βασιλικός, -7, -dv, of or belonging to a king, kingly, royal, regal; of a man, the officer or minister of a prince, a courtier: Jn. iv. 46, 49, (Polyb. 4, 76, 2; Plut. Sol. 27; often in Joseph.). subject to a king: of a country, Acts xii. 20. befitting or worthy of a king, royal: ἐσθής, Acts xii. 21. Hence metaph. principal, chief: νόμος, Jas. ii. 8 (Plat. Min. p. 317 ο. τὸ ὀρθὸν νόμος ἐστὶ βασιλικός, Xen. symp. 1, 8 βασιλικὸν κάλλος ; 4 Mace. xiv. 2).

βασιλικός basilikos 5x

royal, regal, Acts 12:20, 21; βασιλικός, used as a subst. a person attached to the king, courtier, Jn. 4:46, 49; met. royal, of the highest excellence, Jas. 2:8*

βασιλικός, -ή, -όν

(< βασιλεύς), [in LXX for מֶלֶךְ and its cognates;]

royal, belonging to a king: χώρα, Ac 12:20; ἐσθής, Ac 12:21; νόμος β., a supreme law, "a law which governs other laws and so has a specially regal character" (Hort), or because made by a king (LAE, p. 3673), Ja 2:8; τις, one in the service of a king, a courtier, Jo 4:46, 49 (WH, mg., βασιλίσκος).†

βασιλικός is exceedingly common, but we may note P Petr III. 315 (B.C. 240) πορευομένου ἐπὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς ὁδοῦ as coeval with the almost identical phrase of the LXX in Num 20!7. This phrase at a later time was used to render wa γέρας, a Roman road built by the Emperor: see Ramsay CRE, p- 32ff-, where a Latin inser. from Pisidia brings the original back to the time of Augustus. The adj. is applied to the revenue in P Petr III. 261° ὁ πράκτωρ ὃ ἐπὶ τῶν βασιλικιῶὴν προσόδων τεταγμένος, ‘the officer appointed to collect the royal revenues”; Chrves¢. I. 198}* (B.c. 240) τῶι ἐμ Βουβάστωι βασιλικῶι θησαυρῶι. In a papyrus of

βασιλικός (basilikos) — royal. βᾰσῐλ-ικός, ή, όν, royal, kingly, ποιέεις οὐδαμῶς -κά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; β. [μοναρχία] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to τυραννικός, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; βασιλικοὶ ἀπέβησαν proved themselves truly kingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+], ἡ, art of ruling, [Refs]: comparative -ώτερος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: superlative βασιλικώτατος καὶ ἄρχειν ἀξιώτατος [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -κῶς, παρών as a king, with kingly authority, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. of or belonging to a king, οἱ β. the king's friends or officers, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἐγκλήματα β. charges of high-treason, [Refs]; ὀφειλήματα β. debts to the king,[Refs]; γραμματεύς[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; γεωργοί [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὁδὸς β. the king's highway, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; μὴ εἶναι β. ἀτραπὸν ἐπὶ γεωμετρίαν no royal road, [NT+3rd c.BC+]; αἱ β. βίβλοι the books of Kings, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. choice [Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. κάρυα β. walnuts, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

4. b β. κύμινον, ={ἄμι}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II. as substantive,

II.1. βασιλικός (i.e. γραμματεύς), ὁ, official in Egyptian νομοί, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

II.1. b (i.e. οἶκος) basilica, [Refs]

II.1. c (i.e. ὄρνις) ={ἀκαλανθίς}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.1. d (i.e. ἀστήρ) ={βασιλίσκος} see, [Refs]

II.2. βασιλικὴ στοά hall divided into aisles by columns, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; β. alone, [Refs], Latin basilica, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.3. βασιλικόν (i.e. ταμιεῖον), τό, treasury, εἰς τὸ β. ἀπομετρῆσαι, τελεῖν, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; royal bank, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

II.3. b (i.e. δῶμα) palace, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II.3. c (i.e. πρόσταγμα) royal decree, [LXX]

II.3. d (i.e. φάρμακον) name for various remedies, ={τετραφάρμακον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of other compounds, [Refs]; a plaster, [Refs]; an eyesalve, [Refs] a bandage, [Refs]

II.3. e (i.e. φυτόν) basil, Ocimum basilicum, [Refs]

II.3. f βασιλικά, τά, communications received from kings, [Refs]; also, interests or revenues of the crown, [LXX+3rd c.BC+]; prerogatives, [Refs]