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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 11 times in 10 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5 - كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ هِيرُودُسَ مَلِكِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ كَاهِنٌ اسْمُهُ زَكَرِيَّا، مِنْ فِرْقَةِ أَبِيَّا، وَزَوْجَتُهُ مِنْ نَسْلِ هَارُونَ، وَاسْمُهَا أَلِيصَابَاتُ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:24 - فَإِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ وَالْمُلُوكِ تَمَنَّوْا أَنْ يَرَوْا مَا تُبْصِرُونَ وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَرَوْا، وَأَنْ يَسْمَعُوا مَا تَسْمَعُونَ وَلكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا».

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - أَمْ أَيُّ مَلِكٍ ذَاهِبٍ لِمُحَارَبَةِ آخَرَ، لَا يَجْلِسُ أَوَّلاً وَيَسْتَشِيرُ لِيَرَى هَلْ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُوَاجِهَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلافٍ ذلِكَ الزَّاحِفَ عَلَيْهِ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:38 - فَيَقُولُونَ: «مُبَارَكٌ الْمَلِكُ الآتِي بِاسْمِ الرَّبِّ! سَلامٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَمَجْدٌ فِي الأَعَالِي!»

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - وَلكِنْ قَبْلَ هذِهِ الأُمُورِ كُلِّهَا يَمُدُّ النَّاسُ أَيْدِيَهُمْ إِلَيْكُمْ وَيَضْطَهِدُونَكُمْ، فَيُسَلِّمُونَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَجَامِعِ وَالسُّجُونِ، وَيَسُوقُونَكُمْ لِلْمُثُولِ أَمَامَ الْمُلُوكِ وَالْحُكَّامِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ اسْمِي.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «إِنَّ مُلُوكَ الأُمَمِ يَسُودُونَهُمْ، وَأَصْحَابَ السُّلْطَةِ عِنْدَهُمْ يُدْعَوْنَ مُحْسِنِينَ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - وَبَدَأُوا يَتَّهِمُونَهُ قَائِلِينَ: «تَبَيَّنَ لَنَا أَنَّ هَذَا يُضَلِّلُ أُمَّتَنَا، وَيَمْنَعُ أَنْ تُدْفَعَ الْجِزْيَةُ لِلْقَيْصَرِ وَيَدَّعِي أَنَّهُ الْمَسِيحُ الْمَلِكُ!»

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:3 - فَسَأَلَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «أَأَنْتَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «أَنْتَ قُلْتَ!»

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:37 - قَائِلِينَ: «إِنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ مَلِكَ الْيَهُودِ، فَخَلِّصْ نَفْسَكَ»

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:38 - وَكَانَتْ فَوْقَهُ لافِتَةٌ كُتِبَ فِيهَا: «هَذَا هُوَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ».
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