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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 297 times in 219 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (1Ki 1:1–1Ki 2:36)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:1 - Now King David was old and advanced in years. And although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:2 - Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young woman be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king and be in his service. Let her lie in your arms,[fn] that my lord the king may be warm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:3 - So they sought for a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:4 - The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the king and attended to him, but the king knew her not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:9 - Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fattened cattle by the Serpent’s Stone, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the king’s sons, and all the royal officials of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go in at once to King David, and say to him, ‘Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then is Adonijah king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:14 - Then while you are still speaking with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm[fn] your words.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:15 - So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber (now the king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was attending to the king).

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:16 - Bathsheba bowed and paid homage to the king, and the king said, “What do you desire?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your servant by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:18 - And now, behold, Adonijah is king, although you, my lord the king, do not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:19 - He has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the sons of the king, Abiathar the priest, and Joab the commander of the army, but Solomon your servant he has not invited.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:20 - And now, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:21 - Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon will be counted offenders.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:22 - While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:23 - And they told the king, “Here is Nathan the prophet.” And when he came in before the king, he bowed before the king, with his face to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:24 - And Nathan said, “My lord the king, have you said, ‘Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne’?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:25 - For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king’s sons, the commanders[fn] of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:27 - Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not told your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28 - Then King David answered, “Call Bathsheba to me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore, saying, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of every adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:31 - Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:32 - King David said, “Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” So they came before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:33 - And the king said to them, “Take with you the servants of your lord and have Solomon my son ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:34 - And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet there anoint him king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, “Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:37 - As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:38 - So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David’s mule and brought him to Gihon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:39 - There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, “Long live King Solomon!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - Jonathan answered Adonijah, “No, for our lord King David has made Solomon king,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:44 - and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they had him ride on the king’s mule.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:45 - And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise that you have heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:47 - Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours, and make his throne greater than your throne.’ And the king bowed himself on the bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:48 - And the king also said, ‘Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted someone[fn] to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Then it was told Solomon, “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has laid hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and paid homage to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:15 - He said, “You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel fully expected me to reign. However, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother’s, for it was his from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - And he said, “Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:18 - Bathsheba said, “Very well; I will speak for you to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:19 - So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him on behalf of Adonijah. And the king rose to meet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne and had a seat brought for the king’s mother, and she sat on his right.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, “I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me.” And the king said to her, “Make your request, my mother, for I will not refuse you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - King Solomon answered his mother, “And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also, for he is my older brother, and on his side are Abiathar[fn] the priest and Joab the son of Zeruiah.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:23 - Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, “God do so to me and more also if this word does not cost Adonijah his life!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:25 - So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he struck him down, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your estate, for you deserve death. But I will not at this time put you to death, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because you shared in all my father’s affliction.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:31 - The king replied to him, “Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, and thus take away from me and from my father’s house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:35 - The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:36 - Then the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever.

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