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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, 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 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 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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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 -

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 Box Rev 17:2

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 Box Rev 17:18

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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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 -

“And the kings G935 of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived [fn]sensuously with her, will cry and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:16 - And He has on His garment 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 - so that you may eat the flesh of kings G935 and the flesh of [fn]commanders and the flesh of strong men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:19 -

Then I saw the beast and the kings G935 of the earth and their armies assembled to make war with Him who sits on the horse and with His army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:24 - And the nations will walk by its light, and the kings G935 of the earth [fn]will bring their glory into it.
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