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Koine Greek wordlink #88928

SR GNT Acts 8:27 βασιλίσσης (basilissaʸs) ‘eunuch official of Kandakaʸ queen of the Aithiops/(Kūshiy)s who was’ Strongs=9380 Lemma=basilissa
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular

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Only use of identical word form βασιλίσσης (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘βασιλίσσης’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘queen’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘basilissa’ have 2 different glosses: ‘the queen’, ‘queen’.

Greek words (3) other than βασιλίσσης (N-GFS) with a gloss related to ‘queen’

MAT 12:42 βασίλισσα (basilissa) N-NFS ‘the queen of the south will_be_being raised in’ SR GNT Mat 12:42 word 1

LUKE 11:31 βασίλισσα (basilissa) N-NFS ‘the queen of the south will_be_being raised at’ SR GNT Luke 11:31 word 1

REV 18:7 βασίλισσα (basilissa) N-NFS ‘of her she is saying I am sitting queen and a widow not’ SR GNT Rev 18:7 word 23

Key: N=noun GFS=genitive,feminine,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular