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basileus G935

βασιλεύς (basileus) means “king” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

βασιλεύς Greek · G935 115 tagged occurrences in 105 verses

Pronunciation guide: bas-il-yooce' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0935

βασιλεύς · basileus · king

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor.

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How translators render G935

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
king 67
kings 28
a king 8
the king 4
of kings 3
o king 2
of king 1
to the king 1
was king 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the king 40
king 31
kings 13
the kings 12
a king 7
o king 3
of kings 3
of the kings 3
unto the king 2
of the 1
of the king 1
their king 1
to the king 1

Verses containing G935

Page 3 of 3. 105 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Revelation 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.

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  2. Revelation 19:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

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  3. Revelation 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

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  4. Revelation 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.

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  5. Revelation 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.

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Sources and text

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