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Word Study · Strong's G935 · Greek

βασιλεύς

basileus

bas-il-yooce'

Strong's 1890 spelling: basileús

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)

Rendered in the KJV as

king.

  • 114
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 10 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 17
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 114 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 17

  • βασιλεὺς43
  • βασιλεῖς15
  • βασιλέα12
  • βασιλέων10
  • βασιλεῦ7
  • βασιλεῖ6
  • βασιλέως6
  • βασιλεύς4
  • βασιλέα,2
  • βασιλεῦ,2
  • βασιλέα·1
  • βασιλεύς,1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 17

  • King38
  • king28
  • kings22
  • a king8
  • of kings3
  • king;2
  • O king,2
  • the king2
  • [concerning] kings1
  • a king,1
  • king,1
  • King,1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 14

  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular27
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular20
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular11
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural11
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural11
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular8
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular7
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular5
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural4
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular4
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular3
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-NSM-T · 27
  • N-NSM · 20
  • N-ASM · 11
  • N-GPM · 11
  • N-NPM · 11
  • N-GSM · 8
  • N-VSM-T · 7
  • N-DSM · 5
  • N-APM · 4
  • N-ASM-T · 4
  • N-VSM · 3
  • N-DPM · 1

All 114, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew22 occurrences
Mark12 occurrences
Luke11 occurrences
John16 occurrences
Acts20 occurrences
2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 Timothy3 occurrences
Hebrews7 occurrences
1 Peter2 occurrences
Revelation20 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).