basilikos (Joh_4:46-53). Rather "royal courtier"; perhaps at Herod Antipas' court. Conjectured to be Chuza's husband (Luk_8:3).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
The word so rendered in Joh_4:46, probably signifies one belonging to the court. This person was, therefore, probably of the court of Herod Antipas, who reigned over Galilee and Per?a.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Nobleman
is the rendering of the A. V. at Joh_4:46, of βασιλικός, which is somewhat various in signification: 1, descended from a king; 2, one belonging to the court; 3, a soldier of the king, in which sense it often occurs in Josephus. The second signification seems, however, to be the prevalent one; and the Greek interpreters also favor it. See Robinson, N.T. Lex. s.v. Munter found it likewise in inscriptions. The Syriac has here a royal servant; the Ethiopic, a royal house-servant. This person was, therefore, probably of the court of Herod Antipas, who reigned over Galilee and Persea (Tholuck, Conmmentar zum Johan. 4:46). Some writers have conjectured that this nobleman was Chuza, Herod's steward, whose wife afterwards became an attendant on Jesus (Luk_8:3), and is thought to have been converted on this occasion; but of this there is no evidence.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.