ας (ἡ) [ᾰῐ]
   I royauté, HDT. 2, 120 ; THC. 2, 95 ; XÉN. Cyr. 8, 7, 13 ; 8, 8, 1, etc. ; p. suite :
      1 le roi, SPT. 1Macc. 6, 47 ; 8, 18 ; NT. Apoc. 1, 6 ; DL. 5, 19 ; etc. ; plur. αἱ βασιλεῖαι, SPT. Reg. tit. les Livres des Rois ;
      2 royaume, HDT. 4, 5 ; 4, 7 ; DS. 20, 25 ; SPT. 1Macc. 1, 16, etc. ;
      3 insigne de la royauté, diadème, DS. 1, 47 ;
   II fonction de l’archonte-roi, à Athènes, PAUS. 1, 2, 3, ou d’un magistrat d’Éphèse, DL. 9, 8.

➳ Ion. βασιληΐη, HDT. ll. cc.

Étym. βασιλεύς.

Ion. βασιληΐη, ἡ, kingdom, dominion, Hdt. 1.11, etc. ; παιδὸς ἡ β. Heraclit. 52; hereditary monarchy, opp. τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. Th. 1.13; βασιλείας εἴδη τέτταρα Arist. Pol. 1285b20; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, ib. 1297b17; metaph, ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς β. Apoc. 1.6; β. τῶν οὐρανῶν Ev. Matt. 3.2; τοῦ θεοῦ ib. 6.33, etc.
kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία Arist. Pol. 1273a37. at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, Paus. 1.3.1. Pass., being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπ’ ἐκείνου βασιλείας Isoc. 9.43.
diadem, D.S. 1.47, OGI 90.43 (Rosetta).
reign, ib. 331.40 (Pergam.), D.S. 17.1, POxy. 1257.7 (iii AD); so αἱ β.
the reigns of the Kings, title of book of VT; accession to the throne, BGU 646.12 (ii AD). concrete, His Majesty, LXX 4 Ki. 11.1, 1 Ma. 6.47.

ἡ,
1) die Königsherrschaft, das Königtum, ion. βασιληΐη, Her. 1.11 u. öfter ; Thuc. 2.95 ; βασιλείαν βασιλεύεσθαι, ἄρχειν, Plat. Legg. III.680e ; Polit. 269a ; – das Königreich, bes. bei Sp. für das Land.
2) das Amt des Archon βασιλεύς, Paus. 1.2.3.
3) das Diadem, βασ. ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς DS. 1.47.

βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ
(< βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה ,מַלְכוּת ;]
__1. prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion: Luk.1:33 22:29, Jhn.18:36, Act.1:6, Heb.1:8, 1Co.15:24; λαβεῖν β., Luk.19:12, 15 Rev.17:12; δοῦναι τὴν, ib. 17; ἔχειν β., ib. 18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β., Mat.16:28, Luk.23:42; β. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.12:10.
__2. By meton., concrete (MM, Exp., x),
__(a) a kingdom, the territory or people over whom the king rules (Est.5:3, al.): Mat.4:8 12:25, 26 24:7, Mrk.3:24 6:23, Luk.4:5, Heb.11:33, al.;
__(b) the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty), the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 4Ki.11:1).
__3. In LXX (Wis.6:5, Tob.13:1, al.), Targ. and NT, of the Messianic rule and kingdom, ἡ β. τ. θεοῦ, τ. οὐρανῶν (Heb. מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם, Aram. מַלְכוּתָא דִשׁמַיָּא; see Dalman, Words, 91-147; Cremer, 132, 658), the kingdom of God (on the equivalence of the two phrases, see Dalman, op. cit., 93, 218f.); τ. θεοῦ, Mat.6:33 12:28, al.; τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.3:2 4:17, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ (מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא, Targ. Jon. on Isa.53:10), Eph.5:5; τ. κυρίου, 2Pe.1:11, Rev.11:15; τ. Δαυείδ, Mrk.11:10; absol., ἡ β., Mat.4:23, Jas.2:5, al. The kingdom is regarded as present: Mat.11:12, Luk.17:21, Rom.14:17, al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future, Mat.6:10, Mrk.9:1, Jhn.3:5, 2Pe.1:11, al. Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β., Mat.6:33; δέχεσθαι, Mrk.10:15; κλρονομεῖν, Mat.25:34; διδόναι, Lk 12:32; παραλαμβάνειν, Heb.12:28; αὐτῶν (τοιούτων) εστὶν ἡ β., Mat.5:3, 10 19:14, Mrk.10:14, Luk.18:16; διὰ τὴν β., Mat.19:12; ἕνεκεν τῆς β., Luk.18:29; εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, κηρύσσειν, διαγγέλλειν τὴν β., Luk.4:43 9:2, 60; ἤγγικεν ἡ β., Mat.3:2, Mrk.1:15; κλεῖς τῆς β., Mat.16:10; κλείειν τὴν β., Mat.23:14; υἱοὶ τῆς β., Mat.8:12 13:38 (cf. Cremer, 132, 658).
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