Definition

to rule (literally or figuratively)

Etymology

from G935 (βασιλεύς);

Word family

• βασιλεύς basileús

How the KJV renders it

• king
• reign

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.