βασιλεία

βασιλεία, -ας, ἡ

(βασιλεύω), [in LXX chiefly for מַמְלָכָה ,מַלְכוּת ;]

1. prop. abstract, sovereignty, royal power, dominion: Luk 1,33; 22,29, Joh 18,36, ApG 1,6, Hebr 1,8, 1 Kor 15,24; λαβεῖν β., Luk 19,12, 15 Åb 17,12; δοῦναι τὴν, ib. 17; ἔχειν β., ib. 18; ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τ. (εἰς τὴν) β., Matt 16,28, Luk 23,42; β. τ. θεοῦ, Åb 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.): Matt 4,8; 12,25, 26; 24,7, Mark 3,24; 6,23, Luk 4,5, Hebr 11,33, al.;

(b) the royal majesty (cf. our phrase His Majesty), the king himself (τ. σπέρμα τῆς β., 2 Kong 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, Matt 6,33; 12,28, al.; τ. οὐρανῶν, Matt 3,2; 4,17, al.; τ. Χριστοῦ (מַלִכוּת דִמְשִׁיחא, Targ. Jon. on Es 53,10), Ef 5,5; τ. κυρίου, 2 Pet 1,11, Åb 11,15; τ. Δαυείδ, Mark 11,10 absol., ἡ β., Matt 4,23, Jak 2,5, al. The kingdom is regarded as present: Matt 11,12, Luk 17,21, Rom 14,17, al.; as that which is to be consummated in the future, Matt 6,10, Mark 9,1, Joh 3,5, 2 Pet 1,11, al. Noteworthy phrases are: ζητεῖν τὴν β., Matt 6,33 δέχεσθαι, Mark 10,15 κλρονομεῖν, Matt 25,34 διδόναι, Luk 12,32; παραλαμβάνειν, Hebr 12,28 αὐτῶν (τοιούτων) εστὶν ἡ β., Matt 5,3, 10; 19,14, Mark 10,14, Luk 18,16; διὰ τὴν β., Matt 19,12 ἕνεκεν τῆς β., Luk 18,29 εὐαγγελίζεσθαι, κηρύσσειν, διαγγέλλειν τὴν β., Luk 4,43; 9,2, 60; ἤγγικεν ἡ β., Matt 3,2, Mark 1,15; κλεῖς τῆς β., Matt 16,10 κλείειν τὴν β., Matt 23,14 υἱοὶ τῆς β., Matt 8,12; 13,38 (cf. Cremer, 132, 658).