English
Etymology
Attested in Middle English as king of kinges. An ancient formula which seems to have originated in a Semitic language of the Ancient Near East; see Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh, “king of kings”) for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
king of kings (plural kings of kings)
- A king who has other kings as subjects; an emperor.
- Synonym: high king
- Hyponyms: maharajadhiraja, rajadhiraja, shahanshah
1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, →ISBN, page 379:He wants to be Ozymandias, King of Kings.
Translations
king who has other kings as subjects
— see also shahanshah
- Akkadian: 𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍 (šar šarrāni)
- Amharic: ንጉሠ ነገሥት (nəguśä nägäśt)
- Arabic: مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ m (maliku l-mulūki)
- Armenian: արքայից արքա (arkʻayicʻ arkʻa)
- Old Armenian: թագաւորաց թագաւոր (tʻagaworacʻ tʻagawor), արքայից արքայ (arkʻayicʻ arkʻay)
- Bengali: শাহেনশাহ (śahenośah)
- Bulgarian: цар на царете (car na carete)
- Catalan: rei de reis
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 萬王之王 / 万王之王 (wànwángzhīwáng), 眾王之王 / 众王之王 (zhòngwángzhīwáng)
- Czech: král králů
- Danish: kongernes konge
- Dutch: koning der koningen
- Finnish: kuningasten kuningas
- French: roi des rois
- German: König der Könige
- Greek: βασιλέας των βασιλέων (vasiléas ton vasiléon)
- Ancient Greek: βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλέων (basileùs tôn basiléōn)
- Hebrew: מלך המלכים (mélekh ha-m'lakhím)
- Hindi: शहंशाह (hi) m (śahañśāh), शाहंशाह (hi) m (śāhañśāh), शहनशाह m (śahanśāh), सम्राट m (samrāṭ), चक्रवर्ती (hi) m (cakravartī), राजाधिराज (hi) m (rājādhirāj), महाराज (hi) m (mahārāj), महाराजा m (mahārājā)
- Hungarian: királyok királya
- Indonesian: rajadiraja
- Italian: re dei re
- Kazakh: шаһиншаһ (şahinşah), шаһаншаһ (şahanşah), патшалардың патшасы (patşalardyñ patşasy)
- Latin: rēx rēgum
- Latvian: karaļu karalis
- Lithuanian: karalių karalius
- Malay: raja segala raja
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kongenes konge
- Persian: شاهنشاه (fa) (šâhanšâh)
- Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh)
- Old Persian: 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (XŠ : XŠ-a-n-a-m)
- Polish: król królow
- Portuguese: rei dos reis
- Romanian: rege al regilor
- Russian: царь царе́й m (carʹ caréj)
- Sanskrit: राजाधिराज (sa) m (rājādhirāja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: краљ краљева
- Latin: kralj kraljeva
- Slovak: kráľ kráľov
- Spanish: rey de reyes
- Swedish: konungarnas konung
- Tagalog: hari ng mga hari
- Ukrainian: цар царів m (car cariv)
- Urdu: شہنشاہ (śehanśāh)
|
Proper noun
king of kings
- The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:
- Synonym: high king
- God.
- (Christianity) Jesus Christ.
- Synonym: Lord of Lords
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 17:14:These shal make warre with the Lambe, and the Lambe shal ouercome them: For he is Lord of Lords, and King of kings, and they that are with him, are called, & chosen, and faithfull.
See also