Dictionary entry

G00937

An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon Keyed to Strong's Numbers

βασιλικός

Etym. like βασίλειος

I. "royal, kingly", Hdt., attic

2. "like a king, kingly, princely", βασιλικώτατος Xen.:—adv., βασιλικῶς "as a king, with kingly authority", id=Hdt.

II. as Subst.,

1. βασιλική (sub. στοά), "a colonnade" at Athens, Plat.; v. στοά.

2. βασιλικός, ὁ, "king's officer", NTest.