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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 73 times in 64 verses in '1Ch' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (1Ch 1:43–1Ch 27:32)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:43 - These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the people of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city being Dinhabah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:23 - These were the potters who were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the king’s service.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:31 - Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 - These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser[fn] king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:1 - So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:18 - until then they were in the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:2 - In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:3 - So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:4 - And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:29 - And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - he allowed no one to oppress them;
he rebuked kings on their account,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:16 - Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:3 - David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah-Hamath, as he went to set up his monument[fn] at the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:5 - And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David struck down 22,000 men of the Syrians.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:9 - When Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadadezer, king of Zobah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:17 - and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:1 - Now after this Nahash the king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:5 - and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, “Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - They hired 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah with his army, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the Ammonites were mustered from their cities and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:9 - And the Ammonites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:1 - In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, Joab led out the army and ravaged the country of the Ammonites and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Joab struck down Rabbah and overthrew it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:2 - And David took the crown of their king from his head. He found that it weighed a talent[fn] of gold, and in it was a precious stone. And it was placed on David’s head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:2 - So David said to Joab and the commanders of the army, “Go, number Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me a report, that I may know their number.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - But Joab said, “May the LORD add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord’s servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:4 - But the king’s word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:6 - But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king’s command was abhorrent to Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:20 - Now Ornan was threshing wheat. He turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:23 - Then Ornan said to David, “Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:24 - But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy them for the full price. I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:6 - And the scribe Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the princes and Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites, one father’s house being chosen for Eleazar and one chosen for Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who prophesied with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:5 - All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:6 - They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers’ houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - King David appointed him and his brothers, 2,700 men of ability, heads of fathers’ houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - This is the number of the people of Israel, the heads of fathers’ houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters concerning the divisions that came and went, month after month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:24 - Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but did not finish. Yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel; and over the treasuries in the country, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:31 - All these were stewards of King David’s property.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:32 - Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe. He and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni attended the king’s sons.

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