βᾰσιλ-είᾱ,
Ionic dialect βᾰσιλ-ηΐη, ἡ, kingdom, dominion, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.11, etc.; παιδὸς ἡ β. 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; hereditary monarchy, opposed to τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13; βασιλείας εἴδη τέτταρα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1285b20 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, [[[prev. work] 1297b17: _metaphorically_, ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς β. NT.Rev.1.6; β. τῶν οὐρανῶν NT.Matt.3.2; τοῦ θεοῦ [prev. work] 6.33, etc. ] NT]
__2 kingly office, β. καὶ στρατηγία [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1273a37. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.3.1. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 passive, being ruled by a king, τῆς ὑπ᾽ ἐκείνου βασιλείας [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.43. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II diadem, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.47, “OGI” 90.43 (from Rosetta). ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III reign, [[[prev. work]331.40 (Pergam.), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.1, “POxy.” 1257.7 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of “VT”; accession to the throne, [[ “BGU” 646.12 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV concrete, His Majesty, [[ LXX.2Ki.11.1, LXX.1Mac.6.47. ] LXX]