GreekG0937Adjective

βασιλικός

basilikos

5Occurrences
G0937Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent

from G935 (βασιλεύς);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
royal, belonging to a king: χώρα; ἐσθής; νόμος β., a supreme law, "a law which governs other laws and so has a specially regal character", or because made by a king (LAE, p. 3673); τις, one in the service of a king, a courtier.
LXX: for מֶלֶךְ and its cognates

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

βασιλικός appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
2
John
2
James
1

Key Passages

Acts 12:20BSB

Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

Acts 12:21BSB

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

James 2:8BSB

If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.

John 4:46BSB

So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

John 4:49BSB

“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

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