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Strong's G937 · Greek

βασιλικός

basilikos · bas-il-ee-kos'

from 935; regal (in relation), i.e. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier), or (figuratively) preeminent


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

βασιλικός (G937)

5 βασιλικός , -ή, -όν ( βασιλεύς ), [in LXX for מֶלֶךְ and its cognates;] royal , belonging to a king : χώρα , Ac 12:20 ; ἐσθής , Ac 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. 367 3 ), Ja 2:8 ; τις , one in the service of a king , a courtier , Jo 4:46 , 49 (WH, mg., βασιλίσκος ).†

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

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