Strong G938G938Gβασίλισσα
queen
One of the 2 senses of Strong G938
- Transliteration
- basilissa
- Pronunciation
- bas-il'-is-sah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine from G936; a queen: - queen.
Detailed definition
βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς),
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה;]
a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה;]
a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G938G appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- queen1
First verses
- Revelation 18:7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
βᾰσῐλ-ισσα, ἡ,
={βασίλειᾰ}, queen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.15, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 16.1, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 179, “Supp.epigram” 1.366.34 (Samos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.24, “IG” 2.614b; ἡ β. τῶν μελισσῶν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.99; condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 202, but compare 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 91.)]
2 wife of the ἄρχων βασιλεύς at Athens, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.90)]:—also βασίλιννα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.74, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 907.)]
3 the Roman Empress, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.7.4, etc.)]
4 ={βασιλεύς} VI, PMag.Leid. V.[Refs (1.31.)]
={βασίλειᾰ}, queen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Comicus 6, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 9.15, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 16.1, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 179, “Supp.epigram” 1.366.34 (Samos, 3rd c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.24, “IG” 2.614b; ἡ β. τῶν μελισσῶν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.99; condemned by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 202, but compare 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 91.)]
2 wife of the ἄρχων βασιλεύς at Athens, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.90)]:—also βασίλιννα, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.74, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 907.)]
3 the Roman Empress, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.7.4, etc.)]
4 ={βασιλεύς} VI, PMag.Leid. V.[Refs (1.31.)]