Basileios, kingly, royal.

Basileus, a king, prince, lord. Frequently with collateral sense of Captain or

Judge, later, an hereditary king, then the king's son, prince or any one

sharing in the government, and at Athens, the second of the nine archons.

After the Persian war the king of Persia was called Basileus, so afterward

the Roman Emperors.

Basileutos, under monarchial government.

Basileuo, to be king, to rule, to be made king, to rule over a people, to be

governed or administered, to be of the king's party.

Basilikos, royal, kingly, like a king, kingly, princely.

It will be seen that the primary meaning of all these allied words is king, kingly and

kingdom and this is how a Greek, reading the N.T., would interpret them. The secondary

meanings of rule or government, are the rule or government of such as are kings or kingly

persons. If the word "government" be a truer rendering than the word "kingdom" it is

somewhat strange to find that there are two Hebrew and two Greek words translated

"government", eleven Hebrew and five Greek words translated "governor"; one Chaldee

word, and three different Hebrew words for "to govern", and yet not one uses the Hebrew

word for king or kingdom!  When we turn to the Hebrew word melek, we find it

translated KING 2,518 times and ROYAL twice, while the corresponding Chaldee word

is translated KING 164 times and ROYAL once AND IN NO OTHER WAY.

When we examine the Hebrew melukah, malekuth, mamlakah and mamlakuth, we find

that melukah is translated kingdom 18, king 2, royal 4; malekuth empire 1, kingdom 49,

realm 4, reign 21, royal 14; malekuth (Chaldee) kingdom 46, realm 3, reign 4, kingly 1;

mamlakah kingdom 108, reign 2, kings 1, royal 4; mamlakuth kingdom 8, reign 1, and

these words are translated in no other way! Not once is "government" ever used. We

have not bothered to count these occurrences. The evidence is overwhelming, and the

idea that all this can be set aside by the stroke of the pen, seems too monstrous to need

refutation.

The reader, who is not already predisposed to any particular theory, may wonder what

the driving motive must be that so desperately needs a new translation. This is not all

however. The words king and kingdom do not stand alone. They are most intimately

associated with the insignia of royalty. Throne, Crown, Sceptre are continual adjuncts.

Britain has a Government. The United States has a Government, but we have yet to hear

of the President's Coronation, that he occupies a throne, wields a sceptre, or is royal. We

therefore most earnestly ask every reader to pause and re-consider should they have been

carried away by this novel idea that is refuted by the entire range of Scripture and

consider this, that such a translation actually robs the Saviour of His CROWN RIGHTS.

The church of the One Body is not a kingdom. But the church of the One Body has

the honour to be translated into the kingdom of God's dear Son. The corporation of the

City of London or of Birmingham is a "body", but that does not place these "bodies"

outside of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Let us at least be logical.