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Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: βασιλικός; -ή, -όν

Related lemmas: βασιλεύω

Sense 1: royal, kingly

Semantic entry: 37.69

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Rule, Govern

Definition: pertaining to a king

Notes: The expression ‘his royal robes’ may be rendered as ‘his clothing which he had as king,’ and the phrase ‘the royal priesthood’ may be rendered as ‘priests who are like kings.’

ACT 12:20: RV ACT 12:20 · LV ACT 12:20 · Read together ACT 12:20

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OET-RV ACT 12:20

20 Now King Herodes (Herod) was disputing with the people of Tsor (Tyre) and Tsidon (Sidon), and so they got together and persuaded Blastos, a close personal servant of the king, to be their spokesman in asking for peace because they were dependent on food from the king’s provinces.

OET-LV ACT 12:20

20 And he _was raging with_the_Turos/(Tsor) and Sidōn/(Tsīdōn)ians, and with _one _accord they _were _coming to him, and having _persuaded Blastos, who was over the bedchamber of _the king, they _were _requesting peace, because _of that the region of _them to _be _being _nourished by the royal.

ACT 12:21: RV ACT 12:21 · LV ACT 12:21 · Read together ACT 12:21

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OET-RV ACT 12:21

21 On the agreed day, Herodes, dressed in his royal garments and seated on his throne, started to address them.

OET-LV ACT 12:21

21 And on_the_appointed day, the Haʸrōdaʸs, having _dressed _in the_royal clothing, having _sat _down on the tribunal, was _publicly _addressing to them.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: RV ACT 12:20–21 · LV ACT 12:20–21 · Read together ACT 12:20–21

JAM: RV JAM 2:8 · LV JAM 2:8 · Read together JAM 2:8

Form 2

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: βασιλικός; -οῦ

Related lemmas: βασιλεύω

Sense 1: royal official, official of a king

Semantic entry: 37.84

Semantic domains: Control, Rule

Subdomains: Rule, Govern

Definition: an official directly responsible to a king

JHN 4:46: RV JHN 4:46 · LV JHN 4:46 · Read together JHN 4:46

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OET-RV JHN 4:46

46 So he went again to Kana there in Galil where he had made the water into wine. Now there was a royal official there, whose son in Kafarnaoum (Capernaum) was ill.

OET-LV JHN 4:46

46 Therefore he _came back to the Kana of_ the _Galilaia, where he _made the water wine.
And was a_certain royal official, of _whose the son was _ailing in Kafarnaʼoum.

JHN 4:49: RV JHN 4:49 · LV JHN 4:49 · Read together JHN 4:49

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OET-RV JHN 4:49

49 But the official begged him, “Sir, please come before my child dies.”

OET-LV JHN 4:49

49 The royal official is _saying to him:
Master, come _down before the little _child of _me to _die _off.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

βασιλικός

Form 1

Sense 1: royal, kingly

Form 2

Sense 1: royal official, official of a king