Basileus

bas-il-yooce'
Parts of Speech Noun Masculine

Basileus Definition

  1. leader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, king
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
basileuvß
Origin
probably from (939) (through the notion of a foundation of power)
Strong's Number
935
TDNT Entry
1:576,97

KJV Word Usage

king
82
King (of Jews)
21
King (God or Christ)
11
King (of Israel)
4
Total
118

Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.

Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Basileus". "The KJV New Testament Greek Lexicon". . .