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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)
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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).
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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - Please let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won’t even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s road and never leave it until we have passed through your territory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:22 - “Let us travel through your land. We will be careful not to go through your fields and vineyards. We won’t even drink water from your wells. We will stay on the king’s road until we have passed through your territory.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:26 - He cut his hair only once a year, and then only because it was so heavy. When he weighed it out, it came to five pounds![fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - “So if it please the king, we suggest that you issue a written decree, a law of the Persians and Medes that cannot be revoked. It should order that Queen Vashti be forever banished from the presence of King Xerxes, and that the king should choose another queen more worthy than she.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:9 - Hegai was very impressed with Esther and treated her kindly. He quickly ordered a special menu for her and provided her with beauty treatments. He also assigned her seven maids specially chosen from the king’s palace, and he moved her and her maids into the best place in the harem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:23 - When an investigation was made and Mordecai’s story was found to be true, the two men were impaled on a sharpened pole. This was all recorded in The Book of the History of King Xerxes’ Reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:15 - Then Mordecai left the king’s presence, wearing the royal robe of blue and white, the great crown of gold, and an outer cloak of fine linen and purple. And the people of Susa celebrated the new decree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:3 - And all the nobles of the provinces, the highest officers, the governors, and the royal officials helped the Jews for fear of Mordecai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14 - They are torn from the security of their homes
and are brought down to the king of terrors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
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