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Strong's G936 · Greek

βασιλεύω

basileuo · bas-il-yoo'-o

from 935; to rule (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βασιλεύω (G936)

21 βασιλεύω , ( βασιλεύς ), [in LXX for מלךְ , its parts and derivatives, exc. IV Ki 15:5 ( ישׁב );] to be king , to reign , rule : I Ti 6:15 ; c. gen. (cl.), Mt 2:22 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc. (= Heb. מלךְ על ; Bl., § 36, 8), Lk 1:33 19:14 , 27 , Ro 5:14 ; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς , on earth , Re 5:10 ; of God, Re 11:15 , 17 19:6 ; of Christ, Lk 1:33 , I Co 15:25 , Re 11:15 ; of Christians, Re 5:10 20:4 (constative aor., M, Pr. , 130), Re 20:6 22:5 . Metaph., Christians, Ro 5:17 , I Co 4:8 ; θάνατος , Ro 5:14 , 17 ; ἁμαρτία , Ro 5:21 6:12 . Ingressive aor. (M, Pr. , 109), to begin to reign : I Co 4:8 , Re 11:17 19:6 (Cremer, 137).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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