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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 274 times in 215 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 - you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:15 - The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - They paid 600 silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:3 - Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre: "Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:11 - King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: "Because the LORD loves his people, he has made you their king."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - Huram also said, "Worthy of praise is the LORD God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the LORD, as well as a royal palace for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:11 - Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God's temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:16 - and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the LORD's temple were made from polished bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:17 - The king had them cast in earthen foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:3 - All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:6 - Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:3 - Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:4 - The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:6 - The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the LORD. (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the LORD and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, "Certainly his loyal love endures.") Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:11 - After Solomon finished building the LORD's temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the LORD's temple and his royal palace,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of 250 of them who were in charge of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:11 - Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:15 - They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon's men to Ophir, and took from there 450 talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:5 - She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:8 - May the LORD your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God's love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - She gave the king 120 talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:11 - With the timber the king made steps for the LORD's temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:14 - besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; 600 measures of hammered gold were used for each shield.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; 300 measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:17 - The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:20 - All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:21 - The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram's men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:22 - King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:23 - All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:26 - He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:27 - The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:6 - King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:12 - Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David - no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So all Israel returned to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:2 - Because they were unfaithful to the LORD, in King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:6 - The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is just."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:9 - King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the LORD's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace.

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