Meaning of Kingdom In Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, the primary meaning of “kingdom” is “kingship,” that is, royal power or kingly rule. The words more often refer to the “reign” than to the “realm” in which the rule is exercised, to the dominion rather than the domain. This meaning may be seen quite clearly in the story of the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar’s madness in Daniel 4. While the king was boasting of the magnificent capital he had built and his power and majesty, “There came a voice from