Strong's Lexicon basilikos: Royal, noble, belonging to a king Original Word: βασιλικός HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 937 basilikós – kingly (royal), befitting a king; kingly dignity, belonging to a king. See 932 (basileus). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom basileus Definition royal NASB Translation king's (1), royal (2), royal official (2). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 937: βασιλικόςβασιλικός, βασιλικῇ, βασιλικόν, of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal; of a man, the officer or minister of a prince, a courtier: John 4:46, 49 (Polybius 4, 76, 2; Plutarch, Sol. 27; often in Josephus). subject to a king: of a country, Acts 12:20. befitting or worthy of a king, royal: ἐσθής, Acts 12:21. Hence, metaphorically, principal, chief: νόμος, James 2:8 (Plato, Min., p. 317 c. τό ὀρθόν νόμος ἐστι βασιλικός, Xenophon, symp. 1, 8 βασιλικόν κάλλος; 4 Macc. 14:2). STRONGS NT 937a: βασιλίσκος [βασιλίσκος, βασιλισκου, ὁ (diminutive of βασιλεύς), a petty king; a reading noted by WH in their (rejected) margin of John 4:46, 49. (Polybius, others.) From basileus; regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent -- king's, nobleman, royal. see GREEK basileus Englishman's Concordance John 4:46 Adj-NMSGRK: ἦν τις βασιλικὸς οὗ ὁ NAS: wine. And there was a royal official whose KJV: a certain nobleman, whose INT: there was a certain royal official whose John 4:49 Adj-NMS Acts 12:20 Adj-GFS Acts 12:21 Adj-AFS James 2:8 Adj-AMS Strong's Greek 937 |