king of kings

See also: King of Kings

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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.

Noun

king of kings (plural kings of kings)

1. A king who has other kings as subjects; an emperor.

Hyponyms

• shahanshah

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) 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: βασιλεύς τῶν βασιλέων (basileús 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 Latin: rex regum 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 Roman: 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

1. The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:
   1. (Christianity) Jesus Christ.
      • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 17:14:

        These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.