"king of kings" meaning in English

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Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|king of kinges}} king of kinges, {{noncog|pal|𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠|gloss=king of kings|sc=Phli|tr=šāhān-šāh}} Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh, “king of kings”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} king of kings
  1. The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:
    Sense id: en-king_of_kings-en-name-vTVNtFBT
  2. The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:
    (Christianity) Jesus Christ.
    Categories (topical): Christianity, Heads of state, Monarchy, People
    Sense id: en-king_of_kings-en-name-aLV-ZH4I Disambiguation of Heads of state: 17 66 17 Disambiguation of Monarchy: 20 60 20 Disambiguation of People: 9 81 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 63 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 60 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 68 7 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 12 80 8 Topics: Christianity

Noun

Forms: kings of kings [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|king of kinges}} king of kinges, {{noncog|pal|𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠|gloss=king of kings|sc=Phli|tr=šāhān-šāh}} Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh, “king of kings”) Head templates: {{en-noun|kings of kings}} 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): 𒈗𒊭𒈗𒈨𒌍 (šar šarrāni) (Akkadian), ንጉሠ ነገሥት (nəguśä nägäśt) (Amharic), βασιλεύς τῶν βασιλέων (basileús tôn basiléōn) (Ancient Greek), مَلِكُ الْمُلُوكِ (maliku l-mulūki) [masculine] (Arabic), արքայից արքա (arkʿayicʿ arkʿa) (Armenian), শাহেনশাহ (śahenośah) (Bengali), цар на царете (car na carete) (Bulgarian), rei de reis (Catalan), 萬王之王 (Chinese Mandarin), 万王之王 (wànwángzhīwáng) (Chinese Mandarin), král králů (Czech), kongernes konge (Danish), koning der koningen (Dutch), kuningasten kuningas (Finnish), roi des rois (French), König der Könige (German), βασιλέας των βασιλέων (vasiléas ton vasiléon) (Greek), מלך המלכים (mélekh ha-m'lakhím) (Hebrew), शहंशाह (śahañśāh) [masculine] (Hindi), शाहंशाह (śāhañśāh) [masculine] (Hindi), शहनशाह (śahanśāh) [masculine] (Hindi), सम्राट (samrāṭ) [masculine] (Hindi), चक्रवर्ती (cakravartī) [masculine] (Hindi), राजाधिराज (rājādhirāj) [masculine] (Hindi), महाराज (mahārāj) [masculine] (Hindi), महाराजा (mahārājā) [masculine] (Hindi), királyok királya (Hungarian), rajadiraja (Indonesian), re dei re (Italian), rex regum (Latin), karaļu karalis (Latvian), karalių karalius (Lithuanian), 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (šāhān-šāh) (Middle Persian), kongenes konge (Norwegian Bokmål), թագաւորաց թագաւոր (tʿagaworacʿ tʿagawor) (Old Armenian), արքայից արքայ (arkʿayicʿ arkʿay) (Old Armenian), 𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶 (XŠ : XŠ-a-n-a-m) (Old Persian), شاهنشاه (šâhanšâh) (Persian), król królow (Polish), rei dos reis (Portuguese), rege al regilor (Romanian), царь царе́й (carʹ caréj) [masculine] (Russian), राजाधिराज (rājādhirāja) [masculine] (Sanskrit), краљ краљева [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), kralj kraljeva [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kráľ kráľov (Slovak), rey de reyes (Spanish), konungarnas konung (Swedish), hari ng mga hari (Tagalog), цар царів (car cariv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), شہنشاہ (śehanśāh) (Urdu)
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      "word": "𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶"
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      "word": "konungarnas konung"
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