Word

βασιλεύω

basileúō · G936 · Greek · 21 occurrences

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Meanings

to rule, to be a king, to reign, rule, reign

To rule as a king, with the implication of complete authority and the possibility of being able to pass on the right to rule to one’s son or near kin

Examples
Matthew 2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
Luke 1:33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end.”
Luke 19:14 “But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’
to reign, to control completely

(A figurative extension of meaning of βασιλεύω ‘to rule, to reign as a king,’) To be in control in an absolute manner

Examples
Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the violation committed by Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Romans 5:17 For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:21 so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

21 occurrences in 14 groups

Not stated: they 4
Other words · 13 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

16 occurrences in 18 groups

εἰςto+ αἰώνage, forever 3
Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

καίand 1
μήnot 1
οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

δέωto bind, to tie 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 3 groups

θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 2
λέγωto say 2
ἀκούωto hear 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

βασιλεύςking 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

מָלַךְ mâlak · H4427 · to reign, to be king, to be queen: מָלַךְ (mâlak, H4427) is the standard Hebrew verb for royal rule/reigning, serving as the direct etymological and semantic equivalent of βασιλεύω (basileúō, G936) in LXX translation practice, with both denoting the exercise of kingship whether literal or figurative.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To reign, to control completely37.22: Used of exercising complete dominion over a person or realm, as of death reigning from Adam to Moses in Romans 5:14.
Rule, reign37.64: Used of the ordinary exercise of royal rule, as of the report that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod in Matthew 2:22.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

βασιλεύς basileús · G935 · king · 115×βασιλεία basileía · G932 · rule, reign, kingdom · 162×βασιλεύωbasileúō · G936βασιλικός basilikós · G937 · royal, kingly, royal official · 5×βασίλισσα basílissa · G938 · queen · 4×βασίλειος basíleios · G934 · kingly · 2×συμβασιλεύω symbasileúō · G4821 · to be kings together, to reign with · 2×βασίλειον basíleion · G933 · royal, kingly, palace · 0×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future βασιλεύσω; 1 aorist ἐβασίλευσα; βασιλεύς); — in Greek writings (from Homer down)…

future βασιλεύσω; 1 aorist ἐβασίλευσα; βασιλεύς); — in Greek writings (from Homer down) with the genitive or dative, in the sacred writings, after the Hebrew (עַל מָשַׁל), followed by ἐπί with the genitive of place, Mt 2:22 (where L T WH omit; Tr brackets ἐπί); Rev 5:10; followed by ἐπί with the accusative of the person, Lk 1:33; Lk 19:14, Lk 19:27; Rom 5:14; (cf. Winers Grammar, 206 (193f); Buttmann, 169 (147)) — to be king, to exercise kingly power, to reign: universally, 1 Tim 6:15; Lk 19:14, Lk 19:27; of the governor of a country, although not possessing kingly rank, Mt 2:22; of God, Rev 11:15, Rev 11:17; Rev 19:6; of the rule of Jesus, the Messiah, Lk 1:33; 1 Cor 15:25; Rev 11:15; of the reign of Christians in the millennium, Rev 5:10; Rev 20:4, Rev 20:6; Rev 22:5; hence, Paul transfers the word to denote the supreme moral dignity, liberty, blessedness, which will be enjoyed by Christ's redeemed ones: Rom 5:17 (cf. DeWette and Thol. at the passage); 1 Cor 4:8. Metaphorically, to exercise the highest influence, to control: Rom 5:14, Rom 5:17, Rom 5:21; Rom 6:12. The aorist βασίλευσα denotes I obtained royal power, became king, have come to reign, in 1 Cor 4:8 (cf. Winers Grammar, 302 (283); Buttmann, 215 (185)); Rev 11:17; Rev 19:6 (as often in the Sept. and secular writings; cf. Grimm on 1 Macc., p. 11; Breitenbach or Kühner, on Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 18; on the aorist to express entrance into a state, see Bernhardy (1829), p. 382; Krüger, § 53, 5, 1; (Kühner, § 386, 5; Goodwin § 19 N. 1)). (Compare: συμβασιλεύω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Control, Restrain6 occurrences Rule, Govern15 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0