Strong's #932: basileia (pronounced bas-il-i'-ah)
from 935; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively):--kingdom, + reign.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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basileia
1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
1a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
1b) of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah
1c) of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah' s kingdom
2) a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king
3) used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from G935
Citing in TDNT: 1:579, 97
Usage:
This word is used 162 times:
Hebrews 1:8: "a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom."
Hebrews 11:33: "through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises,"
Hebrews 12:28: "Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby"
James 2:5: "and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"
2 Peter 1:11: "into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior"
Revelation 1:9: "and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,"
Revelation 11:15: "heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,"
Revelation 12:10: "strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the"
Revelation 16:10: "beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed"
Revelation 17:12: "kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power"
Revelation 17:17: "to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast,"
Revelation 17:18: "is that great city, which reigneth over the kings"
