Strong G933βασίλειον

palace

Transliteration
basileion
Pronunciation
bas-il'-i-on
Morphology
Greek Noun

Definition

Neuter of G934; a palace: - king´ s court.

Detailed definition

βασίλειον, -ου, τό
(βασίλειος, which see), [in LXX for הֵיכָל ( Nam.2:6, Dan.6:18*), מַמְלָכָה ( 3Ki.3:1 14:8, 4Ki.15:19*), etc.;]

1. a capital city.

2. Freq. in pl., τὰ β., a palace: Luk.7:25.
† (AS)
Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰσίλ-ειον,
Ionic dialect βᾰσιλ-ήϊον, τό, kingly dwelling, palace, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.3, etc.)]; more common in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30, 178, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1352a11, etc.)]
b seat of empire, capital, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.15.3, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.18, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.25.)]
2 royal treasury, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.149: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.31.)]
II tiara, diadem, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.1.10)], Roussel Cultes Égyptiens [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (233 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “OGI” 90.45 (from Rosetta), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.358d, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 3.11, 4th c.AD(?): Horapollo 1.15: _metaphorically_, τὸ β. τῆς εὐπρεπείας)] diadem of beauty, [LXX (LXX.Wis.5.16.)]
III ={ἅλιμος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.91)]; ={λευκόϊον}, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.123.)]
IV Βασίλεια, τά, festival of Zeus Basileus, in Boeotia, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 7.552, Scholia 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.153, “IG” 12(1).78; at Olbia, “IPE” 1.105.)]