basileuō · reign, be king

What it means

basileuō (βασιλεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “reign, be king”.

Rule; also begin to reign.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To be king, to rule.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reign ×14
• reigned ×6
• was reigning ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×3
• Romans×6
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 1 Timothy×1
• Revelation×7

• Matthew 2:22

  But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,

• Luke 1:33

  and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

• Luke 19:14

  But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

• Luke 19:27

  But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring here and slaughter them before me.’”

• Romans 5:14

  Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a figure of the one who was to come.

• Romans 5:17

  For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus the Messiah.

• Romans 5:21

  so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus the Messiah our Lord.

• Romans 6:12

  Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, so that you obey its desires;

• 1 Corinthians 4:8

  Already you are filled! Already you have become rich! Without us you have reigned! And I wish you had reigned, so that we also might reign with you!

• 1 Corinthians 15:25

  For he must reign until he has put all the enemies under his feet.

• 1 Timothy 6:15

  which he will show at the proper time, the happy and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign and Lord of those who rule as lords,

• Revelation 5:10

  and you made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they reign on the earth.”

• Revelation 11:15

  And the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign to the ages of the ages.”

• Revelation 11:17

  saying, “We give thanks to you, Lord God the Almighty, who is and who was, for you have taken your great power and begun to reign.

• Revelation 19:6

  And I heard what sounded like the voice of a great crowd and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord God the Almighty has begun to reign.

• Revelation 20:4

  And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand. And they came to life and reigned with the Messiah for a thousand years.

• Revelation 20:6

  Happy and holy is the one who has a share in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of the Messiah, and they will reign with him for a thousand years.

• Revelation 22:5

  And night will be no more, and they have no need of the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign to the ages of the ages.

And 3 more times.