"King of Kings" as a search In Mounce

For the NT writers, there is a great irony here, for Jesus is in fact the true King of kings.

The book of Revelation likewise describes Jesus as “King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev 17:14; 19:16; cf. 1:5) and promises that faithful disciples will reign with Christ eternally (Rev 5:10; 20:4; 22:5).

John envisions him as the ruler over all the kings of the earth—“King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev. 17:14; 19:15–16). 

The Roman emperor was called “king of kings” because he presided over the vassal kings of the empire, but how puny and conceited in light of the absolute sovereignty of the Lamb, the true Lord of lords. 

[4889] 1 מֶ֫לֶךְ melek 2,530× king, royal ruler, human and divine; “the great king” is the more prominent of the leaders in a convenant agreement and is used of God (Ps 48:2); the “king of kings” is the supreme sovereign and is not used of God in the OT [4428 & 4429] See king; leader.

William D. Mounce, Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old & New Testament Words (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006), 148–149.

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