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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 275 times in 216 verses in '2Ch' in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 5 (2Ch 1:12–2Ch 12:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:12 - wisdom and knowledge have been granted to you. I will also give you riches, wealth, and honor, [fn]such as none of the kings who were before you has possessed, nor will those who will [fn]come after you.”

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Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the [fn]lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s traders acquired them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - They [fn]imported chariots from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver apiece, horses for 150 apiece, and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Then Solomon sent word to [fn]Huram the king of Tyre, saying, “As you dealt with my father David and sent him cedars to build him a house to live in, do it for me.

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Then Huram, king of Tyre, [fn]answered in a letter sent to Solomon: “Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Then Huram [fn]continued, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, [fn]endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a [fn]royal palace for himself.

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Huram also made the pails, the shovels, and the bowls. So Huram finished the work that he did for King Solomon in the house of God:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - The pails, the shovels, the forks, and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon, for the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - All the men of Israel assembled themselves before the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled with him before the ark were sacrificing [fn]so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

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Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the musical instruments for the LORD, which King David had made for giving praise to the LORD—“for His faithfulness is everlasting”—whenever David gave praise through their [fn]ministry; the priests on the other side blew trumpets and all Israel was standing.

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So Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king’s palace, and successfully completed everything that [fn]he had planned on doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]officers of King Solomon, 250 who ruled over the people.

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Then Solomon brought Pharaoh’s daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, “My wife shall not live in the house of David king of Israel, because [fn]the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - And they did not deviate from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any matter or regarding the storehouses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And by his servants Huram sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and took from there [fn]450 talents of gold, and brought it to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - Then she said to the king, “It was a true [fn]story that I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - “Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the LORD your God; because your God loved Israel, establishing them forever, He made you king over them, to carry out justice and righteousness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 talents of gold and a very great amount of balsam oil and precious stones; there had never been balsam oil like that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - From the algum trees the king made steps to the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and nothing like them was seen before in the land of Judah.

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King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba her every desire, whatever she requested, besides gifts equal to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides what the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using six hundred shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He made three hundred shields of beaten gold, [fn]using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.

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Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not considered [fn]valuable in the days of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in wealth and wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart.

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Now Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He was ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the [fn]lowland.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:30 - Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard about it (he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

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And then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had [fn]served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “How do you advise me to answer this people?”

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So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had [fn]directed, saying, “Return to me on the third day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam ignored the advice of the elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people, because it was a turn of events from God so that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people replied to the king, saying,

“What share do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Everyone to your tents, Israel!

Now look after your own house, David!”

So all Israel went away to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was in charge of the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him [fn]to death. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - And it came about in King Rehoboam’s fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”

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So Shishak king of Egypt went up against Jerusalem, and he took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s palace. He took everything; he even took the gold shields which Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the [fn]care of the commanders of the [fn]guards who guarded the entrance of the king’s house.

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