The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

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βασιλεύς

Lemmaβασιλεύς
Citation formβασιλεύς, έως, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa king, ruler, emperor
Strong’sG0935
Transliterationbasileús
Definitiona sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--king.
Derivationprobably from (through the notion of a foundation of power)
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