βασιλεύς, -έως, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for מֶלֶךְ ;] a king: Mat.1:6 2:1; used by courtesy of Herod the Tetrarch, Mat.14:9; of the Roman Emperor, as frequently in κοινή (Deiss., LAE, p. 367), 1Pe.2:13, 17; of the Christ, in the phrase ὁ β. τ. Ἰουδαίων, Mat.2:2, al.; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mrk.15:32, Jhn.1:50 12:13; of God, Mat.5:35, 1Ti.1:17, Rev.15:3; β. βασιλέων, Rev.17:14 19:16; β. τ. βασιλευόντων, 1Ti.6:15 (on the associations of the word to Jewish Hellenists, see Cl. Rev., i, 7).† (AS)
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G935 — βασιλεύς
basileus · king · Greek
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Matthew 1:6 · βασιλέα·Jesse became the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.Matthew 2:1 · βασιλέωςNow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,Matthew 2:2 · βασιλεὺς“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”Matthew 2:3 · βασιλεὺςWhen King Herod heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.Matthew 2:9 · βασιλέωςThey, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.Matthew 5:35 · βασιλέως,nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.Matthew 10:18 · βασιλεῖςYes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.Matthew 11:8 · βασιλέωνBut what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king’s houses.Matthew 14:9 · βασιλεὺςThe king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,Matthew 17:25 · βασιλεῖςHe said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”Matthew 18:23 · βασιλεῖTherefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who wanted to reconcile accounts with his servants.Matthew 21:5 · βασιλεύς“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”Matthew 22:2 · βασιλεῖ“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son,Matthew 22:7 · βασιλεὺςWhen the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.Matthew 22:11 · βασιλεὺςBut when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn’t have on wedding clothing,Matthew 22:13 · βασιλεὺςThen the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’Matthew 25:34 · βασιλεὺςThen the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;Matthew 25:40 · βασιλεὺς“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’Matthew 27:11 · βασιλεὺςNow Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, “Are you the King of the Jews?” Jesus said to him, “So you say.”Matthew 27:29 · βασιλεῦThey braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”Matthew 27:37 · βασιλεὺςThey set up over his head the accusation against him written, “THIS IS JESUS, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”Matthew 27:42 · βασιλεὺς“He saved others, but he can’t save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in him.Mark 6:14 · βασιλεὺςKing Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”Mark 6:22 · βασιλεὺςWhen the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”Mark 6:25 · βασιλέαShe came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”Mark 6:26 · βασιλεὺςThe king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.Mark 6:27 · βασιλεὺςImmediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,Mark 13:9 · βασιλέωνBut watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.Mark 15:2 · βασιλεὺςPilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered, “So you say.”Mark 15:9 · βασιλέαPilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”Mark 15:12 · βασιλέαPilate again asked them, “What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?”Mark 15:18 · βασιλεῦThey began to salute him, “Hail, King of the Jews!”Mark 15:26 · βασιλεὺςThe superscription of his accusation was written over him, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”Mark 15:32 · βασιλεὺςLet the Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe him.” Those who were crucified with him insulted him.Luke 1:5 · βασιλέωςThere was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.Luke 10:24 · βασιλεῖςfor I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”Luke 14:31 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεῖOr what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?Luke 19:38 · βασιλεὺςsaying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!”Luke 21:12 · βασιλεῖςBut before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.Luke 22:25 · βασιλεῖςHe said to them, “The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’Luke 23:2 · βασιλέαThey began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”Luke 23:3 · βασιλεὺςPilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” He answered him, “So you say.”Luke 23:37 · βασιλεὺςand saying, “If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!”Luke 23:38 · βασιλεὺςAn inscription was also written over him in letters of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew: “THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”John 1:49 · βασιλεὺςNathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”John 6:15 · βασιλέαJesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.John 12:13 · βασιλεὺςthey took the branches of the palm trees, and went out to meet him, and cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!”John 12:15 · βασιλεύς“Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt.”John 18:33 · βασιλεὺςPilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, “Are you the King of the Jews?”John 18:37 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεύςPilate therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”John 18:39 · βασιλέαBut you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?”John 19:3 · βασιλεὺςThey kept saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and they kept slapping him.John 19:12 · βασιλέαAt this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!”John 19:14 · βασιλεὺςNow it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!”John 19:15 · βασιλέα · βασιλέαThey 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!”John 19:19 · βασιλεὺςPilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, “JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.”John 19:21 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεύςThe chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, “Don’t write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘he said, I am King of the Jews.’”Acts 4:26 · βασιλεῖςThe kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’Acts 7:10 · βασιλέωςand delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:18 · βασιλεὺςuntil there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.Acts 9:15 · βασιλέωνBut the Lord said to him, “Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.Acts 12:1 · βασιλεὺςNow about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.Acts 12:20 · βασιλέωςNow Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.Acts 13:21 · βασιλέα,Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.Acts 13:22 · βασιλέα,When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’Acts 17:7 · βασιλέαwhom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!”Acts 25:13 · βασιλεὺςNow when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.Acts 25:14 · βασιλεῖAs he stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;Acts 25:24 · βασιλεῦFestus said, “King Agrippa, and all men who are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews petitioned me, both at Jerusalem and here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.Acts 25:26 · βασιλεῦOf whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him forth before you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, that, after examination, I may have something to write.Acts 26:2 · βασιλεῦ“I think myself happy, King Agrippa, that I am to make my defense before you this day concerning all the things that I am accused by the Jews,Acts 26:7 · βασιλεῦ,which our twelve tribes, earnestly serving night and day, hope to attain. Concerning this hope I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa!Acts 26:13 · βασιλεῦ,at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.Acts 26:19 · βασιλεῦ“Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,Acts 26:26 · βασιλεύς,For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner.Acts 26:27 · βασιλεῦKing Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”Acts 26:30 · βασιλεὺςThe king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.2 Corinthians 11:32 · βασιλέωςIn Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.1 Timothy 1:17 · βασιλεῖNow to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.1 Timothy 2:2 · βασιλέωνfor kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.1 Timothy 6:15 · βασιλεὺςwhich in its own times he will show, who is the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;Hebrews 7:1 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέωνFor this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,Hebrews 7:2 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεὺςto whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace;Hebrews 11:23 · βασιλέως.¶By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment.Hebrews 11:27 · βασιλέως·By faith, he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.1 Peter 2:13 · βασιλεῖTherefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;1 Peter 2:17 · βασιλέαHonor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.Revelation 1:5 · βασιλέωνand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood;Revelation 6:15 · βασιλεῖςThe kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.Revelation 9:11 · βασιλέαThey have over them as king the angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is “Abaddon,” but in Greek, he has the name “Apollyon.”Revelation 10:11 · βασιλεῦσινThey told me, “You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.”Revelation 15:3 · βασιλεὺςThey sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.Revelation 16:12 · βασιλέωνThe sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.Revelation 16:14 · βασιλεῖςfor they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.Revelation 17:2 · βασιλεῖςwith whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”Revelation 17:9 · βασιλεῖςHere is the mind that has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.Revelation 17:12 · βασιλεῖς · βασιλεῖςThe ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority as kings, with the beast, for one hour.Revelation 17:14 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέων,These will war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and faithful.”Revelation 17:18 · βασιλέωνThe woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.”Revelation 18:3 · βασιλεῖςFor all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”Revelation 18:9 · βασιλεῖςThe kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning,Revelation 19:16 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέωνHe has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”Revelation 19:18 · βασιλέωνthat you may eat the flesh of kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and slave, and small and great.”Revelation 19:19 · βασιλεῖςI saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army.Revelation 21:24 · βασιλεῖςThe nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.