Basilissa βασίλισσα

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Basilissa
βασίλισσα
Transliterationbasilissa
Strong's numberG938 (G0938H, G0938G)
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossqueen
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inMatthew (1)

Basilissa (Greek βασίλισσα, Strong's G938) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “queen”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

G0938H: queen

βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς),
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה ;]
a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.†
(AS)

G0938G: queen

βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς),
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה ;]
a queen: Mat.12:42, Luk.11:31, Act.8:27, Rev.18:7.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVqueen (4)
BSBqueen (4)

Verses

Every verse with Basilissa, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Luke

Acts

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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