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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 17 times in 17 verses in 'Exo' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:8 - Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15 - And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:17 - But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:18 - And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:10 - Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:11 - And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:19 - And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:19 - And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:4 - And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:11 - Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:13 - And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:27 - These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:29 - That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
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