basilikos

Strong’sG937

connected with a king, royal, regal

stem basilik-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books4 of 26 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

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. 3673), 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. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G937 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidbas-il-ee-kos'

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

Fromfrom G935;

King Jamesking's, nobleman, royal.

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

βᾰσῐλ-ικός, ή, όν,
royal, kingly, ποιέεις οὐδαμῶς -κά Refs 5th c.BC+; β. [μοναρχία] Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to τυραννικός, Refs 4th c.BC+; βασιλικοὶ ἀπέβησαν proved themselves truly kingly, Refs 5th c.BC+, ἡ, art of ruling, Refs: comparative -ώτερος Refs 2nd c.AD+: superlative βασιλικώτατος καὶ ἄρχειν ἀξιώτατος Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -κῶς, παρών as a king, with kingly authority, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 of or belonging to a king, οἱ β. the king's friends or officers, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἐγκλήματα β. charges of high-treason, Refs; ὀφειλήματα β. debts to the king,Refs; γραμματεύςRefs 2nd c.BC+; γεωργοί Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁδὸς β. the king's highway, LXX+3rd c.BC+; μὴ εἶναι β. ἀτραπὸν ἐπὶ γεωμετρίαν no royal road, NT+3rd c.BC+; αἱ β. βίβλοι the books of Kings, Refs 1st c.AD+
3 choice Refs 4th c.BC+
4 κάρυα β. walnuts, Refs 3rd c.BC+
4.b β. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, Refs 1st c.AD+
II as substantive,
II.1 βασιλικός (i.e. γραμματεύς), ὁ, official in Egyptian νομοί, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.1.b (i.e. οἶκος) basilica, Refs
II.1.c (i.e. ὄρνις) ={ἀκαλανθίς}, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.1.d (i.e. ἀστήρ) ={βασιλίσκος} see, Refs
II.2 βασιλικὴ στοά hall divided into aisles by columns, Refs 1st c.BC+; β. alone, Refs, Latin basilica, Refs 1st c.BC+
II.3 βασιλικόν (i.e. ταμιεῖον), τό, treasury, εἰς τὸ β. ἀπομετρῆσαι, τελεῖν, Refs 3rd c.BC+; royal bank, Refs 1st c.AD+
II.3.b (i.e. δῶμα) palace, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II.3.c (i.e. πρόσταγμα) royal decree, LXX
II.3.d (i.e. φάρμακον) name for various remedies, ={τετραφάρμακον}, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of other compounds, Refs; a plaster, Refs; an eyesalve, Refs a bandage, Refs
II.3.e (i.e. φυτόν) basil, Ocimum basilicum, Refs
II.3.f βασιλικά, τά, communications received from kings, Refs; also, interests or revenues of the crown, LXX+3rd c.BC+; prerogatives, Refs

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.

royal2×king’s1×official1×royal official1×

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	basilikos2×βασιλικὸς	basilikas	basilikem	basilikois	basilikais	basilikeim
object accusative	basilikon1×βασιλικὸν	basilikan1×βασιλικὴν		basilikoin	basilikain
direct address vocative	basilikor	basilikar		basilikoir	basilikair
of, belonging to genitive	basilikou	basilikau1×βασιλικῆς	basilikeu	basilikoiu	basilikaiu	basilikeiu
to, for dative	basiliko	basilika	basilike	basilikoi	basilikai	basilikei

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

basilikstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

basilik 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

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

5 occurrences, every one of them listed

basilikos“official”subjectnominative singular2×

John 4:46… tem hudem oinon. kai ate tinos basilikos hou tos huios asthenate en Kafarnaoum.… into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

John 4:49legatō pros auton tos basilikos; Kurior, katabainasar prin apothnēskara tem paidiem …“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child …

basilikon“royal”objectaccusative singular1×

James 2:8Ei mentoi nomon telavō basilikon kata tan grafan Agapasi ton plēsion …If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your …

basilikan“royal”objectaccusative singular1×

Acts 12:21… de hēmera tos Hērōdos enduerantos esthan basilikan kai kathizarantos epi teu bēmeu dēmēgorate …… the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and …

basilikau“king’s”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 12:20… treforō autoiu tan chōran apo tau basilikau.… because their region depended on the king’s country for food.