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βᾰσιλ-είᾱ

basileia2 · ἡ

kingdom, dominion

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Where it lives

  • Daniel (LXX) 61 · 58.06/10k
  • Esther 32 · 57.85/10k
  • Matthew 56 · 31.22/10k
  • Paralipomenon II 47 · 23.88/10k
  • Luke 46 · 23.86/10k
  • Machabaeorum I 40 · 22.95/10k
  • Abdias 1 · 22.73/10k
  • Mark 21 · 19.08/10k
  • Colossians 2 · 12.91/10k
  • 2 Thessalonians 1 · 12.39/10k
  • Esdras I 10 · 12.16/10k
  • Esdras II 14 · 11.8/10k

Densest 12 of 80 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

kingdom, dominion, hereditary monarchy, the age of monarchies

kingdom, dominion, Hdt. 1.11, etc.; παιδὸς ἡ β. Heraclit. 52; hereditary monarchy, opp. τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. Th. 1.13; βασιλείας εἴδη τέτταρα Arist. Pol. 1285b20; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, ib. 1297b17: metaph., ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς β. Apoc. 1.6; β. τῶν οὐρανῶν Ev.Matt. 3.2; τοῦ θεοῦ ib. 6.33, etc.

2 kingly office

kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία Arist. Pol. 1273a37.

3 the office of the archon βασιλεύς

at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, Paus. 1.3.1.

4 being ruled by a king

Pass., being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπʼ ἐκείνου βασιλείας Isoc. 9.43.

II diadem

diadem, D.S. 1.47, OGI 90.43 (Rosetta).

III reign, the reigns of the Kings, accession to the throne

reign, ib. 331.40 (Pergam.), D.S. 17.1, POxy. 1257.7 (iii A. D.); so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of VT; accession to the throne, BGU 646.12 (ii A. D.).

IV His Majesty

concrete, His Majesty, LXX 4 Ki. 11.1, 1 Ma. 6.47.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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