king

Greek Noun Male

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)

king

Greek Noun Male

βᾰσῐλ-εύς, ὁ, genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος, [Refs 5th c.AD+] Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] Aeolic dialect -ηες[Refs 7th c.BC+] old Attic dialect -ῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— king, chief, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently with collateral sense of captain or judge, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, hereditary king, opposed to τύραννος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Gelo, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Pisistratus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: joined with a substantive, βασιλεὺς ἀνήρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄναξ β. lord king, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰωνῶν β, of the eagle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative βασιλεύτερος more kingly, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: superlative βασιλεύτατος [Refs 8th c.BC+] b) of the gods, Ζεὺς θεῶν β. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; as cult title of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ μέγας β, of God, [LXX+1st c.AD+]: superlative βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶν [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) as a title of rank, prince, β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν. Ἰθάκῃ [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; of Cyrus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) descendant of a royal house, especially in Ionia, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βασιλέων οἶκοι 'estates of the royal house', name of a district in Chios, Ἀθηνᾶ [Refs] 3) generally, lord, master, [Refs 8th c.BC+] 4) metaphorically, πόλεμος πάντων β. [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) at Athens, the second of the nine Archons, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) title of magistrates in other Greek states, as βασιλᾶες at Elis, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) at Rome, β. τῶν ἱερῶν, = rex sacrorum, [Refs 1st c.BC+] III) after the Persian war (without Article), the king of Persia, [Refs 5th c.BC+] of the Satraps, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) of Alexander and his successors, usually with Article, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἀντίγονος Alex.III; Πτολεμαῖος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; title used by Parthian kings, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of God, [NT] III.3) of the Roman emperors, [NT+1st c.AD+] IV) of any great man, πένησί τε καὶ βασιλεῦσιν [Refs 1st c.AD+] IV.2) first or most distinguished of any class, Ἡρώδην τὸν β. τῶν λόγων [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; winner at a game, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Stoic sage, μόνος β. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βασιλέως ἐγκέφαλος 'morsel fit for a king', [Refs 4th c.BC+]; β. σῦκα, name of a choice kind, Philem.Legal. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) ={συμποσίαρχος}, [Refs 1st c.AD+] VI) wren, [Refs 4th c.BC+] VII) queen-bee,[Refs] is scanned?~X?~X ¯ in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; codices βασίλεια.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively); king; probably from g939 (βάσις) (through the notion of a foundation of power)