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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 2,579 times in 1,983 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 40 (Gen 14:1–Num 21:34)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:1 - And it came to pass in the reign of Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, that Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:2 - made war with Balla king of Sodom, and with Barsa king of Gomorrha, and with Sennaar, king of Adama, and with Symobor king of Seboim and the king of Balac, this is Segor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - And in the fourteenth year came Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Astaroth, and Carnain, and strong nations with them, and the Ommæans in the city Save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:8 - And the king of Sodom went out, and the king of Gomorrha, and king of Adama, and king of Seboim, and king of Balac, this is Segor, and they set themselves in array against them for war in the salt valley,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:9 - against Chodollogomor king of Elam, and Thargal king of nations, and Amarphal king of Sennaar, and Arioch king of Ellasar, the four kings against the five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the salt valley consists of slime-pits. And the king of Sodom fled and the king of Gomorrha, and they fell in there: and they that were left fled to the mountain country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:17 - And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, after he returned from the slaughter of Chodollogomor, and the kings with him, to the valley of Saby; this was the plain of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:18 - And Melchisedec king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:21 - And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, and take the [fn]horses to thyself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:22 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I will stretch out my hand to the Lord the most high God, who made the heaven and the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:6 - And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:16 - And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:2 - And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulchre from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:11 - And God said to him, I am thy God; increase and multiply; for nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:31 - And these are the kings which reigned in Edom, before a king reigned in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - And his master took Joseph, and cast him into the prison, into the place where the king's prisoners are kept, there in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord the king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - And they both [fn]had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind which Pharao eats; and the fowls of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 - And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharao, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao, and went through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - And the children of Israel did so; and Joseph gave to them waggons, according to the words spoken by king Pharao; and he gave them provision for the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - And Pharao spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:8 - And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15 - And the king of the Egyptians spoke to the midwives of the Hebrews; the name of the one was, Sepphora; and the name of the second, Phua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt appointed them; and they saved the male children alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called the midwives, and said to them, Why is it that ye have done this thing, and saved the male children alive?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - And in those days after a length of time, the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel groaned because of their tasks, and cried, and their cry because of their tasks went up to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - And now come, I will send thee to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt bring out my people the children of Israel from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11 - And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharao king of Egypt, and that I should bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice, and thou and the elders of Israel shall go in to Pharao king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us; we will go then a journey of three days into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:19 - But I know that Pharao king of Egypt will not let you go, save with a mighty hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - And the Lord said to Moses in Madiam, Go, depart into Egypt, for all that sought thy life are dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do ye, Moses and Aaron, turn the people from their works? depart each of you to your works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - Go in, speak to Pharao king of Egypt, that he send forth the children of Israel out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a charge to Pharao king of Egypt, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - These are they that spoke with Pharao king of Egypt, and Aaron himself and Moses brought out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak to Pharao king of Egypt whatsoever I say to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - And it was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled: and the heart of Pharao was turned, and that of his servants against the people; and they said, What is this that we have done, to let the children of Israel go, so that they should not serve us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharao king of Egypt, and of his servants, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel went forth with a high hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:14 - And Moses sent messengers from Cades to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has [fn]come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:1 - And Arad the Chananitish king who dwelt by the wilderness, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharin; and he made war on Israel, and carried off [fn]some of them captives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:18 - the princes digged it, the kings of the nations in their kingdom, in their lordship sank it in the rock: and they went from the well to Manthanain,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:21 - We will pass through thy land, we will go by the road; we will not turn aside to the field or to the vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:26 - For Esebon is the city of Seon king of the Amorites; and he before fought against the king of Moab, and they took all his land, from Aroer to Arnon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Woe to thee, Moab; thou art lost, thou people of Chamos: their sons are sold for preservation, and their daughters are captives to Seon king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:33 - And having returned, they went up the road that leads to Basan; and Og the king of Basan went forth to meet them, and all his people to war to Edrain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:34 - And the Lord said to Moses, Fear him not; for I have delivered him and all his people, and all his land, into thy hands; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Seon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Esebon.

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40. LOAD PAGE 40 Amo 1:15–Mal 1:14

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