Royal
βασιλικόςStrong’s G0937basilikos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Basilikos is the Greek word usually translated “royal official”, “royal” and “king s”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.”
Meaning
Usually translated “royal official”, “royal” and “king s”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- royal official 2
- royal 2
- king s 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 2
- Acts 2
- James 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 4:49The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.
- Acts 12:20And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
- Acts 12:21And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
- James 2:8If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
Greek dictionary
βασιλικός basilikos · royal
βασιλικός, -ή, -όν (βασιλεύς), [in LXX for מֶלֶךְ and its cognates ;] royal, belonging to a king: χώρα, Act 12:20; ἐσθής, Act.12:21; νόμος β., a supreme law, "a law which governs other laws and so has a specially regal character" (Hort), or because made by a king (LAE, p. 3673), Jas.2:8; τις, one in the service of a king, a courtier, Jhn.4:46, 49 (WH, mg., βασιλίσκος).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “royal” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROY'AL, adjective
[Latin regalis, from rex, king. See Reck and Right.]
- Kingly; pertaining to a king; regal; as royal power or prerogative; a royal garden; royal domains; the royal family.
- Becoming a king; magnificent; as royal state.
- Noble; illustrious.
All definitions and other forms of “royal”
ROY'AL, noun
- A large kind of paper.
- Among seamen, a small sail spread immediately above the top-gallant-sail; sometimes termed the top-gallant-royal.
- One of the shoots of a stag's head.
- In artillery, a small mortar.
- In England, one of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot, called the royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.