βασιλεύω, (βασιλεύς),
[in LXX for מלךְ, its parts and derivatives, exc. 4Ki.15:5 (ישׁב) ;]
to be king, to reign, rule: 1Ti.6:15; with genitive (cl.), Mat.2:22; before ἐπί, with accusative (= Heb. מלךְ על; Bl., §36, 8), Luk.1:33 19:14, 27 Rom.5:14; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς, on earth, Rev.5:10; of God, Rev.11:15, 17 19:6; of Christ, Luk.1:33, 1Co.15:25, Rev.11:15; of Christians, Rev.5:10 20:4 (constative aor., M, Pr., 130), ib. 6 22:5. Metaphorical, Christians, Rom.5:17, 1Co.4:8; θάνατος, Rom.5:14, 17; ἁμαρτία, Rom.5:21 6:12. Ingressive aor. (M, Pr., 109), to begin to reign: 1Co.4:8, Rev.11:17 19:6 (Cremer, 137).†
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