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GreekG0932Noun (Feminine)

βασιλεία

basileia

156Occurrences
G0932Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)

from G935 (βασιλεύς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion
2.By meton., concrete
(a)a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (
(b)the royal majesty, the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4
3.In LXX (
LXX: chiefly for מַמְלָכָה,מַלְכוּת

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

βασιλεία appears 156 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
54
Luke
44
Mark
19
Revelation
9
Acts
8
1 Corinthians
5
Hebrews
3
John
3

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:24BSB

Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

Luke 10:11BSB

‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’

Luke 4:5BSB

Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.

Matthew 18:1BSB

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

Matthew 8:11BSB

I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.