1) royal power, kingship, dominion, rule
1a) not to be confused with an actual kingdom but rather the right or authority to rule over a kingdom
1b) of the royal power of Jesus as the triumphant Messiah
1c) of the royal power and dignity conferred on Christians in the Messiah's kingdom
2) a kingdom, the territory subject to the rule of a king
3) used in the N.T. to refer to the reign of the Messiah
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 1:579, 97
G932
From G935; properly royalty, that is, (abstractly) rule, or (concretely) a realm (literally or figuratively): - kingdom, + reign.
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| b kingdom | 1.82 |
| (υἱοὶ τῆς βασιλείας) people of God | 11.13 |
| a reign | 37.64 |
| (λαμβάνω βασιλείαν) become a king | 37.65 |
| (διατίθεμαι βασιλείαν) give right to rule | 37.105 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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