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βασιλεία
basileía · Greek · Strong's G932 · 162 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “kingdom”
What it means
properly, royalty, i.e. (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively)
from G935 (βασιλεύς);
How the KJV renders it
kingdom
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“kingdom”
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
Where it appears
162 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 4:20 N-NSF1 Corinthians 6:9 N-ASF1 Corinthians 6:10 N-ASF1 Corinthians 15:24 N-ASF1 Corinthians 15:50 N-ASF1 Thessalonians 2:12 N-ASF2 Peter 1:11 N-ASF2 Thessalonians 1:5 N-GSF2 Timothy 4:1 N-ASF2 Timothy 4:18 N-ASFActs 1:3 N-GSFActs 1:6 N-ASFActs 8:12 N-GSFActs 14:22 N-ASFActs 19:8 N-GSFActs 20:25 N-ASFActs 28:23 N-ASFActs 28:31 N-ASFColossians 1:13 N-ASFColossians 4:11 N-ASFEphesians 5:5 N-DSFGalatians 5:21 N-ASFHebrews 1:8 N-GSFHebrews 11:33 N-APFHebrews 12:28 N-ASFJames 2:5 N-GSFJohn 3:3 N-ASFJohn 3:5 N-ASFJohn 18:36 N-NSFLuke 1:33 N-GSFLuke 4:5 N-APFLuke 4:43 N-ASFLuke 6:20 N-NSFLuke 7:28 N-DSFLuke 8:1 N-ASFLuke 8:10 N-GSFLuke 9:2 N-ASFLuke 9:11 N-GSFLuke 9:27 N-ASFLuke 9:60 N-ASFLuke 9:62 N-DSFLuke 10:9 N-NSFLuke 10:11 N-NSFLuke 11:2 N-NSFLuke 11:17 N-NSFLuke 11:18 N-NSFLuke 11:20 N-NSFLuke 12:31 N-ASFLuke 12:32 N-ASFLuke 13:18 N-NSFLuke 13:20 N-ASFLuke 13:28 N-DSFLuke 13:29 N-DSFLuke 14:15 N-DSFLuke 16:16 N-NSFLuke 17:20 N-NSFLuke 17:21 N-NSFLuke 18:16 N-NSFLuke 18:17 N-ASFLuke 18:24 N-ASF
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