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Lexicon :: Strong's G937 - basilikos

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βασιλικός
Transliteration
basilikos (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-il-ee-kos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:591,97

Strong’s Definitions

βασιλικός basilikós, bas-il-ee-kos'; from G935; regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent:—king's, nobleman, royal.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G937 in the following manner: nobleman (2x), royal (2x), king's country (with G3588) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G937 in the following manner: nobleman (2x), royal (2x), king's country (with G3588) (1x).
  1. of or belong to a king, kingly, royal, regal

    1. of a man, the officer or minister of a prince, a courtier

  2. subject to a king

    1. of a country

  3. befitting or worthy of a king, royal

  4. metaph. principal, chief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασιλικός basilikós, bas-il-ee-kos'; from G935; regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent:—king's, nobleman, royal.
STRONGS G937:
βασιλικός, -ή, -όν, of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal; of a man, the officer or minister of a prince, a courtier: John 4:46, 49 (Polybius 4, 76, 2; Plutarch, Sol. 27; often in Josephus). subject to a king: of a country, Acts 12:20. befitting or worthy of a king, royal: ἐσθής, Acts 12:21. Hence, metaphorically, principal, chief: νόμος, James 2:8 (Plato, Min., p. 317 c. τὸ ὀρθὸν νόμος ἐστὶ βασιλικός, Xenophon, symp. 1, 8 βασιλικὸν κάλλος; 4 Macc. 14:2).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
4:46; 4:49
Acts
12:20; 12:21
James
2:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G937 matches the Greek βασιλικός (basilikos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 -

“Please let us travel through your land. We won’t travel through any field or vineyard, or drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway; we won’t turn to the right or the left until we have traveled through your territory.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 -

“Let us travel through your land. We won’t go into the fields or vineyards. We won’t drink any well water. We will travel the King’s Highway until we have traveled through your territory.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 -

When he shaved his head ​— ​he shaved it at the end of every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off ​— ​he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be five pounds[fn] according to the royal standard.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 -

“If it meets the king’s approval, he should personally issue a royal decree. Let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be revoked: Vashti is not to enter King Ahasuerus’s presence, and her royal position is to be given to another woman who is more worthy than she.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 -

The young woman pleased him and gained his favor so that he accelerated the process of the beauty treatments and the special diet that she received. He assigned seven hand-picked female servants to her from the palace and transferred her and her servants to the harem’s best quarters.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 -

When the report was investigated and verified, both men were hanged on the gallows. This event was recorded in the Historical Record in the king’s presence.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 -

Mordecai went from the king’s presence clothed in royal blue and white, with a great gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced,

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 -

All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators[fn] aided the Jews because they feared Mordecai.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14 -

He is ripped from the security of his tent

and marched away to the king of terrors.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 -

“All the administrators of the kingdom ​— ​the prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors ​— ​have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an edict that, for thirty days, anyone who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den.

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