Basileús — G935

G935 · Greek — βασιλεύς

Pronunciation: bas-il-yooce'

Definition

masculine noun

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

  1. of the king of Egypt
  2. of Herod the Great and his successors
  3. of a tetrarch
  4. of a Roman emperor
  5. of Christians, as to reign over the world with Christ in the millennial kingdom

Usually translated as

king

Origin

probably from G939 (through the notion of a foundation of power)

Occurrences

Basileús occurs 118 times in 107 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (22), Mark (12), Luke (10), John (13), Acts (20), 2 Corinthians (1), 1 Timothy (3), Hebrews (4), 1 Peter (2), Revelation (20)

Strong's Lexicon — B