βασιλεύς

βασιλεύς, -έως, ὁ,

[in LXX chiefly for מֶלֶךְ ;]

a king: Matt 1,6; 2,1; used by courtesy of Herod the Tetrarch, Matt 14,9 of the Roman Emperor, as frequently in κοινή (Deiss., LAE, p. 367), 1 Pet 2,13, 17; of the Christ, in the phrase ὁ β. τ. Ἰουδαίων, Matt 2,2, al.; τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Mark 15,32, Joh 1,50; 12,13; of God, Matt 5,35, 1 Tim 1,17, Åb 15,3; β. βασιλέων, Åb 17,14; 19,16; β. τ. βασιλευόντων, 1 Tim 6,15 (on the associations of the word to Jewish Hellenists, see Cl. Rev., i, 7).†