What does βασίλισσα (basílissa) mean in the Bible?
βασίλισσα (basílissa): Female ruler with royal authority; wife or widow of a king, or independent sovereign queen.
Greek · G938
βασίλισσα
A queen
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βασίλισσα G938
Pronunciation basílissa
What does βασίλισσα (basílissa) mean in the Bible?
βασίλισσα (basílissa): Female ruler with royal authority; wife or widow of a king, or independent sovereign queen.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G938?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include The Queen (2), [as] queen (1), queen (1).
Where does βασίλισσα (basílissa) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 12:42. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Luke (1), Matthew (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It The Queen 2× Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31
[as] queen 1× Revelation 18:7
queen 1× Acts 8:27
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 12:42
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Acts 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
βασίλισσα 2x basilissa Matthew 12:42, Revelation 18:7
Βασίλισσα 1x Basilissa Luke 11:31
βασιλίσσης 1x basilissēs Acts 8:27
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Revelation 18:7
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Acts 8:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Female ruler with royal authority; wife or widow of a king, or independent sovereign queen.
Strong's G938
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 11:31 Source Gloss
a queen
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 12:42 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
βασίλισσα basilissa
a queen
Read verse Luke 11:31 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
βασίλισσα basilissa
a queen
Read verse Acts 8:27 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
βασιλίσσης basilisshv
a queen
Read verse Revelation 18:7 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
βασίλισσα, basilissa
a queen
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 12:42 · Luke 11:31 · Rev 18:7 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 8:27 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
The Queen of the South, exemplifying wisdom and judgment in historical narrative
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
βασίλισσα is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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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