1. king, ruler, sovereign — A male monarch or supreme ruler exercising royal authority over a people or territory; used both of earthly kings and of God or Christ as the ultimate King. Singular and plural forms across all cases represent the same lexical meaning with only grammatical inflection variation. Multilingual evidence: spa 'rey/reyes,' hin 'राजा/राजाओं,' arb 'مَلِكُ/المَلِكُ/مُلوكٍ,' kor '왕/왕들,' swa 'mfalme/wafalme.' The 115 occurrences span references to Herod (Matt 2:1), Jesus as King of the Jews (Matt 27:11, John 18:37), God as King (1 Tim 1:17, 6:15), the superlative 'King of kings' (1 Tim 6:15, Rev 17:14, 19:16), and various earthly monarchs throughout the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation. 115×
AR["المَلِكَ","المَلِكُ","المَلِكِ","الْمَلِكُ","الْمَلِكِ","مَلِكًا","مَلِكٌ","مَلِكٍ","مَلِكُ","مَلِكِ"]·ben["রাজা","রাজাকে।","রাজার","রাজার,","রাজার-সঙ্গে"]·DE["Koenig","König"]·EN["a-king","king"]·FR["roi"]·heb["הַ-","מֶּלֶךְ","מֶלֶךְ"]·HI["के-कारण","जल्लाद-को","माँगा","मुझसे","रअज","रज","राजा","राजा-की","राजा-के","राजा-को","राजा-से","हेरोदेस"]·ID["Raja","raja","raja,","raja."]·IT["re"]·jav["Raja","Rajanipun","raja","raja,","raja.","raja;","rajanipun,","raja»⇔","ratu"]·KO["왕","왕-","왕-을","왕-의","왕-이","왕과","왕에게,","왕은","왕이","왕이,"]·PT["rei","rei,"]·RU["Царь","Царём","царь","царю","царю,","царя"]·ES["rey"]·SW["akawaambia","alikasirika","kuwaangalia","mfalme"]·TR["kral","krala","kralla","kralı","kralın"]·urd["بادشاہ","بادشاہ-نے","بادشاہ-کی","بادشاہ-کے"]
Matt 1:6, Matt 2:1, Matt 2:2, Matt 2:3, Matt 2:9, Matt 14:9, Matt 18:23, Matt 22:2, Matt 22:7, Matt 22:11, Matt 22:13, Mark 6:14 (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
βᾰσῐλ-εύς, ὁ, genitive έως, Epic dialect ῆος, Refs 5th c.AD+ Oracle texts cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ Aeolic dialect -ηεςRefs 7th c.BC+ old Attic dialect -ῆςRefs 5th c.BC+:— king, chief, Refs 8th c.BC+: frequently with collateral sense of captain or judge, Refs 8th c.BC+; later, hereditary king, opposed to τύραννος, Refs 4th c.BC+; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Gelo, Refs 5th…