Original Word: βασιλεία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: basileia
Phonetic Spelling: (bas-il-i'-ah)
Definition: kingdom, sovereignty, royal power
Usage: kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence: kingdom, in the concrete sense.

932 basileía (from 935 /basileús, "king") – properly, kingdom; the realm in which a king sovereignly rules. A kingdom (932 /basileía) always requires a king – as the kingdom (932 /basileía) of God does with King Jesus! 932 (basileía) especially refers to the rule of Christ in believers' hearts – which is a rule that "one day will be universal on the physical earth in the Millennium" (G. Archer).

[The kingdom (932 /basileía) is constantly used in connection with the rule of Christ in the hearts of believers – which also extends in various stages.]

Word Origin
from basileuó
Definition
kingdom, sovereignty, royal power
NASB Translation
kingdom (159), kingdoms (3), reigns* (1).

STRONGS NT 932: βασιλεία

βασιλεία, βασιλείας, ἡ (from βασιλεύω; to be distinguished from βασιλεία a queen; cf. ἱερεία priesthood from ἱερεύω, and ἱερεία a priestess from ἱερεύς) (from Herodotus down);

1. royal power, kingship, dominion, rule: Luke 1:33; Luke 19:12, 15; Luke 22:29; John 18:36; Acts 1:6; Hebrews 1:8; 1 Corinthians 15:24; Revelation 17:12; of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah, in the phrase ἔρχεσθαι ἐνにゅー τたうῇ βασαυτου, i. e. to come in his kingship, clothed with this power: Matthew 16:28; Luke 23:42 (εいぷしろんἰς τήν βασιλείαν L marginal reading Tr marginal reading WH text); of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom: Revelation 1:6 (according to Tr text WH marginal reading ἐποίησεν ἡμみゅーῖνにゅー or L ἡμみゅーῶνにゅー (yet R G T WH text Tr marginal reading ἡμみゅーᾶς) βασιλείαν (Rec. βασιλεῖς)); τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, the royal power and dignity belonging to God, Revelation 12:10.

2. a kingdom i. e. the territory subject to the rule of a king: Matthew 12:25; Matthew 24:7; Mark 3:24; Mark 6:23; Mark 13:8; Luke 11:17; Luke 21:10; plural: Matthew 4:8; Luke 4:5; Hebrews 11:33.

3. Frequent in the N. T. in reference to the Reign of the Messiah are the following phrases: ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ (דֶאֱלָהָא מַלְכוּתָא, Targ. Isaiah 40:9; Micah 4:7), properly, the kingdom over which God rules; ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ Χριστοῦ (דִמְשִׁיחָא מַלְכוּת, Targ. Jonath. ad Isaiah 53:10), the kingdom of the Messiah, which will be founded by God through the Messiah and over which the Messiah will preside as God's vicegerent; ἡ βασιλεία τたうῶνにゅー οおみくろんὐρανῶνにゅー, only in Matthew, but very frequently (some 33 times), the kingdom of heaven, i. e. the kingdom which is of heavenly or divine origin and nature (in rabbinical writings שָׁמַיִם מַלְכוּת is the rule of God, the theocracy viewed universally, not the Messianic kingdom); sometimes simply ἡ βασιλεία: Matthew 4:23, etc.; James 2:5; once ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ Δαυίδ, because it was supposed the Messiah would be one of David's descendants and a king very like David, Mark 11:10; once also ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ Χριστοῦ καί Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Ephesians 5:5. Relying principally on the prophecies of Daniel — who had declared it to be the purpose of God that, after four vast and mighty kingdoms had succeeded one other and the last of them shown itself hostile to the people of God, at length its despotism shoed be broken, and the empire of the world pass over for ever to the holy people of God (Daniel 2:44; Daniel 7:14, 18, 27) — the Jews were expecting a kingdom of the greatest felicity, which God through the Messiah would set up, raising the dead to life again and renovating earth and heaven; and that in this kingdom they would bear sway for ever over all the nations of the world. This kingdom was called the kingdom of God or the kingdom of the Messiah; and in this sense must these terms be understood in the utterances of the Jews and of the disciples of Jesus when conversing with him, as Matthew 18:1; Matthew 20:21; Mark 11:10; Luke 17:20; Luke 19:11. But Jesus employed the phrase "kingdom of God or of heaven to indicate that perfect order of things which he was about to establish, in which all those of every nation who should believe in him were to be gathered together into one society, dedicated and intimately united to God, and made partakers of eternal salvation". This kingdom is spoken of as now begun and actually present inasmuch as its foundations have already been laid by Christ and its benefits realized among men that believe in him: Matthew 11:12; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 13:41 (in this passage its earthly condition is spoken of, in which it includes bad subjects as well as good); Luke 17:21; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Romans 14:17 (where the meaning is, 'the essence of the kingdom of God is not to be found in questions about eating and drinking'); Colossians 1:13. But far more frequently the kingdom of heaven is spoken of as a future blessing, since its consummate establishment is to be looked for on Christ's solemn return from the skies, the dead being called to life again, the ills and wrongs which burden the present state of things being done away, the powers hostile to God being vanquished: Matthew 6:10; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 26:29; Mark 9:1; Mark 15:43; Luke 9:27; Luke 13:28; Luke 14:15; Luke 22:18; 2 Peter 1:11; also in the phrases εいぷしろんἰς τήν βασιλείαν τたうῶνにゅー οおみくろんὐρανῶνにゅー or τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ: Matthew 5:20; Matthew 7:21; Matthew 18:3; Matthew 19:23, 24; Mark 9:47; Mark 10:23, 24, 25; Luke 18:24 (T Tr text WH εいぷしろんἰσπορεύονται), Luke 18:25; John 3:5; Acts 14:22; κληρονόμος τたうῆς βασιλείας, James 2:5; κληρονομεῖνにゅー τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ; see d. below. By a singular use ἡ βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ κυρίου ἡ ἐπουράνιος God's heavenly kingdom, in 2 Timothy 4:18, denotes the exalted and perfect order of things which already exists in heaven, and into which true Christians are ushered immediately after death; cf. Philippians 1:23; Hebrews 12:22f. The phrase βασιλεία τたうῶνにゅー οおみくろんὐρανῶνにゅー or βασειλεια τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, while retaining its meaning kingdom of heaven or of God, must be understood, according to the requirements of the context,

a. of the beginning, growth, potency, of the divine kingdom: Matthew 13:31-33; Mark 4:30; Luke 13:18.

b. of its fortunes: Matthew 13:24; Mark 4:26.

c. of the conditions to be complied with in order to reception among its citizens: Matthew 18:23; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 22:2; Matthew 25:1.

d. of its blessings and benefits, whether present or future: Matthew 13:44; Luke 6:20; also in the phrases ζぜーたηいーたτたうεいぷしろんῖνにゅー τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Matthew 6:33 (L T WH omit τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ); Luke 12:31 (αあるふぁὐτたうοおみくろんῦ L text T Tr WH); δέχεσθαι τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ ὡς παιδίον, Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; κληρονομεῖνにゅー ... τήν ... βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Matthew 25:34; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Corinthians 15:50; Galatians 5:21; see in κληρονομέω, 2.

e. of the congregation of those who constitute the royal 'city of God': πぱいοおみくろんιいおたεいぷしろんῖνにゅー τινας βασιλείαν, Revelation 1:6 G T WH text Tr marginal reading (cf. 1 above); (here R G βασιλεῖς, so R in the preceding passage), cf. Exodus 19:6. Further, the following expressions are noteworthy: of persons fit for admission into the divine kingdom it is said αあるふぁὐτたうῶνにゅー or τοιούτων ἐσしぐまτたうιいおたνにゅー ἡ βασιλεία τたうῶνにゅー οおみくろんὐρανοῦ or τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ: Matthew 5:3, 10; Matthew 19:14; Mark 10:14; Luke 18:16. διδόναι τίνι τήν βασιλείαν is used of God, making men partners of his kingdom, Luke 12:32; παραλαμβάνειν of those who are made partners, Hebrews 12:28. διά τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんὐρανόν to advance the interests of the heavenly kingdom, Matthew 19:12; ἕνεκεν τたうῆς βασιλείας τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ for the sake of becoming a partner in the kingdom of God, Luke 18:29. Those who announce the near approach of the kingdom, and describe its nature, and set forth the conditions of obtaining citizenship in it, are said διαγγέλλειν τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ Luke 9:60; εいぷしろんὐαγγελίζεσθαι τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ Luke 4:43; Luke 8:1; Luke 16:16; περί τたうῆς βασιλείας τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Acts 8:12; κηρύσσειν τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ Luke 9:2; Acts 20:25; Acts 28:31; τό εいぷしろんὐαγγέλιον τたうῆς βασιλείας Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35; Matthew 24:14; with the addition of τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, Mark 1:14 R L brackets ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんὐρανοῦ or τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ, is used of its institution as close at hand: Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15; Luke 10:9, 11. it is said ἔρχεσθαι i. e. to be established, in Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2; Luke 17:20; Mark 11:10. In accordance with the comparison which likens the kingdom of God to a palace, the power of admitting into it and of excluding from it is called τたうῆς βασιλείας τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんὐρανοῦ Matthew 16:19; κλείειν τήν βασιλείαν τたうοおみくろんῦ οおみくろんὐρανοῦ to keep from entering, Matthew 23:13 (14). υうぷしろんἱοί τたうῆς βασιλείας are those to whom the prophetic promise of the heavenly kingdom extends: used of the Jews, Matthew 8:12; of those gathered out of all nations who have shown themselves worthy of a share in this kingdom, Matthew 13:38. (In the O. T. Apocrypha ἡ βασιλεία τたうοおみくろんῦ Θしーたεいぷしろんοおみくろんῦ denotes God's rule, the divine administration, Wis. 6:5 Wis. 10:10; Tobit 13:1; so too in Psalm 102:19 (); Psalm 104:11-13 (; Daniel 4:33; Daniel 6:26; the universe subject to God's sway, God's royal domain, Song of the Three Children 32; ἡ βασιλεία, simply, the O. T. theocratic commonwealth, 2 Macc. 1:7.) Cf. Fleck, De regno divino, Lipsius 1829; Baumg.-Crusius, Biblical Theol., p. 147ff; Tholuck, Die Bergrede Christi, 5te Aufl., p. 55ff (on Matthew 5:3); Cölln, Biblical Theol. i., p. 567ff, ii., p. 108ff; Schmid, Biblical Theol. des N. T., p. 262ff edition 4; Baur, Neutest. Theol., p. 69ff; Weiss, Biblical Theol. d. N. T. § 13; (also in his Leben Jesu, book iv., chapter 2); Schürer (Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 29 (especially par. 8) and references there; also) in the Jahrbb. für protest. Theol., 1876, pp. 166-187 (cf. Lipsius ibid. 1878, p. 189); (B. D. American edition, under the word , and references there).

kingdom, reign.

From basileus; properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively) -- kingdom, + reign.

see GREEK basileus

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