A.kingdom, dominion, Hdt.1.11, etc.; “παιδὸς ἡ β.” Heraclit.52; hereditary monarchy, opp. “τυραννίς, ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ β.” Th.1.13; “βασιλείας εἴδη τέτταρα” Arist.Pol.1285b20; ἡ πρώτη πολιτεία μετὰ τὰς β. after the age of monarchies, ib.1297b17: metaph., “ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς β.” Apoc.1.6; “β. τῶν οὐρανῶν” Ev.Matt.3.2; τοῦ θεοῦ ib.6.33, etc.
2. kingly office, “β. καὶ στρατηγία” Arist.Pol.1273a37.
3. at Athens, the office of the archon βασιλεύς, Paus.1.3.1.
II. diadem, D.S.1.47, OGI90.43 (Rosetta).
III. reign, ib.331.40 (Pergam.), D.S.17.1, POxy.1257.7(iii A. D.); so αἱ β. the reigns of the Kings, title of book of VT; accession to the throne, BGU646.12 (ii A. D.).
IV. concrete, His Majesty, LXX 4 Ki.11.1, 1 Ma.6.47.