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·and Jesse begat David the king. And David the king begat Solomon, of her who had been Uriah’s,Matthew 2:1 · βασιλέωςAnd Jesus having been born in Beth-Lehem of Judea, in the days of Herod the king, lo, mages from the east came to Jerusalem,Matthew 2:2 · βασιλεὺςsaying, ‘Where is he who was born king of the Jews? for we saw his star in the east, and we came to bow to him.’Matthew 2:3 · βασιλεὺςAnd Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,Matthew 2:9 · βασιλέωςAnd they, having heard the king, departed, and lo, the star, that they did see in the east, did go before them, till, having come, it stood over where the child was.Matthew 5:35 · βασιλέως,nor by the earth, because it is His footstool, nor by Jerusalem, because it is a city of a great king,Matthew 10:18 · βασιλεῖςand before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.Matthew 11:8 · βασιλέων‘But what went ye out to see?—a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings’ houses.Matthew 14:9 · βασιλεὺςand the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given;Matthew 17:25 · βασιλεῖςAnd when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, ‘What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth—from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?’Matthew 18:23 · βασιλεῖ‘Because of this was the reign of the heavens likened to a man, a king, who did will to take reckoning with his servants,Matthew 21:5 · βασιλεύς‘Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy king doth come to thee, meek, and mounted on an ass, and a colt, a foal of a beast of burden.’Matthew 22:2 · βασιλεῖ‘The reign of the heavens was likened to a man, a king, who made marriage-feasts for his son,Matthew 22:7 · βασιλεὺς‘And the king having heard, was wroth, and having sent forth his soldiers, he destroyed those murderers, and their city he set on fire;Matthew 22:11 · βασιλεὺς‘And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,Matthew 22:13 · βασιλεὺς‘Then said the king to the ministrants, Having bound his feet and hands, take him up and cast forth to the outer darkness, there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth;Matthew 25:34 · βασιλεὺς‘Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world;Matthew 25:40 · βασιλεὺςAnd the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren—the least—to me ye did it.Matthew 27:11 · βασιλεὺςAnd Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor did question him, saying, ‘Art thou the king of the Jews!’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Thou sayest.’Matthew 27:29 · βασιλεῦand having plaited him a crown out of thorns they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand, and having kneeled before him, they were mocking him, saying, ‘Hail, the king of the Jews.’Matthew 27:37 · βασιλεὺςand they put up over his head, his accusation written, ‘This is Jesus, the king of the Jews.’Matthew 27:42 · βασιλεὺς‘Others he saved; himself he is not able to save! If he be King of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him;Mark 6:14 · βασιλεὺςAnd the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said—‘John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.’Mark 6:22 · βασιλεὺςand the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, ‘Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,’Mark 6:25 · βασιλέαand having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, ‘I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.’Mark 6:26 · βασιλεὺςAnd the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,Mark 6:27 · βασιλεὺςand immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,Mark 13:9 · βασιλέων‘And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;Mark 15:2 · βασιλεὺςand Pilate questioned him, ‘Art thou the king of the Jews?’ and he answering said to him, ‘Thou dost say it.’Mark 15:9 · βασιλέαand Pilate answered them, saying, ‘Will ye that I shall release to you the king of the Jews?’Mark 15:12 · βασιλέαAnd Pilate answering, again said to them, ‘What, then, will ye that I shall do to him whom ye call king of the Jews?’Mark 15:18 · βασιλεῦand began to salute him, ‘Hail, King of the Jews.’Mark 15:26 · βασιλεὺςand the inscription of his accusation was written above—‘The King of the Jews.’Mark 15:32 · βασιλεὺςThe Christ! the king of Israel—let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;’ and those crucified with him were reproaching him.Luke 1:5 · βασιλέωςThere was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Abijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elisabeth;Luke 10:24 · βασιλεῖςfor I say to you, that many prophets and kings did wish to see what ye perceive, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.’Luke 14:31 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεῖ‘Or what king going on to engage with another king in war, doth not, having sat down, first consult if he be able with ten thousand to meet him who with twenty thousand is coming against him?Luke 19:38 · βασιλεὺςsaying, ‘blessed is he who is coming, a king in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.’Luke 21:12 · βασιλεῖςand before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake;Luke 22:25 · βασιλεῖςAnd he said to them, ‘The kings of the nations do exercise lordship over them, and those exercising authority upon them are called benefactors;Luke 23:2 · βασιλέαand began to accuse him, saying, ‘This one we found perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ a king.’Luke 23:3 · βασιλεὺςAnd Pilate questioned him, saying, ‘Thou art the king of the Jews?’ and he answering him, said, ‘Thou dost say it.’Luke 23:37 · βασιλεὺςand saying, ‘If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.’Luke 23:38 · βασιλεὺςAnd there was also a superscription written over him, in letters of Greek, and Roman, and Hebrew, ‘This is the King of the Jews.’John 1:49 · βασιλεὺςNathanael answered and saith to him, ‘Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.’John 6:15 · βασιλέαJesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.John 12:13 · βασιλεὺςtook the branches of the palms, and went forth to meet him, and were crying, ‘Hosanna, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord—the king of Israel;’John 12:15 · βασιλεύς‘Fear not, daughter of Sion, lo, thy king doth come, sitting on an ass’ colt.’John 18:33 · βασιλεὺςPilate, therefore, entered into the praetorium again, and called Jesus, and said to him, ‘Thou art the King of the Jews?’John 18:37 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεύςPilate, therefore, said to him, ‘Art thou then a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘Thou dost say it; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.’John 18:39 · βασιλέαand ye have a custom that I shall release to you one in the passover; will ye, therefore, that I shall release to you the king of the Jews?’John 19:3 · βασιλεὺςand said, ‘Hail! the king of the Jews;’ and they were giving him slaps.John 19:12 · βασιλέαFrom this time was Pilate seeking to release him, and the Jews were crying out, saying, ‘If this one thou mayest release, thou art not a friend of Caesar; every one making himself a king, doth speak against Caesar.’John 19:14 · βασιλεὺςand it was the preparation of the passover, and as it were the sixth hour, and he saith to the Jews, ‘Lo, your king!’John 19:15 · βασιλέα · βασιλέαand they cried out, ‘Take away, take away, crucify him;’ Pilate saith to them, ‘Your king shall I crucify?’ the chief priests answered, ‘We have no king except Caesar.’John 19:19 · βασιλεὺςAnd Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross, and it was written, ‘Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews;’John 19:21 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεύςThe chief priests of the Jews said, therefore, to Pilate, ‘Write not—The king of the Jews, but that one said, I am king of the Jews;’Acts 4:26 · βασιλεῖςthe kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ;Acts 7:10 · βασιλέωςand did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him—governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:18 · βασιλεὺςtill another king rose, who had not known Joseph;Acts 9:15 · βασιλέωνAnd the Lord said unto him, ‘Be going on, because a choice vessel to Me is this one, to bear My name before nations and kings—the sons also of Israel;Acts 12:1 · βασιλεὺςAnd about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,Acts 12:20 · βασιλέωςAnd Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who is over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king’s;Acts 13:21 · βασιλέα,and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;Acts 13:22 · βασιλέα,and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.Acts 17:7 · βασιλέαwhom Jason hath received; and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying another to be king—Jesus.’Acts 25:13 · βασιλεὺςAnd certain days having passed, Agrippa the king, and Bernice, came down to Caesarea saluting Festus,Acts 25:14 · βασιλεῖand as they were continuing there more days, Festus submitted to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, ‘There is a certain man, left by Felix, a prisoner,Acts 25:24 · βασιλεῦAnd Festus said, ‘King Agrippa, and all men who are present with us, ye see this one, about whom all the multitude of the Jews did deal with me, both in Jerusalem and here, crying out, He ought not to live any longer;Acts 25:26 · βασιλεῦconcerning whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord, wherefore I brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, king Agrippa, that the examination having been made, I may have something to write;Acts 26:2 · βασιλεῦ‘Concerning all things of which I am accused by Jews, king Agrippa, I have thought myself happy, being about to make a defence before thee to-day,Acts 26:7 · βασιλεῦ,to which our twelve tribes, intently night and day serving, do hope to come, concerning which hope I am accused, king Agrippa, by the Jews;Acts 26:13 · βασιλεῦ,at mid-day, I saw in the way, O king, out of heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me a light—and those going on with me;Acts 26:19 · βασιλεῦ‘Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,Acts 26:26 · βασιλεύς,for the king doth know concerning these things, before whom also I speak boldly, for none of these things, I am persuaded, are hidden from him; for this thing hath not been done in a corner;Acts 26:27 · βασιλεῦthou dost believe, king Agrippa, the prophets? I have known that thou dost believe!’Acts 26:30 · βασιλεὺςAnd, he having spoken these things, the king rose up, and the governor, Bernice also, and those sitting with them,2 Corinthians 11:32 · βασιλέωςIn Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,1 Timothy 1:17 · βασιλεῖand to the King of the ages, the incorruptible, invisible, only wise God, is honour and glory—to the ages of the ages! Amen.1 Timothy 2:2 · βασιλέωνfor kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,1 Timothy 6:15 · βασιλεὺςwhich in His own times He shall shew—the blessed and only potentate, the King of the kings and Lord of the lords,Hebrews 7:1 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέωνFor this Melchisedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who did meet Abraham turning back from the smiting of the kings, and did bless him,Hebrews 7:2 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεὺς · βασιλεὺςto whom also a tenth of all did Abraham divide, (first, indeed, being interpreted, ‘King of righteousness,’ and then also, King of Salem, which is, King of Peace,)Hebrews 11:23 · βασιλέως.¶By faith Moses, having been born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child comely, and were not afraid of the decree of the king;Hebrews 11:27 · βασιλέως·by faith he left Egypt behind, not having been afraid of the wrath of the king, for, as seeing the Invisible One—he endured;1 Peter 2:13 · βασιλεῖBe subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,1 Peter 2:17 · βασιλέαto all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.Revelation 1:5 · βασιλέωνand from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,Revelation 6:15 · βασιλεῖςand the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,Revelation 9:11 · βασιλέαand they have over them a king—the messenger of the abyss—a name is to him in Hebrew, Abaddon, and in the Greek he hath a name, Apollyon.Revelation 10:11 · βασιλεῦσινand he saith to me, ‘It behoveth thee again to prophesy about peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings—many.’Revelation 15:3 · βασιλεὺςand they sing the song of Moses, servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and wonderful are Thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty, righteous and true are Thy ways, O King of saints,Revelation 16:12 · βασιλέωνAnd the sixth messenger did pour out his vial upon the great river, the Euphrates, and dried up was its water, that the way of the kings who are from the rising of the sun may be made ready;Revelation 16:14 · βασιλεῖςfor they are spirits of demons, doing signs—which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to bring them together to the battle of that great day of God the Almighty;—Revelation 17:2 · βασιλεῖςwith whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;’Revelation 17:9 · βασιλεῖςHere is the mind that is having wisdom; the seven heads are seven mountains, upon which the woman doth sit,Revelation 17:12 · βασιλεῖς · βασιλεῖς‘And the ten horns that thou sawest, are ten kings, who a kingdom did not yet receive, but authority as kings the same hour do receive with the beast,Revelation 17:14 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέων,these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.’Revelation 17:18 · βασιλέωνand the woman that thou didst see is the great city that is having reign over the kings of the land.’Revelation 18:3 · βασιλεῖςbecause of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom have all the nations drunk, and the kings of the earth with her did commit whoredom, and merchants of the earth from the power of her revel were made rich.Revelation 18:9 · βασιλεῖςand weep over her, and smite themselves for her, shall the kings of the earth, who with her did commit whoredom and did revel, when they may see the smoke of her burning,Revelation 19:16 · βασιλεὺς · βασιλέωνand he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, ‘King of kings, and Lord of lords.’Revelation 19:18 · βασιλέωνthat ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiefs of thousands, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses, and of those sitting on them, and the flesh of all—freemen and servants—both small and great.’Revelation 19:19 · βασιλεῖςAnd I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, having been gathered together to make war with him who is sitting upon the horse, and with his army;Revelation 21:24 · βασιλεῖςand the nations of the saved in its light shall walk, and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it,