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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)]
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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 2,595 times in 1,989 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 3 / 40 (Jos 10:39–Jdg 3:19)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 - So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the LORD God of Israel commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:42 - And Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:1 - When Jabin, king of Hazor, heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings who were in the northern hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and in Naphoth-dor on the west,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:5 - And all these kings joined their forces and came and encamped together at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:10 - And Joshua turned back at that time and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword, for Hazor formerly was the head of all those kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 - And all the cities of those kings, and all their kings, Joshua captured, and struck them with the edge of the sword, devoting them to destruction, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:17 - from Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them and put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:18 - Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:1 - Now these are the kings of the land whom the people of Israel defeated and took possession of their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, with all the Arabah eastward:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:2 - Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, that is, half of Gilead,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - and Og[fn] king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:5 - and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:10 - the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:11 - the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:12 - the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:13 - the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:14 - the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:15 - the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:16 - the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:17 - the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:18 - the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:19 - the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:20 - the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:21 - the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:22 - the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:23 - the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Galilee,[fn] one;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:24 - the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:10 - and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:13 - Yet the people of Israel did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:21 - that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:27 - and in the valley Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, having the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth, eastward beyond the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day but have been made to do forced labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:5 - The LORD your God will push them back before you and drive them out of your sight. And you shall possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:9 - Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:12 - And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:33 - And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:10 - The Spirit of the LORD was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 - And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - And the people of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:15 - Then the people of Israel cried out to the LORD, and the LORD raised up for them a deliverer, Ehud, the son of Gera, the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The people of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:17 - And he presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:19 - But he himself turned back at the idols near Gilgal and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” And he commanded, “Silence.” And all his attendants went out from his presence.

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4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jdg 3:20–1Sa 12:19

5. LOAD PAGE 5 1Sa 12:25–2Sa 3:3

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11. LOAD PAGE 11 1Ki 2:35–1Ki 10:10

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14. LOAD PAGE 14 1Ki 22:8–2Ki 6:8

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25. LOAD PAGE 25 2Ch 35:16–Ezr 5:14

26. LOAD PAGE 26 Ezr 5:17–Neh 9:22

27. LOAD PAGE 27 Neh 9:24–Est 4:2

28. LOAD PAGE 28 Est 4:7–Est 9:25

29. LOAD PAGE 29 Est 10:1–Psa 76:12

30. LOAD PAGE 30 Psa 84:3–Pro 25:5

31. LOAD PAGE 31 Pro 25:6–Isa 24:21

32. LOAD PAGE 32 Isa 32:1–Jer 1:2

33. LOAD PAGE 33 Jer 1:3–Jer 27:8

34. LOAD PAGE 34 Jer 27:9–Jer 37:17

35. LOAD PAGE 35 Jer 37:18–Jer 49:39

36. LOAD PAGE 36 Jer 50:17–Eze 30:24

37. LOAD PAGE 37 Eze 30:25–Dan 3:1

38. LOAD PAGE 38 Dan 3:2–Dan 6:12

39. LOAD PAGE 39 Dan 6:13–Hos 10:6

40. LOAD PAGE 40 Hos 10:7–Mal 1:14

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