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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, , 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, 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]; 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, , (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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“wisdom and knowledge are given to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and glory, unlike what was given to the kings who were before you, or will be given to those after you.”

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Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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The king made silver and gold as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

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Solomon’s horses came from Egypt and Kue.[fn] The king’s traders would get them from Kue at the going price.

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A chariot could be imported from Egypt for fifteen pounds[fn] of silver and a horse for nearly four pounds.[fn] In the same way, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram through their agents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 -

Then Solomon sent word to King Hiram[fn] of Tyre:

Do for me what you did for my father David. You sent him cedars to build him a house to live in.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 -

Then King Hiram of Tyre wrote a letter[fn] and sent it to Solomon:

Because the LORD loves his people, he set you over them as king.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 -

Hiram also said:

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth! He gave King David a wise son with insight and understanding, who will build a temple for the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 -

Then Huram[fn] made the pots, the shovels, and the bowls.

So Huram finished doing the work that he was doing for King Solomon in God’s temple:

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 -

the pots, the shovels, the forks, and all their utensils ​— ​Huram-abi[fn] made them for King Solomon for the LORD’s temple. All these were made of polished bronze.

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The king had them cast in clay molds in the Jordan Valley between Succoth and Zeredah.

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So all the men of Israel were assembled in the king’s presence at the festival; this was in the seventh month.[fn]

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King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who had gathered around him were in front of the ark sacrificing sheep, goats, and cattle that could not be counted or numbered because there were so many.

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Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.

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The king and all the people were offering sacrifices in the LORD’s presence.

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King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand cattle and one hundred twenty thousand sheep and goats. In this manner the king and all the people dedicated God’s temple.

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The priests and the Levites were standing at their stations. The Levites had the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made to give thanks to the LORD ​— ​“for his faithful love endures forever” ​— ​when he offered praise with them. Across from the Levites, the priests were blowing trumpets, and all the people were standing.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 -

So Solomon finished the LORD’s temple and the royal palace. Everything that had entered Solomon’s heart to do for the LORD’s temple and for his own palace succeeded.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 -

These were King Solomon’s deputies: 250 who supervised the people.

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Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh from the city of David to the house he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the house[fn] of King David of Israel because the places the ark of the LORD has come into are holy.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 -

They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests and the Levites concerning any matter or concerning the treasuries.

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So Hiram[fn] sent ships to him by his servants along with crews of experienced seamen. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, took from there seventeen tons[fn] of gold, and delivered it to King Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 -

She said to the king, “The report I heard in my own country about your words and about your wisdom is true.

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“Blessed be the LORD your God! He delighted in you and put you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, he has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 -

Then she gave the king four and a half tons[fn] of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. There never were such spices as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.

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The king made the algum wood into walkways for the LORD’s temple and for the king’s palace and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had anything like them been seen in the land of Judah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 -

King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire, whatever she asked ​— ​far more than she had brought the king. Then she, along with her servants, returned to her own country.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 -

besides what was brought by the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 -

King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 15 pounds[fn] of hammered gold went into each shield.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 -

He made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 7 1/2 pounds[fn] of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.

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The king also made a large ivory throne and overlaid it with pure gold.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 -

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 -

for the king’s ships kept going to Tarshish with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.[fn]

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King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the world in riches and wisdom.

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All the kings of the world wanted an audience with Solomon to hear the wisdom God had put in his heart.

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Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. He stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 -

He ruled over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines and as far as the border of Egypt.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 -

The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar as abundant as sycamore in the Judean foothills.

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Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

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When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about it ​— ​for he was in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon’s presence ​— ​Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

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Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had attended his father Solomon when he was alive, asking, “How do you advise me to respond to this people? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 -

Then the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the elders’ advice

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 -

The king did not listen to the people because the turn of events came from God, in order that the LORD might carry out his word that he had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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When all Israel saw[fn] that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king:

What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Israel, each to your tent;

David, look after your own house now!

So all Israel went to their tents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 -

Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[fn] who was in charge of the forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. However, King Rehoboam managed to get into his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 -

Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem

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So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 -

So King Shishak of Egypt went to war against Jerusalem. He seized the treasuries of the LORD’s temple and the treasuries of the royal palace. He took everything. He took the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and committed them into the care of the captains of the guards[fn] who protected the entrance to the king’s palace.


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