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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 19 times in 16 verses in 'Hos' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:4 - For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 3:5 - Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:1 - Hear this, O priests!
Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
For the judgment is for you;
for you have been a snare at Mizpah
and a net spread upon Tabor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:13 - When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah his wound,
then Ephraim went to Assyria,
and sent to the great king.[fn]
But he is not able to cure you
or heal your wound.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:3 - By their evil they make the king glad,
and the princes by their treachery.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:5 - On the day of our king, the princes
became sick with the heat of wine;
he stretched out his hand with mockers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:7 - All of them are hot as an oven,
and they devour their rulers.
All their kings have fallen,
and none of them calls upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:10 - Though they hire allies among the nations,
I will soon gather them up.
And the king and princes shall soon writhe
because of the tribute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:3 - For now they will say:
“We have no king,
for we do not fear the LORD;
and a king—what could he do for us?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:6 - The thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to the great king.[fn]
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed of his idol.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:7 - Samaria’s king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:15 - Thus it shall be done to you, O Bethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn the king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:5 - They shall not[fn] return to the land of Egypt,
but Assyria shall be their king,
because they have refused to return to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:10 - Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:11 - I gave you a king in my anger,
and I took him away in my wrath.
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