:6; 5:10; 15:3; 16:14; 17:9; 17:10; 17:14; 19:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G935 matches the Greek βασιλεύς (basileus),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in 'Act' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 -
The kings of the earth set themselves in array,
And the rulers were gathered together,
Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 - Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the church.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now he was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: and they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was fed from the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - And afterward they asked for a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the space of forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom also he bare witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - whom Jason hath received: and these all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13 - Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and saluted Festus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And as they tarried there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus saith, King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, ye behold this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews made suit to me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26 - Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I may have somewhat to write.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 - I think myself happy, king Agrippa, that I am to make my defence before thee this day touching all the things whereof I am accused by the Jews:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - unto which promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. And concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king!

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them that journeyed with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 - Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - For the king knoweth of these things, unto whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him; for this hath not been done in a corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 - And the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
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