βᾰσίλ-ειον,
Ion. βᾰσιλ-ήϊον, τό,
I
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 [2Ki 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.
G933, G934
βασίλειος basileios 2x
royal, regal; met. possessed of high prerogatives and distinction, [1Pe 2:9]; τὰ βασίλεια, i.e. δώματα, regal mansion, palaces, [Luk 7:25]
βασίλειον , - ου , τό
( < βασίλειος , q.v. ),
[in LXX for H1964 ([Nah 2:6], [Dan 6:18] * ), H4467 ( 1Ki 3:1 ; [1Ki 14:8], [2Ki 15:19] * ), etc.;]
1. a capital city.
2. Freq. in p1., τὰ . β ., a palace: [Luk 7:25]. †