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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, , 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 6 times in 6 verses in 'Jer' in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 -

This was after King Jeconiah,[fn] the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had left Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 -

“Instead, we will do everything we promised:[fn] we will burn incense to the queen of heaven[fn] and offer drink offerings to her just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in Judah’s cities and in Jerusalem’s streets. Then we had enough food, we were well off, and we saw no disaster,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 -

“but from the time we ceased to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to offer her drink offerings, we have lacked everything, and through sword and famine we have met our end.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 -

And the women said,[fn] “When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it apart from our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 -

“This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘As for you and your wives, you women have spoken with your mouths, and you men fulfilled it by your deeds, saying, “We will keep our vows that we have made to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings for her.” Go ahead, confirm your vows! Keep your vows! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 -

About Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says:

Rise up, attack Kedar,

and destroy the people of the east!

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