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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 274 times in 215 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (2Ch 1:12–2Ch 12:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:12 - wisdom and knowledge have been given to you. And I will give you riches and wealth and glory, [fn]such as none of the kings who were before you had nor those who will [fn]come after you.”

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And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king also made silver and gold as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]Shephelah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon’s import of horses was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they [fn]imported a chariot from Egypt for [fn]600 shekels of silver and a horse for [fn]150; and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Then Solomon sent word to [fn]Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, so do for me.

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Then Huram king of Tyre said in a letter [fn]sent to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves His people, He has given you to be king over them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Then Huram said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, knowledgeable in insight and understanding, who will build a house for Yahweh and a [fn]royal palace for himself.

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And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram completed doing the work which he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - And the pots and the shovels and the flesh hooks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who congregated with him before the ark, were sacrificing [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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Then the king turned his face around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

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Now the king and all the people were offering sacrifices before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - And the priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to Yahweh, which King David had made for giving thanks to Yahweh-“for His lovingkindness endures forever”—whenever [fn]he gave praise by their hand, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing.

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Thus Solomon completed the house of Yahweh and the king’s house; and all that had come into Solomon’s heart to do in the house of Yahweh and in his house, he did successfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]deputies of King Solomon, 250 who ruled over the people.

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Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because [fn]the places are holy where the ark of Yahweh has entered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not turn away from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there [fn]450 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - Then she said to the king, “The word is true which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be Yahweh your God who delighted in you, to set you on His throne as king for Yahweh your God; because your God loved Israel to cause them to stand forever, therefore He gave you as king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. There had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - And the king made of the algum trees steps for the house of Yahweh and for the king’s house, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah.

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Thus King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she asked, besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned around and went to her own land together with her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - And King Solomon made 200 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made 300 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]300 shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - Now all King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came carrying gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks.

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So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

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And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - And he was the ruler over all the kings from the [fn]River even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king also made silver as plentiful as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]Shephelah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Thus Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - And it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

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Then King Rehoboam took counsel with the elders who had [fn]stood before his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you counsel me to respond to this people?”

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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had spoken, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - And the king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God, that Yahweh might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Now all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them. So the people responded to the king, saying,

“What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Every man to your tents, O Israel;

Now see to your own house, David.”

So all Israel went to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had been unfaithful to Yahweh, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “Yahweh is righteous.”

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So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of Yahweh and the treasures of the king’s house. He took everything; he even took the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the hand of the commanders of the [fn]guard who kept the door of the king’s house.

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