2001 Translation

BASILEIA, basileia

Sounds Like: bah-see-LEH-ah

Translations: kingdom, reign, royal power, a kingdom

From the root: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a kingdom, royal rule, or sovereignty. It can denote the territory ruled by a king, the act of reigning, or the abstract concept of kingship or royal authority. It is often used in the New Testament to refer to the 'kingdom of God' or 'kingdom of heaven'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0932 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 98:2

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:15, 1:24, 1:267, 1:286

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 8:5, 8:6, 21:1

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:25, 10:21, 10:39

Codex Sinaiticus

• Numbers — 24:7
• 1 Chronicles — 11:10, 14:2, 17:14
• 2 Esdras — 19:35, 22:22
• Esther — 1:20, 3:8, 4:13, 8:12, 9:16
• Judith — 11:8
• Tobit — 13:2
• 1 Maccabees — 1:16, 1:41, 1:51, 7:8, 11:1, 11:51, 15:4
• Psalms — 21:29, 102:19, 144:13
• Ecclesiastes — 4:14
• Sirach — 10:8, 46:13
• Isaiah — 7:8, 17:3
• Matthew — 5:19, 8:11, 13:33, 13:43, 18:1, 18:4, 22:2, 25:1, 26:29
• Mark — 3:24, 4:26, 11:10, 14:25
• Luke — 7:28, 9:62, 10:9, 10:11, 11:17, 11:18, 11:20, 13:28, 13:29, 14:15, 16:16, 17:20, 17:21, 18:16, 19:11, 21:10, 21:31, 22:16, 22:18, 22:30
• John — 18:36
• Romans — 14:17
• 1 Corinthians — 4:20, 15:50
• Ephesians — 5:5
• Revelation — 1:6, 1:9, 16:10, 17:18
• Epistle of Barnabas — 8:5, 8:6, 21:1

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 19:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 19:140

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 9:234
• Book 6 — 4:63, 13:319
• Book 7 — 9:195, 9:198, 9:199, 9:212
• Book 8 — 4:113, 5:131, 6:168, 6:171, 8:210, 14:367
• Book 9 — 6:123, 8:184, 9:192, 9:198, 12:243
• Book 10 — 3:46, 8:144, 8:146, 11:225
• Book 11 — 1:17, 5:123, 6:197, 6:214, 6:248, 6:293
• Book 12 — 2:20, 2:26, 2:28, 2:45, 9:380, 10:392
• Book 13 — 7:222, 12:323, 13:368, 15:403
• Book 14 — 1:7, 1:16, 4:59, 4:78, 9:166, 13:334, 13:338
• Book 15 — 1:5, 2:32, 2:33, 2:36, 3:52, 3:68, 3:78, 7:202, 7:217, 7:228, 7:230, 9:326, 10:365, 11:410
• Book 16 — 4:112, 7:179, 7:184, 9:281, 9:287, 10:300, 11:366, 11:373, 11:381
• Book 17 — 4:66, 5:84, 9:222, 9:236, 10:277, 10:278, 11:303
• Book 18 — 7:245, 7:252

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 5:14, 7:3, 8:3, 14:6, 21:13, 22:21, 30:10, 33:15
• Book Two — 2:5, 3:13, 4:5, 6:19, 11:12, 11:14, 13:3, 17:22
• Book Five — 4:47, 4:48, 5:62

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:4, 31:6, 31:7, 46:1, 51:3, 76:4, 79:2, 117:3, 118:2, 120:6, 140:2, 140:4

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 2:3
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 22:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 12:2, 12:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 14:1
• Numbers — 21:18, 24:7
• Joshua — 13:30
• 1 Samuel — 13:14, 20:31, 24:21
• 2 Samuel — 3:28, 5:12, 7:16
• 1 Kings — 2:12, 2:15, 2:35, 10:20, 12:26, 16:28, 18:10
• 2 Kings — 14:5
• 1 Chronicles — 4:23, 11:10, 14:2, 17:14
• 2 Chronicles — 2:1, 2:12, 8:6, 8:9, 9:19, 12:1, 20:30, 25:3, 29:19, 36:22
• Ezra (Alpha) — 2:2, 8:10, 8:28
• Ezra (Beta) — 1:1, 4:6, 6:15, 7:1, 7:13, 8:1
• Nehemiah — 9:35, 12:22
• Esther — 1:20, 3:8, 4:13, 8:5, 8:12, 8:13, 9:4, 9:16, 9:20, 10:3
• Judith — 11:8
• Tobit — 13:1, 13:1
• 1 Maccabees — 1:16, 1:41, 1:51, 2:10, 3:14, 7:8, 10:34, 10:43, 11:1, 11:51, 15:4, 15:29
• 3 Maccabees — 6:24
• Psalms — 21:29, 102:19, 144:13
• Psalms of Solomon — 5:21, 17:4
• Ecclesiastes — 4:14
• Sirach — 10:8
• Isaiah — 1:1, 7:8, 17:3, 37:20
• Jeremiah — 1:2, 34:6
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 1:20, 2:39, 2:40, 2:41, 2:44, 3:97, 3:100, 4:23, 4:28, 4:31, 5:7, 5:11, 5:16, 5:28, 5:29, 6:1, 6:26, 6:28, 7:14, 7:23, 7:27, 11:4
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 1:20, 2:39, 2:40, 2:41, 2:44, 3:100, 4:28, 4:33, 4:34, 5:26, 5:28, 6:3, 6:18, 6:26, 7:14, 7:23, 9:26, 11:4
• Micah — 4:8
• Obadiah — 1:21
• Nahum — 2:7

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 29:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 3:2, 4:17, 5:3, 5:10, 5:19, 6:10, 8:11, 10:7, 11:11, 11:12, 12:25, 12:26, 12:28, 13:24, 13:31, 13:33, 13:43, 13:44, 13:45, 13:47, 13:52, 16:28, 18:1, 18:4, 18:23, 19:14, 20:1, 20:21, 21:43, 22:2, 24:7, 25:1, 26:29
• Mark — 1:15, 3:24, 4:26, 10:14, 11:10, 13:8, 14:25
• Luke — 6:20, 7:28, 9:62, 10:9, 10:11, 11:2, 11:17, 11:18, 11:20, 13:18, 13:28, 13:29, 14:15, 16:16, 17:20, 17:21, 18:16, 19:11, 21:10, 21:31, 22:16, 22:18, 22:30, 23:42
• John — 18:36
• Romans — 14:17
• 1 Corinthians — 4:20
• Ephesians — 5:5
• Revelation — 1:9, 11:15, 12:10, 16:10

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 8:2

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΒΑΛΕΙΑ — kingdom, a kingdom, reign, a reign, kingship, a kingship, royal power, a royal power
• ΒΑΣΕΙΛΕΙΩΝ — of kingdoms, of reigns, of kingships, of royal power
• ΒΑΣΙΛΑΙΑ — kingdom, a kingdom, kingship, a kingship, royal power, a royal power, reign, a reign
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕ'ΙΑ — kingdom, a kingdom, kingship, reign, royal power, dominion
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΙ — kingdoms, reigns, a kingdom, a reign
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΙΣ — to kingdoms, for kingdoms, by kingdoms, with kingdoms, in kingdoms, kingdoms
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΝ — kingdom, a kingdom, reign, kingship, royal power, dominion
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ — of a kingdom, of a kingship, of a reign, of a royal power, of a realm, of a royal dominion, of a royal rule
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΤΟΝ — kingdom, a kingdom, kingship, reign, a reign, royal power, a royal power
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΩΝ — of kingdoms, of reigns, of kingships, of royal power, of royalty
• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΙΣ — kingdoms, of kingdoms, to kingdoms
• ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΝ — kingdom, a kingdom, kingship, royal power, reign
• ΤΑΙΣΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΙΣ — to the kingdoms, for the kingdoms, to the reigns, for the reigns, to the royalties, for the royalties
• ΤΗΝΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΝ — the kingdom, a kingdom, the reign, a reign, the kingship, a kingship
• ΤΗΣΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ — of the kingdom, of the reign, of a kingdom, of a reign
• ΥΠΕΡΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ — (of) over-kingship, (of) supreme rule, (of) absolute dominion

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