Strong's Definition
neuter of 934; a palace
KJV Usage: king's court
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | βασιλεύω
37.69 · Control, Rule · Rule, Govern
royal, kingly pertaining to a king The expression ‘his royal robes’ may be rendered as ‘his clothing which he had as king,’ and the phrase ‘the royal priesthood’ may be rendered as ‘priests who are like kings.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
βασίλειος, (rarely -eia), -evov, royal, kingly, regal: 1 Pet. ii. 9. As subst. τὸ βασίλειον (Xen. Cyr. 2, 4, 3; Prov. xviii. 19 Sept.; Joseph. antt. 6, 12,4), and much oftener (fr. Hdt. 1, 30 down) in plur. τὰ βασίλεια (Sept. Esth. i. 9, etc.), the royal palace: Lk. vii. 25 [A. V. kings’ courts |.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βασίλειος basileios 2x
royal, regal; met. possessed of high prerogatives and distinction, 1 Pet. 2:9; τὰ βασίλεια, i.e. δώματα, regal mansion, palaces, Lk. 7:25*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βασίλειον, -ου, τό
(< βασίλειος, q.v.), [in LXX for הֵיכָל (Na 2:6, Da 6:18*), מַמְלָכָה (III Ki 3:1 14:8, IV Ki 15:19*), etc.;]
a capital city.
Freq. in pl., τὰ β., a palace: Lk 7:25.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βασίλειος. Syl/ 226% (iii/B.C.) πραθέντος τε τοῦ στόλου εἰς βασίλεια, Dittenberger quotes Boeckh as arguing from the absence of the article that β. was here almost a proper name, as in Herod. iv. 20: 1). however is not convinced that the reference is to the same place. P Petr II. 23 (2)* shows βασίλειος qualifying γραμματεύς, instead of the regular βασιλικός. In the magic papyrus P Lond 46% (iv/a.D.) (=I. p. 79) βασίλιον is used with a symbol which the editor understands as= “ sceptre” : cf. Wisd 51° τὸ βασίλειον τῆς εὐπρεπείας, “' the crown of royal dignity.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βασίλειον (basileion) — palace. βᾰσίλ-ειον, Ionic dialect βᾰσιλ-ήϊον, τό, kingly dwelling, palace, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; more common in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __b seat of empire, capital, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. royal treasury, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. tiara, diadem, [LXX], Roussel Cultes Égyptiens [Refs 2nd c.BC+] diadem of beauty, [LXX]
III. ={ἅλιμος}, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]; ={λευκόϊον}, [Refs]
IV. Βασίλεια, τά, festival of Zeus Basileus, in Boeotia, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
