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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 21 times in 18 verses in 'Rev' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings G935 of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings G935 of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11 - And they had a king G935 over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. G935

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King G935 of saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings G935 of the east might be prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings G935 of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - With whom the kings G935 of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10 - And there are seven kings: G935 five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:12 - And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, G935 which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings G935 one hour with the beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King G935 of kings: G935 and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:18 - And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings G935 of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings G935 of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 - And the kings G935 of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:16 - And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING G935 OF KINGS, G935 AND LORD OF LORDS.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:18 - That ye may eat the flesh of kings, G935 and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:19 - And I saw the beast, and the kings G935 of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:24 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings G935 of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
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