Midvash

βασιλεύςbasileús

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

Greek (New Testament) · G935

Meanings

a king: Matthew 1:6, Matthew 2:1; used by courtesy of Herod the Tetrarch, Matthew 14:9; of the Roman Emperor, as frequently in κοινή, 1 Peter 2:13, 1 Peter 2:17; of the Christ, in the phrase ὁ β. τ. Ἰουδαίων, Matthew 2:2, and elsewhere; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mark 15:32, John 1:50, John 12:13; of God, Matthew 5:35, 1 Timothy 1:17, Revelation 15:3; β. βασιλέων, Revelation 17:14, Revelation 19:16; β. τ. βασιλευόντων, 1 Timothy 6:15 (on the associations of the word to Jewish Hellenists, see Cl. Rev., i, 7).

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 114 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).
  • Matthew 2:1 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking,
  • Matthew 2:2 “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”
  • Matthew 2:3 King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this, as was everyone in Jerusalem.
  • Matthew 2:9 After this interview the wise men went their way. And the star they had seen in the east guided them to Bethlehem. It went ahead of them and stopped over the place where the child was.
  • Matthew 5:35 And do not say, ‘By the earth!’ because the earth is his footstool. And do not say, ‘By Jerusalem!’ for Jerusalem is the city of the great King.
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.