ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣἈΠΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ, βασιλειασἀπεστησαν
BASILEIASAPESTĒSAN, basileiasapestēsan
Sounds Like: bah-see-LEH-yahs ah-pes-TAY-sahn
Translations: of a kingdom, they revolted; of a kingdom, they withdrew; of a kingdom, they deserted
From the root: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ, ἈΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Noun, Verb
Explanation: This is a compound word formed by the genitive singular of the noun ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ (BASILEIA), meaning 'kingdom' or 'reign', and the aorist indicative active 3rd person plural of the verb ἈΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ (APHISTĒMI), meaning 'to stand away from', 'to withdraw', 'to revolt', or 'to desert'. Together, it describes an action of withdrawing or revolting from a kingdom or reign. It would be used in a sentence to indicate that a group of people separated themselves from or rebelled against a kingdom.
Inflection: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ: Singular, Genitive, Feminine; ἈΠΕΣΤΗΣΑΝ: Aorist, Indicative, Active, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s numbers: G0932 (Lookup on BibleHub), G0868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 7:17
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ, ἈΦΙΣΤΗΜΙ, appear in our texts.
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.