This word comes from the name of Queen of Sheba.
Definition
βασίλισσα, -ης, ἡ (in Attic, βασιλεία, βασιλίς),
[in LXX chiefly for מַלְכָּה ;]
a queen: Matthew 12:42, Luke 11:31, Acts 8:27, Revelation 18:7.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Matthew 12:42βασίλισσα · The QueenThe Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- Luke 11:31Βασίλισσα · The QueenThe Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.
- Acts 8:27βασιλίσσης · queenSo he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official in charge of the entire treasury of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians. He had gone to Jerusalem to worship,
- Revelation 18:7βασίλισσα · [as] queenAs much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’