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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 20 times in 20 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 -

‘THE KINGS G935 OF THE EARTH [fn]TOOK THEIR STAND,

AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER

AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS [fn]CHRIST.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king G935 of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - until ANOTHER KING G935 AROSE OVER EGYPT WHO DID NOT KNOW ABOUT JOSEPH.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen [fn]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings G935 and the sons of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 -

Now about that time [fn]Herod the king G935 laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to harm them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 -

Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king’s G935 chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “Then they asked for a king G935, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - “And after He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king G935, about whom He also said, bearing witness, ‘I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My [fn]will.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - [fn]and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king G935, Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13 -

Now when several days had passed, King G935 Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea [fn]and greeted Festus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - And while they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king G935, saying, “There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus *said, “King G935 Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26 - “[fn]Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King G935 Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 -

“Concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I regard myself blessed, King G935 Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King G935, I am being accused by Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - at midday, O King G935, I saw on the way a light from heaven, [fn]brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 -

“So, King G935 Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king G935 [fn]knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a [fn]corner.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - “King G935 Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know you believe.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 -

And the king G935 stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them,

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