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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 115 times in 105 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Jhn 18:39–Rev 18:3)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - “But you have a custom that I release someone [fn]for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release [fn]for you the King G935 of the Jews?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:3 - and they were coming to Him and saying, “Hail, King G935 of the Jews!” and were giving Him slaps in the face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - As a result of this Pilate kept seeking to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself to be a king G935 [fn]opposes Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - Now it was the day of [fn]Preparation for the Passover; it was about the [fn]sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, “Behold, your King G935!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - So they cried out, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate *said to them, “Shall I crucify your King G935?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king G935 but Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 - And Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING G935 OF THE JEWS.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21 - So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King G935 of the Jews;’ but that He said, ‘I am King G935 of the Jews.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 -

‘THE KINGS G935 OF THE EARTH [fn]TOOK THEIR STAND,

AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER

AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS [fn]CHRIST.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king G935 of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - until ANOTHER KING G935 AROSE OVER EGYPT WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen [fn]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings G935 and the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 -

Now about that time [fn]Herod the king G935 laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to harm them.

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Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s G935 chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “Then they asked for a king G935, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - “And after He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king G935, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My [fn]will.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - [fn]and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king G935, Jesus.”

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Now when several days had passed, King G935 Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea [fn]and greeted Festus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And while they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king G935, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus *said, “King G935 Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26 - “[fn]Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King G935 Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 -

“Concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I regard myself blessed, King G935 Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King G935, I am being accused by Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at midday, O King G935, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [fn]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 -

“So, King G935 Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king G935 [fn]knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a [fn]corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - “King G935 Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you believe.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 -

And the king G935 stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king G935 was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:17 - Now to the King G935 of the [fn]ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory [fn]forever and ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:2 - for kings G935 and all who are in [fn]authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and [fn]dignity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:15 - which He will [fn]bring about at the proper time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King G935 of [fn]kings and Lord of [fn]lords,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:1 -

For this MELCHIZEDEK, KING G935 OF SALEM, PRIEST OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, who met ABRAHAM AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM THE SLAUGHTER OF THE KINGS G935 and BLESSED HIM,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:2 - TO WHOM ALSO ABRAHAM APPORTIONED A TENTH PART OF ALL, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king G935 of righteousness, and then also king G935 of Salem, which is king G935 of peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:23 -

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s G935 edict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the rage of the king G935; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13 -

Be subject for the sake of the Lord to every human institution, whether to a king G935 as the one in authority,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17 - Honor all people, love the [fn]brethren, fear God, honor the [fn]king G935.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings G935 of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins [fn]by His blood—

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - Then the kings G935 of the earth and the great men and the [fn]commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man HID THEMSELVES IN THE CAVES and among the rocks of the mountains;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11 - They have as king G935 over them, the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is [fn]Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name [fn]Apollyon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And they *said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings G935.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - And they *sang the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,

“GREAT AND MARVELOUS ARE YOUR WORKS,

O [fn]LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY;

RIGHTEOUS AND TRUE ARE YOUR WAYS,

KING G935 OF THE [fn]NATIONS!

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And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings G935 from the [fn]east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - for they are spirits of demons, doing signs, which go out to the kings G935 of the whole [fn]world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - with whom the kings G935 of the earth committed [fn]sexual immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her [fn]sexual immorality.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10 - and they are seven kings G935; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:12 - “And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings G935 who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings G935 with the beast for one hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - “These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King G935 of kings G935, and those who are with Him are the called and elect and faithful.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:18 - “And the woman whom you saw is the great city, which has a kingdom over the kings G935 of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:3 - “For all the nations [fn]have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, and the kings G935 of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the power of her [fn]sensuality.”

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