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βασιλικός basilikos · G0937

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royal

βασιλικός, -ή, -όν (βασιλεύς), ; [in LXX for מֶלֶךְ and its cognates ; ] ; royal, belonging to a king: χώρα, Act 12:20; ἐσθής, Act.12:21; νόμος β., a supreme law, "a law which governs other laws and so has a specially regal character" (Hort), or because made by a king (LAE, p. 3673), Jas.2:8; τις, one in the service of a king, a courtier, Jhn.4:46, 49 (WH, mg., βασιλίσκος).† ; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

βᾰσῐλ-ικός, ή, όν, ; royal, kingly, ποιέεις οὐδαμῶς -κά []; β. [μοναρχία] []; opposed to τυραννικός, []; βασιλικοὶ ἀπέβησαν proved themselves truly kingly, [], ἡ, art of ruling, []: comparative -ώτερος []: superlative βασιλικώτατος καὶ ἄρχειν ἀξιώτατος []. adverb -κῶς, παρών as a king, with kingly authority, []; 2 of or belonging to a king, οἱ β. the king's friends or officers, []; ἐγκλήματα β. charges of high-treason, []; ὀφειλήματα β. debts to the king,[]; γραμματεύς[]; γεωργοί []; ὁδὸς β. …

Where it's used 5 times

John 4:46 · John 4:49 · Acts 12:20 · Acts 12:21 · James 2:8

Source: TBESG G0937; TFLSJ G0937

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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