βασιλεία

basileia

kingdom

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

G932

Mark 3:24 · Word #3

Lexicon G932

Lemmaβασιλεία
Transliterationbasileía
Strong'sG932
In-contextkingdom
Literalkingdom

Morphology N NOM F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaβασιλεία
Strong'sG932

SIBI-P1 G932-01

kingship

Rootβασιλεία (basileia)
Core Meaningskingship, royal rule, reign, kingdom, realm
Semantic Rangethe act of ruling, royal authority, sovereign dominion, the realm governed by a king, the dynamic reign of God, the eschatological kingdom
Conceptual SignificanceIn the biblical text, βασιλεία is central to the proclamation of God’s redemptive rule—especially in phrases like "the kingship of God." It emphasizes not merely a territory but the active, sovereign reign of God breaking into history and manifesting His authority, justice, and covenant faithfulness.
Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NFS = noun, nominative case, feminine gender, singular number. As nominative singular, it typically functions as the subject or predicate nominative in a clause.
Rendering RationaleThe noun βασιλεία derives from βασιλεύς (king) and fundamentally denotes the state or exercise of being king—"kingship" or "royal rule." Rendering it as "kingship" preserves the abstract sense of reigning authority rather than merely a geographical territory. The form is nominative feminine singular, represented in English as a singular abstract noun functioning as the subject.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root βασιλεία (kingship, royal rule, reign, kingdom, realm)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G932-02 basileian the kingship-realm
G932-03 basileias of the reign

Word Usage (162 occurrences of G932)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 3:2 Βασιλεία basileia kingdom
Matthew 4:8 βασιλείας basileias
Matthew 4:17 Βασιλεία basileia