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Lexicon :: Strong's G935 - basileus

Aa
βασιλεύς
Transliteration
basileus (Key)
Pronunciation
bas-il-yooce'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from βάσις (G939) (through the notion of a foundation of power)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:576,97

Strong’s Definitions

βασιλεύς basileús, bas-il-yooce'; probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):—king.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 118x

The KJV translates Strong's G935 in the following manner: king (82x), King (of Jews) (21x), King (God or Christ) (11x), King (of Israel) (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 118x
The KJV translates Strong's G935 in the following manner: king (82x), King (of Jews) (21x), King (God or Christ) (11x), King (of Israel) (4x).

  1. leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
βασιλεύς basileús, bas-il-yooce'; probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power); a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively):—king.
STRONGS G935:
βασιλεύς, -έως, 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; "reges Syriae, regis Antiochi pueros, scitis Romae nuper fuisse," 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 (Revelation 17:10), (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 (John 1:50); John 12:13; of Christians, as to reign over the world with Christ in the millennial kingdom, Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10 (Rec. in both passages and Griesbach in the latter; see βασιλεία, 3 e.); of God, the supreme ruler over all, Matthew 5:35; 1 Timothy 1:17 (see αἰών, 2); Revelation 15:3; βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, Revelation 17:14 [but here, as in Revelation 19:16 of the victorious Messiah]; ὁ βασ. τῶν βασιλευόντων, 1 Timothy 6:15, (2 Macc. 13:4; 3 Macc. 5:35; Enoch 9, 4; [84, 2; Philo de decal. § 10]; cf. [κύριος τῶν βασ. Daniel 2:47]; κύριος τ. κυρίων, Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 135:3 (Ps. 136:3; [so of the king of the Parthians, Plutarch, Pomp. § 38, 1]).

Related entry:
[βασιλίσκος, -ου, ὁ, (diminutive of βασιλεύς) a petty king; a reading noted by WH in their (rejected) marginal reading of John 4:46, 49. (Polybius, others)]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
10:17
Psalms
135:3; 136:3
Daniel
2:47
Matthew
1:6; 2:1; 2:2; 5:35; 14:9; 17:25
Mark
6:14; 6:22; 15:32
Luke
1:5; 22:25
John
1:49; 1:50; 4:46; 4:49; 12:13
Acts
7:10; 7:18; 12:1; 13:22; 25:13
1 Timothy
1:17; 2:2; 6:15
Hebrews
11:23; 11:27
1 Peter
2:17
Revelation
1:6; 5:10; 15:3; 16:14; 17:9; 17:10; 17:14; 19:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G935 matches the Greek βασιλεύς (basileus),
which occurs 118 times in 107 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 2 / 3 (Jhn 18:39–Rev 17:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:39 - “But you have a custom that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Do you therefore want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:3 - Then they said,[fn] “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they struck Him with their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:12 - From then on Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you let this Man go, you are not Caesar’s friend. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:14 - Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he said to the Jews, “Behold your King!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - But they cried out, “Away with Him, away with Him! Crucify Him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:19 - Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was:


JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:21 - Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:26 - The kings of the earth took their stand,
And the rulers were gathered together
Against the LORD and against His Christ.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - “and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:18 - “till another king arose who did not know Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:15 - But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:1 - Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:20 - Now Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food by the king’s country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “And afterward they asked for a king; so God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:22 - “And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David[fn] the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:7 - “Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:13 - And after some days King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to greet Festus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:14 - When they had been there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying: “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:24 - And Festus said: “King Agrippa and all the men who are here present with us, you see this man about whom the whole assembly of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying out that he was not fit to live any longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:26 - “I have nothing certain to write to my lord concerning him. Therefore I have brought him out before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the examination has taken place I may have something to write.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:2 - “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:7 - “To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:13 - “at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:19 - “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:26 - “For the king, before whom I also speak freely, knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:27 - “King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:30 - When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:32 - In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:17 - Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise,[fn] be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:2 - for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:15 - which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:1 - For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:2 - to whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all, first being translated “king of righteousness,” and then also king of Salem, meaning “king of peace,”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:23 - By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s command.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:13 - Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 2:17 - Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed[fn] us from our sins in His own blood,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:6 - and has made us kings[fn] and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:10 - And have made us[fn] kings[fn] and priests to our God;
And we[fn] shall reign on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:15 - And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders,[fn] the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:11 - And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:11 - And he[fn] said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 15:3 - They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying:

“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the saints![fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:14 - For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and[fn] of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:2 - “with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:10 - “There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come. And when he comes, he must continue a short time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:12 - “The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 17:14 - “These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

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