- βασιλεία
- a kingdom, dominion
- βασιλεία
- kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom
- kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.
- βασιλεία
- kingdom
- G:N-F
- βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ
(< βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה ,מַלְכוּת ;]
__1. prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion:; λαβεῖν β.,Refs
Luk.1:33 22:29, Jhn.18:36, Act.1:6, Heb.1:8, 1Co.15:24; δοῦναι τὴν, ib. 17; ἔχειν β., ib. 18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β.,Refs
Luk.19:12, 15 Rev.17:12; β. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.12:10.Refs
Mat.16:28, Luk.23:42
__2. By meton., concrete (MM, Exp., x),
__(a) a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (;Refs
Est.5:3, al.): Mat.4:8 12:25, 26 24:7, Mrk.3:24 6:23, Luk.4:5, Heb.11:33, al.
__(b) the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty), the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4Ki.11:1).
__3. In LXX (), Targ. and NT, of the Messianic rule and kingdom, ἡ β. τ. θεοῦ, τ. οὐρανῶν (Heb. מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, Aram. מַלְכוּתָא דִשׁמַיָּא; see Dalman, Words, 91-147; Cremer, 132, 658), the kingdom of God (on the equivalence of the two phrases, see Dalman, op. cit., 93, 218f.); τ. θεοῦ,Refs
Wis.6:5, Tob.13:1, al.; τ. οὐρανῶν,Refs
Mat.6:33 12:28, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ (מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא, Targ. Jon. onRefs
Mat.3:2 4:17, al.; τ. κυρίου,Refs
Isa.53:10), Eph.5:5; τ. Δαυείδ, Mrk.11:10; absol., ἡ β.,Refs
2Pe.1:11, Rev.11:15The kingdom is regarded as present:Refs
Mat.4:23, Jas.2:5, al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future,Refs
Mat.11:12, Luk.17:21, Rom.14:17, al.Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β., Mat.6:33; δέχεσθαι, Mrk.10:15; κλρονομεῖν, Mat.25:34; διδόναι, Lk 12:32; παραλαμβάνειν, Heb.12:28; αὐτῶν (τοιούτων) εστὶν ἡ β.,Refs
Mat.6:10, Mrk.9:1, Jhn.3:5, 2Pe.1:11, al.; διὰ τὴν β., Mat.19:12; ἕνεκεν τῆς β., Luk.18:29; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, κηρύσσειν, διαγγέλλειν τὴν β.,Refs
Mat.5:3, 10 19:14, Mrk.10:14, Luk.18:16; ἤγγικεν ἡ β.,Refs
Luk.4:43 9:2, 60; κλεῖς τῆς β., Mat.16:10; κλείειν τὴν β., Mat.23:14; υἱοὶ τῆς β.,Refs
Mat.3:2, Mrk.1:15(cf. Cremer, 132, 658).Refs
Mat.8:12 13:38
(AS)
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
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
βασιλεία
basileia
bas-il-i'-ah
From G935; properly royalty, that is, (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: kingdom, + reign.