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Lexicon :: Strong's G938 - basilissa

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βασίλισσα
Transliteration
basilissa (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-il'-is-sah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:590,97

Strong’s Definitions

βασίλισσα basílissa, bas-il'-is-sah; feminine from G936; a queen:—queen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G938 in the following manner: queen (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G938 in the following manner: queen (4x).

  1. queen

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασίλισσα basílissa, bas-il'-is-sah; feminine from G936; a queen:—queen.
STRONGS G938:
βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ, queen: Matthew 12:42; Luke 11:31; Acts 8:27; Revelation 18:7. (Xenophon, oec. 9, 15; Aristotle, oec. 9 [in Bekker, Anecd. i., p. 84; cf. fragment 385 (from Pollux 8, 90), p. 1542a, 25]; Polybius 23, 18, 2 [excerpt Vales. 7], and often in later writings; Sept.; Josephus; the Atticists prefer the forms βασιλίς and βασίλεια; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 225; [on the termination, corresponding to the English -ess, cf. Winers Grammar, 24; Buttmann, 73; Sophocles Lexicon, p. 37; Sturz, De dial. Maced. et Alex., p. 151ff; Curtius, p. 653].)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:42
Luke
11:31
Acts
8:27
Revelation
18:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G938 matches the Greek βασίλισσα (basilissa),
which occurs 36 times in 36 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:1 - And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and the name of the Lord, and she came to try him with riddles.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:4 - And the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he built,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - And she gave to Solomon a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and very many spices, and [fn]precious stones: there had not come any other spices so abundant as those which the queen of Saba gave to king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:13 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she desired, whatsoever she asked, besides all that he had given her [fn]by the hand of king Solomon: and she returned, and came into her own land, she and her servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:1 - And the queen of Saba heard of the name of Solomon, and she came to Jerusalem with a very large force, to prove Solomon with hard questions, and she had camels bearing spices in abundance, and gold, and precious stones: and she came to Solomon, and told him all that was in her mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:3 - And the queen of Saba saw the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and spices in very great abundance, and precious stones: and there were not any where else such spices as those which the queen of Saba gave king Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:12 - And king Solomon gave to the queen of Saba all that she requested, besides all that she brought to king Solomon: and she returned to her own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:11 - to bring in the queen to him, to enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to shew her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:12 - But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:15 - and reported to him according to the laws how it was proper to do to queen Astin, because she had not done the things commanded of the king by the chamberlains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And Muchæus said to the king and to the princes, Queen Astin has not wronged the king only, but also all the king's rulers and princes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:17 - for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she disobeyed the king. As then, said he, she refused to obey king Artaxerxes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:19 - If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochæus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:1 - And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. (LXX 5:1a) And being splendidly arrayed, and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. (5:1b) And she was blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face was cheerful, as it were benevolent, but her heart was straitened for fear. (5:1c) And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. (5:1d) And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before her. (5:1e) But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, (5:1f) What is the matter, Esther? I am thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared to thee, Draw nigh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is thy request, queen Esther? speak, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:1 - So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:6 - And Esther said, The adversary is Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to intreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:29 - And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochæus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phruræ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:31 - And Mardochæus and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 45:9 - (LXX 44:10) with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:8 - There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:9 - My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (LXX 36:2) (after the departure of Jechonias the king and the queen, and the eunuchs, and every freeman, and bondman, and artificer, out of Jerusalem;)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - (LXX 51:17) For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - (LXX 51:18) But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - (LXX 51:19) And whereas we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured drink-offerings to her, did we make cakes to her, and pour drink-offerings to her, without our husbands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - (LXX 51:25) Thus has the Lord God of Israel said; Ye women have spoken with your mouth, and ye fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her: full well did ye keep to your vows, and ye have indeed performed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - (LXX 30:23) Concerning Kedar the Queen of the Palace, whom Nabuchodonosor King of Babylon smote, thus saith the Lord; Arise ye, and go up to Kedar, and fill the sons of Kedem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - Then the queen came into the banquet house, and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, and let not thy countenance be changed.
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