Rex Iudaeorum

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Latin phrase inscription

Rex Iudaeorum is the Latin phrase meaning "King of the Jews," famously associated with the inscription placed on the cross of Jesus in Christian tradition.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of Judea 3
Rex Iudaeorum canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin phrase ⓘ
inscription ⓘ
abbreviationRelatedTo INRI ⓘ
appearsIn Gospel of John ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ
Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
associatedWith Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth

Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: crucifixion of Jesus
category Biblical Latin ⓘ
Christian inscriptions ⓘ
Kingship of Jesus ⓘ
surface form: Titles of Jesus
grammaticalCase genitive plural (Iudaeorum) ⓘ
nominative singular (Rex) ⓘ
grammaticalNumber singular ⓘ
hasTheologicalSignificance affirmation of Jesus’ messianic kingship ⓘ
mocking political charge against Jesus ⓘ
hasTranslation King of the Jews ⓘ
surface form: King of the Jews (English)

König der Juden ⓘ
Prince of Judea ⓘ
surface form: Rey de los Judíos

King of the Jews ⓘ
surface form: Roi des Juifs
historicalContext Roman crucifixion practice ⓘ
inscriptionLocation Christian cross ⓘ
surface form: cross of Jesus
inscriptionType titulus crucis ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
meaning King of the Jews ⓘ
partOf crucifixion narrative ⓘ
refersTo Jews ⓘ
surface form: Jewish people

kingship of Jesus ⓘ
relatedConcept Christ the King ⓘ
Messiah ⓘ
Passion of Christ ⓘ
relatedPhrase INRI ⓘ
surface form: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
scriptureContext New Testament ⓘ
semanticField Christology ⓘ
religion ⓘ
royalty ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century context ⓘ
usedAs title of Jesus ⓘ
usedBy Pontius Pilate ⓘ
surface form: Pontius Pilate (ascribed in Gospel narratives)
usedIn Christian art ⓘ
Christian iconography ⓘ
Christian liturgy ⓘ
writtenInCharacters Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King of the Jews → hasLatinForm → Rex Iudaeorum ⓘ
Agrippa → title → Rex Iudaeorum ⓘ
subject surface form: Herod Agrippa I
this entity surface form: King of Judea
Alexander Yannai → positionHeld → Rex Iudaeorum ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Judea
Mariamne bat Simon ben Boethus → spouseOccupation → Rex Iudaeorum ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Judea