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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:6 - and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:3 - When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes - from their sons or from foreigners?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:23 - "For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:5 - "Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - "The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 - Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:40 - And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:37 - Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:42 - "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:14 - Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:22 - When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:25 - Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:27 - So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:9 - "You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:2 - So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:9 - So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:12 - So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:18 - They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:26 - The inscription of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:32 - Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:5 - During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:24 - For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:31 - Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:38 - "Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:12 - But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:25 - So Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called 'benefactors.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:3 - So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:37 - and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:38 - There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:49 - Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:15 - Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:13 - So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:15 - "Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:33 - So Pilate went back into the governor's residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:37 - Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world - to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

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