βασιλεύω

βασιλεύω, (βασιλεύς),

[in LXX for מלךְ, its parts and derivatives, exc. 2 Kong 15,5 (ישׁב) ;]

to be king, to reign, rule: 1 Tim 6,15 with genitive (cl.), Matt 2,22 before ἐπί, with accusative (= Heb. מלךְ על; Bl., §36, 8), Luk 1,33; 19,14, 27 Rom 5,14; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς, on earth, Åb 5,10 of God, Åb 11,15, 17; 19,6; of Christ, Luk 1,33, 1 Kor 15,25, Åb 11,15; of Christians, Åb 5,10; 20,4 (constative aor., M, Pr., 130), ib. 6 22:5. Metaphorical, Christians, Rom 5,17, 1 Kor 4,8 θάνατος, Rom 5,14, 17; ἁμαρτία, Rom 5,21; 6,12. Ingressive aor. (M, Pr., 109), to begin to reign: 1 Kor 4,8, Åb 11,17; 19,6 (Cremer, 137).†