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Strong's #937: basilikos (pronounced bas-il-ee-kos')

from 935; regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent:--king's, nobleman, royal.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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basilikos

1) of or belong to a king, kingly, royal, regal

1a) of a man, the officer or minister of a prince, a courtier

2) subject to a king

2a) of a country

3) befitting or worthy of a king, royal

4) metaphorically principal, chief

Part of Speech: adjective

Relation: from G935

Citing in TDNT: 1:591, 97




Usage:

This word is used 6 times:

John 4:46: "And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at"
John 4:49: "The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere"
Acts 12:20: "having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country"
Acts 12:20: "having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country"
Acts 12:21: "day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon"
James 2:8: "If ye fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture,"









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