What does βασιλεύς · εἰρήνη mean in the Bible?
βασιλεύς · εἰρήνη is a Greek phrase meaning "king associated with peace".
Greek · G935, G1515
βασιλεὺς εἰρήνης
A sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively) · peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity
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βασιλεύς G935 a sovereign (abstractly, relatively, or figuratively)
Pronunciation basileús
Sovereign ruler holding absolute authority; applied to God, Christ, earthly monarchs, and Roman emperors throughout NT.
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εἰρήνη G1515 peace (literally or figuratively); by implication, prosperity
Pronunciation eirḗnē
Wholeness and security under God's rule, not merely absence of conflict or war
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What does βασιλεὺς εἰρήνης (basileus eirēnēs) mean in the Bible?
βασιλεύς · εἰρήνη is a Greek phrase meaning "king associated with peace".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G935, G1515?
G935, G1515 is connected to 115 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. king associated with peace
Source Gloss
king associated with peace
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 115 Case pattern Nominative (60) Number pattern Singular (87)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:2 · Matt 2:3 · Matt 14:9 · Matt 21:5 · Matt 22:7 · Matt 22:11 · Matt 22:13 · Matt 25:34 · Matt 25:40 · Matt 27:11 · Matt 27:37 · Matt 27:42 · Mark 6:14 · Mark 6:22 · Mark 6:26 · Mark 6:27 48×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 17:25 · Luke 10:24 · Luke 22:25 · Acts 4:26 · Rev 6:15 · Rev 17:2 · Rev 17:9 · Rev 17:12 · Rev 18:3 · Rev 18:9 · Rev 21:24 12×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:8 · Mark 13:9 · Acts 9:15 · 1 Tim 2:2 · Heb 7:1 · Rev 1:5 · Rev 16:12 · Rev 17:14 · Rev 17:18 · Rev 19:16 · Rev 19:18 11×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 2:1 · Matt 2:9 · Matt 5:35 · Luke 1:5 · Acts 7:10 · Acts 12:20 · 2 Cor 11:32 · Heb 11:23 · Heb 11:27 9×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 18:23 · Matt 22:2 · Luke 14:31 · Acts 25:14 · 1 Tim 1:17 · 1 Pet 2:13 6×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 10:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:6 · Mark 6:25 · Mark 15:9 · Mark 15:12 · Luke 23:2 · John 6:15 · John 18:39 · John 19:12 · John 19:15 · Acts 13:21 · Acts 13:22 · Acts 17:7 · 1 Pet 2:17 · Rev 9:11 15×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:18 · Luke 21:12 · Rev 16:14 · Rev 19:19 4×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:29 · Mark 15:18 · Acts 25:24 · Acts 25:26 · Acts 26:2 · Acts 26:7 · Acts 26:13 · Acts 26:19 · Acts 26:27 9×
Word Origins
βασιλεὺς εἰρήνης is built from this root:
βάσις G939
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain