βασιλεία

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kingdom

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). (AS)