# βασιλεύω/basileuō
Sometimes this word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 

* This word can mean to be king. 

**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being. 

Sometimes this word is an action. It is a verb. 

* This word can mean to reign or rule as king.

* This word can mean to do something that is somehow like a king reigning or ruling over something.