Word study · lex.G932
βασιλεία basileia
sovereignty · kingdom · royal power
Team definition
A noun used, properly, of sovereignty, royal power, or dominion, and by metonymy of a kingdom as territory or people. In the LXX, the Targums, and the New Testament it is also used of the Messianic rule and kingdom, the kingdom of God or of heaven. Abbott-Smith notes that the kingdom is regarded as present, including at Rom 14:17, and as that which is to be consummated in the future. This entry records those lexical uses; it does not decide the kingdom’s scope in Rom 14.
NT occurrences (SBLGNT, via TAGNT) · 153
Matt 3:2Matt 4:8Matt 4:17Matt 4:23Matt 5:3Matt 5:10Matt 5:19Matt 5:20Matt 6:10Matt 6:33Matt 7:21Matt 8:11Matt 8:12Matt 9:35Matt 10:7Matt 11:11Matt 11:12Matt 12:25Matt 12:26Matt 12:28Matt 13:11Matt 13:19Matt 13:24Matt 13:31Matt 13:33Matt 13:38Matt 13:41Matt 13:43Matt 13:44Matt 13:45Matt 13:47Matt 13:52Matt 16:19Matt 16:28Matt 18:1Matt 18:3Matt 18:4Matt 18:23Matt 19:12Matt 19:14Matt 19:23Matt 19:24Matt 20:1Matt 20:21Matt 21:31Matt 21:43Matt 22:2Matt 23:13Matt 24:7Matt 24:14Matt 25:1Matt 25:34Matt 26:29Mark 1:15Mark 3:24Mark 4:11Mark 4:26Mark 4:30Mark 6:23Mark 9:1Mark 9:47Mark 10:14Mark 10:15Mark 10:23Mark 10:24Mark 10:25Mark 11:10Mark 12:34Mark 13:8Mark 14:25Mark 15:43Luke 1:33Luke 4:5Luke 4:43Luke 6:20Luke 7:28Luke 8:1Luke 8:10Luke 9:2Luke 9:11Luke 9:27Luke 9:60Luke 9:62Luke 10:9Luke 10:11Luke 11:2Luke 11:17Luke 11:18Luke 11:20Luke 12:31Luke 12:32Luke 13:18Luke 13:20Luke 13:28Luke 13:29Luke 14:15Luke 16:16Luke 17:20Luke 17:21Luke 18:16Luke 18:17Luke 18:24Luke 18:25Luke 18:29Luke 19:11Luke 19:12Luke 19:15Luke 21:10Luke 21:31Luke 22:16Luke 22:18Luke 22:29Luke 22:30Luke 23:51John 3:3John 3:5John 18:36Acts 1:3Acts 1:6Acts 8:12Acts 14:22Acts 19:8Acts 20:25Acts 28:23Acts 28:31Rom 14:171 Cor 4:201 Cor 6:91 Cor 6:101 Cor 15:241 Cor 15:50Gal 5:21Eph 5:5Col 1:13Col 4:111 Thess 2:122 Thess 1:52 Tim 4:12 Tim 4:18Heb 1:8Heb 11:33Heb 12:28Jas 2:52 Pet 1:11Rev 1:6Rev 1:9Rev 5:10Rev 11:15Rev 12:10Rev 16:10Rev 17:12Rev 17:17Rev 17:18
Senses
1. sovereignty, royal power, or dominion Luke 1:33, John 18:36, Acts 1:6, 1 Cor 15:24
2. a kingdom, the territory or people over whom a king rules Matt 4:8, Matt 12:25, Mark 6:23, Heb 11:33
3. the Messianic kingdom of God, regarded as present or as to be consummated Matt 6:10, Matt 11:12, Luke 17:21, Rom 14:17, 2 Pet 1:11
See also
Abbott-Smith public domain s.v. βασιλεία (G932)
Dodson CC0 1.0 G932
Occurrences: STEP Bible TAGNT (CC BY 4.0) keyed to SBLGNT words.
Related notes
Unclean, stumbling, and faith (14:13–23) Rom 14:13; Rom 14:14; Rom 14:15; Rom 14:16; Rom 14:17; Rom 14:18; Rom 14:19; Rom 14:20; Rom 14:21; Rom 14:22; Rom 14:23