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Strong's #933 - βασίλειον
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- the royal palace
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βᾰσίλ-ειον,
Ion. βᾰσιλ-ήϊον, τό,
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1. kingly dwelling, palace, X. Cyr. 2.4.3, etc.; more common in pl., Hdt. 1.30, 178, Arist. Oec. 1352a11, etc. seat of empire, capital, Plb. 3.15.3, D.S. 19.18, Str. 1.2.25.
2. royal treasury, Hdt. 2.149: pl., Isoc. 3.31.
II tiara, diadem, LXX 2 Kings 1:10, Roussel Cultes Égyptiens 233 (Delos, ii B.C.), OGI 90.45 (Rosetta), Plu. 2.358d, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11, Horap. 1.15: metaph., τὸ β. τῆς εὐπρεπείας diadem of beauty, LXX Wi. 5.16.
III = ἅλιμος, Ps.- Dsc. 1.91; = λευκόϊον, Id. 3.123. Βασίλεια, τά, festival of Zeus Basileus, in Boeotia, IG 7.552, Sch. Pi. O. 7.153, IG 12(1).78; at Olbia, IPE 1.105.
βασίλειον , -ου , τό
(< βασίλειος , q.v.),
[in LXX for H1964 (Nahum 2:6, Daniel 6:18*), H4467 (1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 14:8, 2 Kings 15:19 *), etc.;]
1. a capital city.
2. Freq. in pl., τὰ . β ., a palace: Luke 7:25.†
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