Word study · Greek
basileia
kingdom, reign
Say it: bah-see-LAY-ah (approximate)
βασιλεία
What it means
Kingship or reign: God's rule, not mainly a territory. Mark says "kingdom of God," and it's the theme of Jesus' preaching from his first words: "The kingdom of God is at hand" (1:15). The parables in chapter 4 are all about what that rule is like as it arrives.
Range of meaning
- Royal powerThe right and power to rule.
- A realmThe people or territory a king rules.
- God's coming ruleThe age when God's will is done on earth as in heaven.
In Mark
- Chapter 1
"The kingdom of God is at hand" (1:15).
- Chapter 4
Three parables of what the kingdom is like (4:11, 4:26, 4:30).
Every verse (19)
- Mark 1:14
- Mark 1:15
- Mark 3:24
- Mark 4:11
- Mark 4:26
- Mark 4:30
- Mark 6:23
- Mark 9:1
- Mark 9:47
- Mark 10:14
- Mark 10:15
- Mark 10:23
- Mark 10:24
- Mark 10:25
- Mark 11:10
- Mark 12:34
- Mark 13:8
- Mark 14:25
- Mark 15:43
Verses where G0932 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources