Dictionary entry

βασιλικός

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

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).†