noun · feminine
basilisas
Greekβασίλισσα (basilissa)
Strong’sG938
a queen
stem basilis-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ
(in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς), [in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G938 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidbas-il'-is-sah
a queen
Fromfeminine from G936;
King Jamesqueen.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | basilisas3×βασίλισσα | basilisais |
| object accusative | basilisan | basilisain |
| direct address vocative | basilisar | basilisair |
| of, belonging to genitive | basilisau1×βασιλίσσης | basilisaiu |
| to, for dative | basilisa | basilisai |
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
basilisa 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
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
basilisas“queen”subjectnominative singular3×
Matthew 12:42“queen”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autan; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
Luke 11:31“queen”basilisas notou egeiriti en ta krisia meta toiu anēroiu tau geneau houtau kai katakrinati autoin; hoti erchata ek teiu perateiu tau gēau akouara tan sofian Solomōnou, kai idou polloterem Solomōnou hōde.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
Revelation 18:7“queen”hoseim doxazata heautan kai strēniata, tosouton dōavar auta basanismon kai penthem. hoti en ta kardia autau legatō hoti Kathemō basilisas, kai chēras ouk amō, kai penthem ouk mē horameia.As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
basilisau“queen”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 8:27“queen”kai anistanaratos poreuita, kai idou anēros Aithiopsos eunouchos dunastos Kandakau basilisau Aithiopsoiu, hos ate epi pantau tau gazau autau, hos erchatelē proskunaritos eis Ierousalēm,So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,