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Strong's G937 βασιλικός (basilikos)

Basilikos means “king's” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H937 — buz (“despised”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G937
Language Greek
Linked Usages 38
Books 14

Strong's G937 Quick Answer

Strong's G937 βασιλικός (basilikos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. basilikos (bas-il-ee-kos') adj. 1. regal (in relation) 2. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier) It has 38 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include king, royal, upon, let, and god. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
basilikos (bas-il-ee-kos') adj. 1. regal (in relation) 2. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier)
Usage
38 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
king, royal, upon, let, and god

Meaning and Definition

basilikos (bas-il-ee-kos') adj. 1. regal (in relation) 2. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier) 3. (figuratively) preeminent [from G935] KJV: king's, nobleman, royal Root(s): G935

Original Word
βασιλικός
Transliteration
basilikos
Derivation
Root: βασιλεύς R1: 935
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G937. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

royal

Usage: 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)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

king royal upon let god made out law according than into thousand

How Strong's G937 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha with 23 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G937 (βασιλικός) appears 35 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G937 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G937 in the New Testament

5 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 4:46 KJV

So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

John 4:49 KJV

The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

Acts 12:20 KJV

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

Strong's G937 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

10 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Numbers 20:17 Septuagint / Brenton

We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

Numbers 21:22 Septuagint / Brenton

We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king’s highway, until we have past thy boundaries.

2 Kingdoms 14:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And when he polled his head (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew heavy upon him), even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.

Strong's G937 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

23 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And unto the people that was found there Josiah gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests and to the Levites.

1 Esdras 1:51 Septuagint / Brenton

But they had his messengers in derision; and, in the day that the Lord spoke unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:

1 Esdras 6:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the same Sheshbazzar, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still building, it is not yet finished.

Usage Excerpts

First 38 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G937.

Numbers 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We will pass through thy land: we will not go through the fields, nor through the vineyards, nor will we drink water out of thy cistern: we will go by the king’s highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
Numbers 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
We will not drink water out of thy well; we will go by the king’s highway, until we have past thy boundaries.
2 Kingdoms 14:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he polled his head (and it was at the beginning of every year that he polled it, because it grew heavy upon him), even when he polled it, he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels according to the royal shekel.
Esther 1:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it: and let not the queen come in to him anymore; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.
Esther 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the damsel pleased him, and she found favor in his sight; and he hastened to give her the things for purification, and her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace: and he treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
Esther 2:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them: and the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal records of the good offices of Mordecai, as a commendation.
Esther 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it and rejoiced.
Esther 9:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai lay upon them.
Job 18:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, And let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.
Daniel 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All who preside over thy kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statute and to confirm a decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
John 4:46 New Testament, KJV
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
John 4:49 New Testament, KJV
The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
Acts 12:20 New Testament, KJV
And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
Acts 12:21 New Testament, KJV
And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
James 2:8 New Testament, KJV
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
1 Esdras 1:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And unto the people that was found there Josiah gave thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves: these things were given of the king’s allowance, according as he promised, to the people, to the priests and to the Levites.
1 Esdras 1:51 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But they had his messengers in derision; and, in the day that the Lord spoke unto them, they made a sport of his prophets:
1 Esdras 6:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the same Sheshbazzar, being come hither, laid the foundations of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem; and from that time to this being still building, it is not yet finished.
1 Esdras 6:22 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and if it be found that the building of the house of the Lord at Jerusalem hath been done with the consent of King Cyrus, and if our lord the king be so minded, let him signify unto us thereof.
1 Esdras 6:31 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
that offerings may be made to the most high God for the king and for his children, and that they may pray for their lives.
1 Esdras 8:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king’s treasury.
1 Esdras 8:24 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever shall transgress the law of thy God, and of the king, shall be punished diligently, whether it be by death, or other punishment, by penalty of money, or by imprisonment.
1 Esdras 8:64 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the weight of them was written up the same hour.
Tobit 1:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then all my goods were forcibly taken away, neither was there anything left me, beside my wife Anna and my son Tobias.
1 Maccabees 6:43 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Eleazar also, surnamed Avaran, perceiving that one of the beasts, armed with royal harness, was higher than all the rest, and supposing that the king was upon him,
1 Maccabees 10:43 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem, or be within the liberties thereof, being indebted unto the king, or for any other matter, let them be at liberty, and all that they have in my realm.
1 Maccabees 11:34 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with the three governments of Aphairema and Lydda and Rathamin, that are added unto Judea from the country of Samaria, and all things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the payments which the king received of them yearly aforetime out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.
1 Maccabees 13:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whereas we have Jonathan thy brother in hold, it is for money that he is owing unto the king’s treasure, concerning the business that was committed unto him.
1 Maccabees 15:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anything be, or shall be, owing to the king, let it be forgiven thee from this time forth for evermore.
2 Maccabees 3:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But Heliodorus, because of the king’s commandment given him, said, That in anywise it must be brought into the king’s treasury.
2 Maccabees 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
for he saw that it was impossible that the state should continue quiet, and Simon leave his folly, unless the king did look thereunto.
2 Maccabees 4:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the royal privileges granted of special favor to the Jews by the means of John the father of Eupolemus, who went ambassador to Rome for amity and aid, he took away; and putting down the governments which were according to the law, he brought up new customs against the law:
2 Maccabees 4:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So he came with the king’s mandate, bringing nothing worthy the high priesthood, but having the fury of a cruel tyrant, and the rage of a savage beast.
2 Maccabees 13:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and having given the watchword to them that were about him, Victory is of God; with the most valiant and choice young men he went in into the king’s tent by night, and slew in the camp about four thousand men, and the chiefest of the elephants, with all that were upon him.
2 Maccabees 15:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
then said the other, And I also am mighty upon earth, and I command to take arms, and to do the king’s business. Yet he obtained not to have his wicked will done.
3 Maccabees 3:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Whoever shall inform against the Jews, besides receiving the property of the person charged, shall be presented with two thousand drachmas from the royal treasury, shall be made free, and shall be crowned.
3 Maccabees 7:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The king admitted the truth of this reasoning, and commended them. Full power was given them, without warrant or special commission, to destroy those who had transgressed the law of God boldly in every part of the king’s dominions.
4 Maccabees 14:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O reasonings more royal than a king, and freer than freemen!

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G937, grouped by book.

Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 2 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G937 FAQ

What does basilikos (βασιλικός) mean?

Basilikos (Strong's G937) is a Greek word most simply glossed "king's". basilikos (bas-il-ee-kos') adj. 1. regal (in relation) 2. (literally) belonging to (or befitting) the sovereign (as land, dress, or a courtier)

How many times is basilikos (βασιλικός) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 38 linked usages for Strong's G937 across 14 books.

Where can I study basilikos (βασιλικός) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G937 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate basilikos (βασιλικός)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as king, royal, upon, let, god, and made. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G937 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 10 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 23 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G937, with linked reader references where each row is available.