2001 Translation

BASILEIAN, basileian

Sounds Like: bah-see-LAY-ahn

Translations: kingdom, a kingdom, reign, kingship, royal power, dominion

From the root: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a kingdom, a realm ruled by a king, or the act of reigning and exercising royal power. It can describe a physical territory or the abstract concept of royal authority and dominion. It is often used in the New Testament to refer to the 'kingdom of God' or 'kingdom of heaven'.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0932 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:15, 1:20, 1:36, 1:37, 1:45, 1:187, 1:271

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:4, 11:24

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 42:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Chronicles — 17:11
• Esther — 1:19, 1:22, 2:18, 3:6, 3:13b, 3:13e
• 1 Maccabees — 1:6, 11:9
• Wisdom — 10:10
• Sirach — 47:21
• Matthew — 6:33, 18:3, 19:12, 25:34
• Mark — 4:30, 10:24, 15:43
• Luke — 8:1, 9:2, 9:60, 12:31, 12:32, 13:20, 18:24, 18:25, 19:12, 19:15, 21:10, 22:29, 23:51
• John — 3:3
• Acts of the Apostles — 1:6, 14:22, 20:25, 28:23, 28:31
• 1 Corinthians — 6:9, 6:10
• Colossians — 1:13, 4:11
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:12
• 2 Timothy — 4:1, 4:18
• Hebrews — 12:28

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 16:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 3:3

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 18:117, 18:121, 18:123, 19:136, 19:138, 20:145, 20:149, 20:150, 2:16, 5:49
• Book Two — 2:16, 5:49

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 5 — 8:237, 11:362
• Book 6 — 5:83, 5:94, 7:150, 7:153, 8:160, 8:165, 10:194, 13:291
• Book 7 — 1:23, 2:46, 4:93, 5:102, 6:117, 7:153, 9:211, 9:212, 9:215, 9:228, 10:236, 10:244, 10:255, 10:256, 11:259, 11:261, 11:262, 11:271, 13:334, 14:337, 14:357, 14:371, 14:372, 14:381, 15:384, 15:385
• Book 8 — 1:2, 1:4, 2:21, 2:24, 2:50, 6:144, 6:156, 7:197, 8:212, 10:248, 10:251, 10:264, 11:270, 11:274, 11:286, 11:288, 12:290, 12:303, 12:310, 14:388, 15:393
• Book 9 — 2:19, 2:27, 3:29, 5:102, 7:143, 7:157, 7:158, 8:166, 8:172, 8:181, 10:206, 10:208, 10:215, 11:228, 11:235, 11:237, 11:238, 13:258, 13:260, 14:280
• Book 10 — 1:7, 1:22, 1:23, 3:37, 4:48, 5:81, 5:82, 6:98, 7:99, 8:139, 10:217, 11:221, 11:223, 11:229, 11:242, 11:244
• Book 11 — 2:21, 3:58, 5:120, 6:184, 6:186, 6:271, 6:279, 6:281, 8:305
• Book 12 — 2:11, 2:17, 2:21, 2:25, 2:55, 3:145, 6:234, 9:360, 10:389
• Book 13 — 6:187, 6:216, 7:80, 7:115, 7:120, 7:220, 8:253, 9:267, 9:269, 10:270, 11:301, 12:323, 13:366, 15:400, 16:407, 16:410, 16:427
• Book 14 — 1:4, 1:18, 9:175, 13:366, 14:386, 14:389, 15:403, 15:404
• Book 15 — 2:11, 2:16, 2:18, 3:40, 3:77, 4:89, 4:105, 6:177, 6:180, 6:183, 6:186, 6:196, 7:242, 7:254, 7:262, 7:266, 9:312, 9:314, 9:316, 9:327, 10:343, 11:382
• Book 16 — 2:12, 2:40, 4:92, 4:115, 5:141, 8:249, 8:255, 10:355
• Book 17 — 4:66, 5:95, 5:120, 6:146, 7:185, 8:188, 9:226, 9:227, 9:235, 9:238, 9:239, 9:249, 11:311
• Book 18 — 2:44, 5:142
• Book 19 — 5:276, 5:277, 6:292, 9:362, 9:363
• Book 20 — 2:32, 2:36, 2:49, 3:59, 3:61, 3:69, 10:242, 10:247

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:5, 4:1, 5:7, 6:1, 7:1, 7:5, 17:20, 21:10, 24:17, 25:13, 25:24, 27:1, 27:2, 27:6, 27:9, 32:12, 33:18
• Book Two — 4:1, 6:10, 7:2, 12:1, 12:25, 17:3, 18:25, 18:27
• Book Seven — 3:8, 7:10, 8:50

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 11:1, 15:1, 61:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 31:4, 31:7, 32:1, 34:2, 39:7, 68:5, 76:1, 105:6, 116:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 11:49

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 9:1, 10:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:3
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 0:6, 20:2, 22:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 9:6, 11:7, 12:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 20:9
• Numbers — 32:33
• Deuteronomy — 3:13
• Joshua — 13:12, 13:21, 13:27
• 1 Samuel — 11:14, 13:13, 15:28, 28:17
• 2 Samuel — 3:10, 7:12, 16:3, 16:8
• 1 Kings — 2:22, 11:11, 11:13, 11:31, 11:34, 11:35, 12:21, 12:24, 18:10
• 1 Chronicles — 10:14, 12:23, 17:11, 28:7
• 2 Chronicles — 1:1, 11:1, 11:17, 17:5, 21:3, 21:4, 21:5, 33:13
• Ezra (Alpha) — 1:22, 8:21
• Ezra (Beta) — 7:23
• Esther — 1:19, 1:22, 2:18, 3:6, 3:13, 8:12, 10:1
• 1 Maccabees — 1:6, 8:18, 10:33, 10:52, 15:9
• 2 Maccabees — 4:7, 10:11, 14:6
• 3 Maccabees — 7:3
• 4 Maccabees — 2:23, 12:11
• Wisdom — 6:20, 10:10
• Sirach — 47:21
• Isaiah — 9:7
• Jeremiah — 18:7, 18:9
• Ezekiel — 17:14
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:37, 2:44, 4:33, 5:18, 5:26, 5:31, 7:18, 7:22, 9:1, 11:9, 14:1
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:37, 2:44, 4:34, 5:31, 6:28, 7:18, 7:27, 9:1, 11:5, 11:6, 11:9
• Hosea — 1:4
• Amos — 9:8

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 9 — 12:3, 12:4, 12:5, 12:8, 13:2, 15:2, 16:2, 16:3, 16:4, 20:1, 20:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:20, 6:33, 7:21, 18:3, 19:12, 19:23, 19:24, 21:31, 23:13, 24:7, 25:34
• Mark — 4:30, 9:1, 9:47, 10:15, 10:23, 10:24, 10:25, 13:8, 15:43
• Luke — 4:43, 8:1, 9:2, 9:27, 9:60, 12:31, 12:32, 13:20, 18:17, 18:24, 18:25, 19:12, 19:15, 21:10, 22:29, 23:51
• John — 3:3, 3:5
• Acts — 1:6, 14:22, 20:25, 28:23, 28:31
• 1 Corinthians — 6:9, 6:10, 15:24, 15:50
• Galatians — 5:21
• Colossians — 1:13, 4:11
• 1 Thessalonians — 2:12
• 2 Timothy — 4:1, 4:18
• Hebrews — 12:28
• 2 Peter — 1:11
• Revelation — 1:6, 5:10, 17:12, 17:17, 17:18

Twelve Disciples

• The Didache — 9:4, 10:5

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
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑ — kingdom, reign, royal power, a kingdom
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΙ — kingdoms, reigns, a kingdom, a reign
• ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΙΣ — to kingdoms, for kingdoms, by kingdoms, with kingdoms, in kingdoms, kingdoms
• 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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