βασιλεύω,
(< βασιλεύς), [in LXX for מלךְ, its parts and derivatives, exc. IV Ki 15:5 (ישׁב);]
to be king, to reign, rule: I Ti 6:15; c. gen. (cl.), Mt 2:22; seq. ἐπί, c. acc. (= Heb. מלךְ על; Bl., § 36, 8), Lk 1:3319:14, 27, Ro 5:14; ἐπὶ τ. γῆς, on earth, Re 5:10; of God, Re 11:15, 1719:6; of Christ, Lk 1:33, I Co 15:25, Re 11:15; of Christians, Re 5:1020:4 (constative aor., M, Pr., 130), Re 20:622:5. Metaph., Christians, Ro 5:17, I Co 4:8; θάνατος, Ro 5:14, 17; ἁμαρτία, Ro 5:216:12. Ingressive aor. (M, Pr., 109), to begin to reign: I Co 4:8, Re 11:1719:6 (Cremer, 137).†