King of the Jews

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honorific title royal title

King of the Jews is a royal title historically associated with the ruler of Judea, most notably used for Herod the Great in the late first century BCE.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
King of Judea	3
Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum	1
Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorific title ⓘ royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Judea ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup	Jews ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ
associatedWithHistoricalRegion	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
associatedWithReligion	Judaism ⓘ
contextOfUse	Roman rule in Judea ⓘ
governsOver	Jewish people in Judea ⓘ
hasAlternativeRendering	King of the Judaeans ⓘ
hasBiblicalSignificance	New Testament ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance	Christianity ⓘ Jewish history ⓘ
hasDebatedInterpretation	ethnic versus territorial meaning of "Jews" ⓘ
hasGreekForm	Βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων ⓘ
hasHebrewForm	מלך היהודים ⓘ
hasHistoricalDebate	extent of actual political use as formal title ⓘ
hasIconographicUse	Christian art ⓘ
hasLatinForm	Rex Iudaeorum ⓘ
hasStatus	political title ⓘ religious title ⓘ
hasTypeOfAuthority	monarchical authority ⓘ
historicallyConnectedTo	Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ Herodian dynasty ⓘ
inscriptionAssociatedWith	INRI ⓘ
inscriptionExpandedAs	INRI ⓘ surface form: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum
isTitleFor	ruler of Judea ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Latin ⓘ
linkedConcept	Solemnity of Christ the King ⓘ surface form: Christ the King Messiah ⓘ
mentionedIn	Gospel of John ⓘ Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
notablyAppliedTo	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
notablyHeldBy	Herod the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalConnotation	claim to rule over the Jewish people ⓘ
relatedTitle	King of Israel ⓘ King of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: King of Judea
religiousConnotation	messianic expectation ⓘ
timeOfProminentUse	Second Temple Judaism ⓘ surface form: Second Temple period
usedAsChargeAgainst	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
usedBy	Jewish population ⓘ Roman authorities ⓘ
usedInHistoricalPeriod	late first century BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Herodium → builderTitle → King of the Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Judea

INRI → meaningInEnglish → King of the Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews

Herod the Great → nobleTitle → King of the Jews ⓘ

INRI → refersToTitle → King of the Jews ⓘ

King of the Jews → relatedTitle → King of the Jews self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Judea

INRI → standsFor → King of the Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum

Antigonus II Mattathias → title → King of the Jews ⓘ

Herod Agrippa I → title → King of the Jews ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Judea