King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G934
Transliteration: basileios
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-il'-i-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: royal
Meaning: royal
βασίλειος (rarely βασιλεία), βασίλειον, royal, kingly, regal: 1 Peter 2:9. As a substantive, τό βασίλειον (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 3; Proverbs 18:19, the Sept.; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 4), and much more often (from Herodotus 1, 30 down) in plural τά βασιλεία (the Sept. Esther 1:9, etc.), the royal palace: Luke 7:25 (A. V. "kings courts).
Word Summary
basileios: royal
Original Word: βασίλειοςTransliteration: basileios
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-il'-i-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: royal
Meaning: royal
Strong's Concordance
royal. From basileus; kingly (in nature) -- royal.
see GREEK basileus
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 934: βασίλειοςβασίλειος (rarely βασιλεία), βασίλειον, royal, kingly, regal: 1 Peter 2:9. As a substantive, τό βασίλειον (Xenophon, Cyril 2, 4, 3; Proverbs 18:19, the Sept.; Josephus, Antiquities 6, 12, 4), and much more often (from Herodotus 1, 30 down) in plural τά βασιλεία (the Sept. Esther 1:9, etc.), the royal palace: Luke 7:25 (A. V. "kings courts).