Greek verb · G936
βασιλεύω
basileuobas-il-yoo'-o
to reign
21 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: basileúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G936is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G936
to rule (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: king, reign.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
basileuo is rendered "to reign". It stands 21 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Matthew 2:22βασιλεύει
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's twenty-one uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- reigned3
- to reign3
- He will reign2
- they will reign2
- will reign2
- began to reign1
- being kings1
- has reigned1
- may reign1
- rules1
- should reign1
- they reigned1
and 2 more, 21 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- βασιλεύσουσιν4
- ἐβασίλευσεν4
- βασιλεῦσαι2
- βασιλεύσει2
- ἐβασιλεύσατε2
- βασιλεύει1
- βασιλεύειν1
- βασιλευέτω1
- βασιλευόντων1
- βασιλεύσῃ1
- ἐβασίλευσαν1
- ἐβασίλευσας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-FAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-AAI-2P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person singular1V-PAM-3S
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
Matthew
one use
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- βασιλεύειbasileueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: rules
Luke
three uses
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
- βασιλεύσειbasileuseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will reign
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- βασιλεῦσαιbasileusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to reign
And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”
- βασιλεῦσαιbasileusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to reign
Romans
six uses
Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
- ἐβασίλευσενebasileusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: reigned
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
- ἐβασίλευσενebasileusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: reigned
- βασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will reign
so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- ἐβασίλευσενebasileusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: reigned
- βασιλεύσῃbasileuseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may reign
Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- βασιλευέτωbasileuetoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should reign
1 Corinthians
three uses
Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!
- ἐβασιλεύσατεebasileusateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you reigned
- ἐβασιλεύσατεebasileusateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did reign
For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.
- βασιλεύεινbasileueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to reign
1 Timothy
one use
which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
- βασιλευόντωνbasileuontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: being kings
Revelation
seven uses
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- βασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will reign
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- βασιλεύσειbasileuseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will reign
saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
- ἐβασίλευσαςebasileusasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: began to reign
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.
- ἐβασίλευσενebasileusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has reigned
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
- ἐβασίλευσανebasileusanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they reigned
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
- βασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will reign
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
- βασιλεύσουσινbasileusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will reign
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.