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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 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:42 - The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:31 - The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:27 - And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:7 - As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
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