"king of kings" meaning in English

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          "roman": "car na carete",
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          "word": "цар на царете"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rei de reis"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "萬王之王"
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          "roman": "wànwángzhīwáng",
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "král králů"
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          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "kongernes konge"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "kuningasten kuningas"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "roi des rois"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "König der Könige"
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vasiléas ton vasiléon",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "βασιλέας των βασιλέων"
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          "roman": "basileús tôn basiléōn",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "βασιλεύς τῶν βασιλέων"
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          "roman": "mélekh ha-m'lakhím",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "מלך המלכים"
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "śahañśāh",
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          "roman": "śahanśāh",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "samrāṭ",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
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          "roman": "mahārājā",
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "királyok királya"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rajadiraja"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "re dei re"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rex regum"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "raja segala raja"
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          "roman": "šâhanšâh",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "شاهنشاه"
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          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "roman": "šāhān-šāh",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠"
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          "lang": "Old Persian",
          "roman": "XŠ : XŠ-a-n-a-m",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "𐏋 𐏐 𐏋𐎠𐎴𐎠𐎶"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "król królow"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rei dos reis"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rege al regilor"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "carʹ caréj",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "царь царе́й"
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          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rājādhirāja",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "राजाधिराज"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "краљ краљева"
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          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kralj kraljeva"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "kráľ kráľov"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "rey de reyes"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "konungarnas konung"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "hari ng mga hari"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "car cariv",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "цар царів"
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          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "śehanśāh",
          "sense": "king who has other kings as subjects — see also shahanshah",
          "word": "شہنشاہ"
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        "The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:",
        "Jesus Christ."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Jesus Christ",
          "Jesus Christ"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "The title of an individual king who has other kings as subjects; in particular:",
        "(Christianity) Jesus Christ."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Ancient Near East",
    "king of kings"
  ],
  "word": "king of kings"
}