noun · feminine
basileias
Strong’sG932
kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, kingdom
stem basilei-162 times in the New Testamentin 17 of 27 books5 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
βασιλεία most basically means kingship, sovereignty, royal power, or rule — the abstract fact of reigning or having royal authority 124.
By extension it can mean, concretely, a kingdom — the territory or people over whom a king rules 12.
It can also refer concretely to the king himself, in the sense of "His Majesty," the royal person rather than his realm 13.
In the New Testament the word is further used, especially in the phrases "the kingdom of God" and "the kingdom of heaven," for the Messianic rule and kingdom, spoken of both as a present reality and as something to be fulfilled in the future 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ
(< βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה מַלְכוּת;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G932 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbas-il-i'-ah
properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G935;
King Jameskingdom, + reign.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect βᾰσιλ-ηΐη, ἡ, kingdom, dominion, Refs 5th c.BC+; hereditary monarchy, opposed to τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, NT
2 kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία Refs 4th c.BC+
3 at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, Refs 2nd c.AD+
4 passive, being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου βασιλείας Refs 5th c.BC+
II diadem, Refs 1st c.BC+
III reign, Refs 1st c.BC+; so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of “VT”; accession to the throne, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV concrete, His Majesty, LXX
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | basileias55×βασιλεία | basileiais |
| object accusative | basileian60×βασιλείαν | basileiain3×βασιλείας |
| direct address vocative | basileiar | basileiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | basileiau22×βασιλείας | basileiaiu |
| to, for dative | basileia22×βασιλείᾳ | basileiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
basileia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
162 occurrences, 100 of them printed here — the rest are in the reader
basileias“kingdom”subjectnominative singular55×, 26 shown
Matthew 3:2kai legarōntos; Metanoavōr, engizatē gar tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 4:17… kai legarō; Metanoavōr, engizatē gar tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.… began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 5:3… te pneume, hoti autoiu atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.… in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10… heneken dikaiosunau, hoti autoiu atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.… of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:10erchatar tas basileias su, genitar tem thelēmem su, hōs …Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on …
Matthew 10:7… de kērussavōr legarōntois hoti Engizatē tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.… you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
Matthew 11:12… Iōannou tou baptistou heōs arti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu biazotō, kai biastois harpazalō …… John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to …
Matthew 12:25… tain enthumēsiain autoiu legata autoi; Pantas basileias merizirantas kata heautau erēmotō, kai pantas …… thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid …
Matthew 12:26… heauton merizita; pōs oun stēiti tas basileias autou?… against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?
Matthew 12:28… daimoneim, ara fthanata epi vin tas basileias tou theou.… the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Matthew 13:24… parabolan paratithata autoi legarōntos; Homoiita tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo speraranto kalem spermem …… put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man …
Matthew 13:31… paratithata autoi legarōntos; Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu kokko sinapieu, hon labarantos …… put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard …
Matthew 13:33… parabolan lalata autoi; Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu zuma, han labarantas gunaikas …… told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that …
Matthew 13:44Homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu thēsauro kruptorēnto en to …The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden …
Matthew 13:45Palin homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo emporo zētarōnto kaloin …Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant …
Matthew 13:47Palin homoias atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu sagēna baliranta eis tan …Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net …
Matthew 18:23Dia houtem homoiita tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo basilevo hos thelata …Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king …
Matthew 19:14… min, teiu gar toiouteiu atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu.… do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as …
Matthew 20:1Homoias gar atō tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo oikodespoto hotinos exerchata …“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner …
Matthew 21:43… vi hoti airiti apo vu tas basileias tou theou kai dōiti ethne poiarōnte …Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away …
Matthew 22:2Homoiita tas basileias toiu ouranoiu anthrōpo basilevo, hotinos poiata …“The kingdom of heaven is like a king …
Matthew 24:7egeriti gar ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, kai eli limois kai …Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines …
Matthew 25:1Tote homoiiti tas basileias toiu ouranoiu deka parthenai, hotinais labarantais …“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten …
Mark 1:15… Plērotē tos kairos kai engizatē tas basileias tou theou; metanoavōr kai pisteuavōr en …… is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and …
Mark 3:24kai ean basileias epi heautan meriziteia, ouk dunotō stēira …If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot …
Mark 3:24“kingdom”… heautan meriziteia, ouk dunotō stēira tas basileias ekeinas;… kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
basileian“kingdom”objectaccusative singular60×, 27 shown
Matthew 5:20… Farisaioiu, ouk mē eiserchaveia eis tan basileian toiu ouranoiu.… Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 6:33zētavōr de prōtem tan basileian kai tan dikaiosunan autou, kai houteim …But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and …
Matthew 7:21… mi; Kurior kurior eisercheti eis tan basileian toiu ouranoiu, alla tos poiarōntos tem …… Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who …
Matthew 18:3… paidieim, ouk mē eiserchaveia eis tan basileian toiu ouranoiu.… children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:12… eunouchois hotinois eunouchizala heautoin dia tan basileian toiu ouranoiu. tos dunorōntos chōrarō chōratōr.… eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can …
Matthew 19:23… hoti plousios duskolōs eisercheti eis tan basileian toiu ouranoiu;… a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 19:24… rafisau eiserchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou.… a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 21:31… tais pornais proagalō vin eis tan basileian tou theou.… collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 23:13… kai Farisaioir hupokritoir, hoti kleiavō tan basileian toiu ouranoiu emprosthen toiu anthrōpoiu; vis …… Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You …
Matthew 24:7… ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, kai eli limois kai seismois kata …… rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes …
Matthew 25:34… patrou mu, klēronomavar tan hetoimazorēntan vi basileian apo katabolau kosmou.… blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation …
Mark 4:30Kai legate; Pōs homoianeia tan basileian tou theou, ē en tina autan …… To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall …
Mark 9:1… geueleia thanatou heōs an horaleia tan basileian tou theou ercharēntan en dunamia.… taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”
Mark 9:47… sin atō monofthalmon eiserchara eis tan basileian tou theou ē duo ofthalmoin echarōnton …… better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than …
Mark 10:15… vi, hos an mē decheteia tan basileian tou theou hōs paidiem, ouk mē …… anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child …
Mark 10:23… tois teim chrēmeim echarōntois eis tan basileian tou theou eisercheli.… for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
Mark 10:24… Tekneim, pōs duskolem atō eis tan basileian tou theou eiserchara;… hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:25… rafisau dierchara ē plousion eis tan basileian tou theou eiserchara.… a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Mark 13:8… ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, eli seismois kata topoin, eli limois; …… rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various …
Mark 15:43… hos kai autos ate prosdechorōntos tan basileian tou theou, tolmarantos eiserchata pros ton …… who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate …
Luke 4:43… heterai polai euangelizera min datō tan basileian tou theou, hoti epi houtem apostelima.… preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns …
Luke 8:1… kai kōman kērussarōntos kai euangelizorōntos tan basileian tou theou, kai tois dōdeka sun …… proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with …
Luke 9:2kai apostelata autoin kērussarō tan basileian tou theou kai iorō toin asthenoin,… sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the …
Luke 9:27… geueleia thanatou heōs an horaleia tan basileian tou theou.… taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:60… nekroin, sis de apercharantos diangelasōr tan basileian tou theou.… You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
Luke 12:31plēn zētavōr tan basileian autou, kai houteim prostithiti vi.But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added …
Luke 12:32… tos patros vu dōara vi tan basileian.… is pleased to give you the kingdom.
basileiau“kingdom”of, belonging togenitive singular22×
Matthew 4:23… autoiu kai kērussarōntos tem euangeliem tau basileiau kai therapeuarōntos pantan nosan kai pantan …… synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness …
Matthew 8:12tois de huiois tau basileiau ekbalili eis tem skotem tem exōterem; …But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer …
Matthew 9:35… autoiu kai kērussarōntos tem euangeliem tau basileiau kai therapeuarōntos pantan nosan kai pantan …… synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.
Matthew 13:11… vi dōotē gnōskara teim mustērieim tau basileiau toiu ouranoiu, ekeinoi de ouk dōotē.… knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to …
Matthew 13:19pantou akouarōntou ton logon tau basileiau kai mē suniēkarōntou, erchotō tos ponēros …… anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the …
Matthew 13:38… spermem, houtois alō tois huiois tau basileiau; teim de zizanieim alō tois huiois …… seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of …
Matthew 13:41… angeloin autou, kai sullegali ek tau basileiau autou panteim teim skandaleim kai toin …… they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all …
Matthew 16:19dōami si tain kleidain tau basileiau toiu ouranoiu, kai hem ean daseia …… give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on …
Matthew 24:14kai kērussiti houtem tem euangeliem tau basileiau en hola ta oikoumena eis marturiem …And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the …
Mark 4:11… autoi; Vi tem mustēriem dōotē tau basileiau tou theou; ekeinoi de toi exō …He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to …
Mark 6:23… aitaseia dōami si heōs hēmisueu tau basileiau mu.… give you, up to half my kingdom!”
Mark 12:34… auto; Ouk makran asō apo tau basileiau tou theou. kai oudenos ouketi tolmate …… You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared …
Luke 1:33… Iakōb eis toin aiōnoin, kai tau basileiau autou ouk eti telem.… the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
Luke 8:10… Vi dōotē gnōskara teim mustērieim tau basileiau tou theou, toi de loipoi en …… knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to …
Luke 9:11… apodecherantos autoin lalate autoi peri tau basileiau tou theou, kai toin chreian echarōntoin …… and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those …
Luke 18:29… ē gonevoin ē tekneim heneken tau basileiau tou theou,… children for the sake of the kingdom of God
Acts 1:3… autoi kai legarōntos teim peri tau basileiau tou theou;… forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Acts 8:12… pisteuala to Filippo euangelizorōnto peri tau basileiau tou theou kai teu onomeu Iēsu …… he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of …
Acts 19:8… treis dialegorōntos kai peitharōntos peri tau basileiau tou theou.… three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
2 Thessalonians 1:5… theou, eis tem kataxiira vin tau basileiau tou theou, huper hau kai paschavō,… will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are …
Hebrews 1:8… tas rabdas tau euthutau rabdas tau basileiau su.… justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
James 2:5… plousioin en pistia kai klēronomoin tau basileiau hau epangeleta toi agaparōntoi auton?… in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
basileia“kingdom”to, fordative singular22×
Matthew 5:19… toin anthrōpoin, elachistos kaliti en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu; hos de an poiateia …… will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and …
Matthew 5:19… didaskateia, houtos megos kaliti en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu.… will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 8:11… kai Isaak kai Iakōb en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu;… Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 11:11… baptistou; tos de mikroteros en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu megoteros autou atō.… Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 13:43… eklampali hōs tos hēlios en ta basileia tou patrou autoiu. tos echarōntos oueim …… shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has …
Matthew 13:52… Dia houtem pantos grammatevos mathēteuirantos ta basileia toiu ouranoiu homoios atō anthrōpo oikodespoto …… who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner …
Matthew 16:28… huion tou anthrōpou erchorōnton en ta basileia autou.… Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”
Matthew 18:1… Tinos ara megoteros atō en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu?… then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”
Matthew 18:4… houtos atō tos megoteros en ta basileia toiu ouranoiu;… child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 20:21… henos ek euōnumeiu su en ta basileia su.… She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of …
Matthew 26:29… pinameiō meta vu kainem en ta basileia tou patrou mu.… anew with you in My Father’s kingdom.”
Mark 14:25… hotan autem pinameiō kainem en ta basileia tou theou.… I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 7:28… atō; tos de mikroteros en ta basileia tou theou megoteros autou atō.… yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
Luke 9:62… eis teim opisō euthetos atō ta basileia tou theou.… looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 13:28… kai pantoin toin profētoin en ta basileia tou theou, vin de ekbalorōntoin exō.… and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are …
Luke 13:29… kai notou kai anaklinili en ta basileia tou theou.… recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
Luke 14:15… Makarios hotinos esthieti arton en ta basileia tou theou.… eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 22:16… autem heōs hotinou plēriteia en ta basileia tou theou.… until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
Luke 22:30… epi tau trapezau mu en ta basileia mu, kai kathevi epi thronoiu tain …… drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the …
Luke 23:42… mimnēskisar mu hotan erchaseia en ta basileia su.… me when You come into Your kingdom!”
Ephesians 5:5… eidōlolatros, ouk echatō klēronomian en ta basileia tou Christou kai theou.… idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Revelation 1:9… kai sunkoinōnos en ta thlipsia kai basileia kai hupomona en Iēso, genema en …… and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus …
basileiain“kingdoms”objectaccusative plural3×
Matthew 4:8… liōs, kai deikatō auto pantain tain basileiain tou kosmou kai tan doxan autaiu… mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
Luke 4:5… anagarantos auton deikata auto pantain tain basileiain tau oikoumenau en stigma chronou;… Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
Hebrews 11:33hois dia pistiau katagōnizela basileiain, ergazela dikaiosunan, epitunchanala epangeliaiu, frassala stomeim …who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was …