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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 Jehoiachin,[fn] the queen mother, the court officials, the other officials of Judah, and all the craftsmen and artisans had been deported from Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said, “We will keep our promises to burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven,” and you have proved by your actions that you meant it. So go ahead and carry out your promises and vows to her!’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:28 - This message was given concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which were attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar[fn] of Babylon. This is what the LORD says:
“Advance against Kedar!
Destroy the warriors from the East!
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