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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 22 times in 22 verses in 'Mat' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:6 - and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uri'ah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:3 - When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - When they had heard the king they went their way; and lo, the star which they had seen in the East went before them, till it came to rest over the place where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:35 - or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:18 - and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:8 - Why then did you go out? To see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those who wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - And the king was sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 17:25 - He said, "Yes." And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:23 - "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:5 - "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of an ass."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:2 - "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a marriage feast for his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:7 - The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:11 - "But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:13 - Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outer darkness; there men will weep and gnash their teeth.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 - Then the King will say to those at his right hand, 'Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:40

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:40 - And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:11 - Now Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You have said so."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:29 - and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on his head, and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:37 - And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus the King of the Jews."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:42 - "He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him.
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