Strong's Concordance basileus: a king Original Word: βασιλεύς, έως, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: basileus Phonetic Spelling: (bas-il-yooce') Short Definition: a king, ruler, emperor Definition: a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 935 basileús – a king (sovereign); often referring to Christ who is "the King of kings" (Rev 19:16), i.e. the King over the Kingdom of the heavens (God). As the King, Jesus Christ has unqualified jurisdiction over all creation – also being God the Creator. (cf. Jn 1:1-3,49). See 932 (basileia). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 935: βασιλεύςβασιλεύς, βασιλέως, ὁ, leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king; universally: οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, Matthew 17:25; Revelation 16:14 (L T Tr WH omit τῆς γῆς), etc.; τῶν ἐθνῶν, Luke 22:25; of the king of Egypt, Acts 7:10, 18; Hebrews 11:23, 27; of David, Matthew 1:6; Acts 13:22; of Herod the Great and his successors, Matthew 2:1ff; Luke 1:5; Acts 12:1; Acts 25:13; of a tetrarch, Matthew 14:9; Mark 6:14, 22 (of the son of a king, Xenophon, oec. 4, 16; "regesSyriac,regisAntiochipueros,scitisRomaenuperfuisse," Cicero, Verr. 2:4, 27, cf. de senectute 17, 59; (Vergil Aen. 9, 223)); of a Roman emperor, 1 Timothy 2:2; 1 Peter 2:17, cf. Revelation 17:9 (10), (so in secular writings in the Roman age, as in Josephus, b. j. 5, 13, 6; Herodian, 2, 4, 8 (4 Bekker); of the son of the emperor, ibid. 1, 5, 15 (5 Bekker)); of the Messiah, ὁ βασιλεύς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, Matthew 2:2, etc.; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mark 15:32; John 1:49 (50); Strong's Exhaustive Concordance king. Probably from basis (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively) -- king. see GREEK basis Forms and Transliterations βασιλεα βασιλέα βασιλέας βασιλει βασιλεί βασιλεῖ βασιλέι βασιλεις βασιλείς βασιλεῖς βασιλευ βασιλεύ βασιλεῦ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ βασιλεύς βασιλεὺς βασιλέυς βασιλεύσι βασιλευσιν βασιλεύσιν βασιλεῦσιν ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ βασιλέων βασιλεως βασιλεώς βασιλέως βασιλύσιν basilea basiléa basilei basileî basileis basileîs BASILEoN BASILEŌN basiléon basiléōn basileos basileōs basiléos basiléōs basileu basileû BASILEUS basileús basileùs basileusin basileûsinLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 935115 Occurrences βασιλέα — 15 Occ. βασιλεῖ — 6 Occ. βασιλεῖς — 16 Occ. βασιλέων — 11 Occ. βασιλέως — 9 Occ. βασιλεῦ — 9 Occ. βασιλεὺς — 48 Occ. βασιλεῦσιν — 1 Occ. Matthew 1:6 N-AMS GRK: Δαυὶδ τὸν βασιλέα Δαυὶδ δὲ NAS: of David the king. David KJV: begat David the king; and David INT: David the king David moreover Matthew 2:1 N-GMS Matthew 2:2 N-NMS Matthew 2:3 N-NMS Matthew 2:9 N-GMS Matthew 5:35 N-GMS Matthew 10:18 N-AMP Matthew 11:8 N-GMP Matthew 14:9 N-NMS Matthew 17:25 N-NMP Matthew 18:23 N-DMS Matthew 21:5 N-NMS Matthew 22:2 N-DMS Matthew 22:7 N-NMS Matthew 22:11 N-NMS Matthew 22:13 N-NMS Matthew 25:34 N-NMS Matthew 25:40 N-NMS Matthew 27:11 N-NMS Matthew 27:29 N-VMS Matthew 27:37 N-NMS Matthew 27:42 N-NMS Mark 6:14 N-NMS Mark 6:22 N-NMS Mark 6:25 N-AMS |