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.,
2Ki.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,
Luk.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)
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