θεός
God
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Every verse where G2316 appears in the Book of Luke — 114 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Luke
- Luke 1:6 θεοῦ n gen sg masc They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- Luke 1:8 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Now it happened, while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his division,
- Luke 1:16 θεὸν n acc sg masc He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
- Luke 1:19 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
- Luke 1:26 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
- Luke 1:30 θεῷ n dat sg masc The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Luke 1:32 θεὸς n nom sg masc He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
- Luke 1:35 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
- Luke 1:37 θεοῦ n gen sg masc For everything spoken by God is possible."
- Luke 1:47 θεῷ n dat sg masc My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Luke 1:64 θεόν n acc sg masc His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
- Luke 1:68 θεὸς n nom sg masc "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, For he has visited and worked redemption for his people;
- Luke 1:78 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
- Luke 2:13 θεὸν n acc sg masc Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Luke 2:14 θεῷ n dat sg masc "Glory to God in the highest, On earth peace, good will toward men."
- Luke 2:20 θεὸν n acc sg masc The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
- Luke 2:28 θεὸν n acc sg masc then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
- Luke 2:38 θεῷ n dat sg masc Coming up at that very hour, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who were looking for redemption in Jerusalem.
- Luke 2:40 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The child was growing, and was becoming strong in spirit, being filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- Luke 2:52 θεῷ n dat sg masc And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
- Luke 3:2 θεοῦ n gen sg masc in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.
- Luke 3:6 θεοῦ n gen sg masc All flesh will see God's salvation.'"
- Luke 3:8 θεὸς n nom sg masc Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
- Luke 3:38 θεοῦ n gen sg masc the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Luke 4:3 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
- Luke 4:8 θεόν n acc sg masc Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
- Luke 4:9 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
- Luke 4:12 θεόν n acc sg masc Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
- Luke 4:34 θεοῦ n gen sg masc saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
- Luke 4:41 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
- Luke 4:43 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."
- Luke 5:1 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Now it happened, while the multitude pressed on him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret.
- Luke 5:21 θεός n nom sg masc The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
- Luke 5:25 θεόν n acc sg masc Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
- Luke 5:26 θεόν n acc sg masc Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
- Luke 6:4 θεοῦ n gen sg masc how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the show bread, and gave also to those who were with him, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?"
- Luke 6:12 θεοῦ n gen sg masc It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.
- Luke 6:20 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said, "Blessed are you who are poor, For yours is the Kingdom of God.
- Luke 7:16 θεὸν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
- Luke 7:28 θεοῦ n gen sg masc "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
- Luke 7:29 θεόν n acc sg masc When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
- Luke 7:30 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God, not being baptized by him themselves.
- Luke 8:1 θεοῦ n gen sg masc It happened soon afterwards, that he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. With him were the twelve,
- Luke 8:10 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
- Luke 8:11 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
- Luke 8:21 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
- Luke 8:28 θεοῦ n gen sg masc When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
- Luke 8:39 θεός n nom sg masc "Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you." He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
- Luke 9:2 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He sent them forth to preach the Kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
- Luke 9:11 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and spoke to them of the Kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
- Luke 9:20 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
- Luke 9:27 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:43 θεοῦ n gen sg masc They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
- Luke 9:60 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:62 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 10:9 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
- Luke 10:11 θεοῦ n gen sg masc 'Even the dust from your city that clings to us, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
- Luke 10:27 θεόν n acc sg masc He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
- Luke 11:20 θεοῦ θεοῦ n gen sg masc n gen sg masc But if I by the finger of God cast out demons, then the Kingdom of God has come to you.
- Luke 11:28 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
- Luke 11:42 θεοῦ n gen sg masc But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
- Luke 11:49 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
- Luke 12:6 θεοῦ n gen sg masc "Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
- Luke 12:8 θεοῦ n gen sg masc "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- Luke 12:9 θεοῦ n gen sg masc but he who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in the presence of the angels of God.
- Luke 12:20 θεός n nom sg masc "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- Luke 12:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
- Luke 12:24 θεὸς n nom sg masc Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
- Luke 12:28 θεὸς n nom sg masc But if this is how God clothes the grass in the field, which today exists, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith?
- Luke 13:13 θεόν n acc sg masc He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
- Luke 13:18 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
- Luke 13:20 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
- Luke 13:28 θεοῦ n gen sg masc There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.
- Luke 13:29 θεοῦ n gen sg masc They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in the Kingdom of God.
- Luke 14:15 θεοῦ n gen sg masc When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
- Luke 15:10 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
- Luke 16:13 θεῷ n dat sg masc No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You aren't able to serve God and mammon."
- Luke 16:15 θεὸς θεοῦ n nom sg masc n gen sg masc He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
- Luke 16:16 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Gospel of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
- Luke 17:15 θεόν n acc sg masc One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice.
- Luke 17:18 θεῷ n dat sg masc Were there none found who returned to give glory to God, except this stranger?"
- Luke 17:20 θεοῦ θεοῦ n gen sg masc n gen sg masc Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
- Luke 17:21 θεοῦ n gen sg masc neither will they say, 'Look, here!' or, 'Look, there!' for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you."
- Luke 18:2 θεὸν n acc sg masc saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.
- Luke 18:4 θεὸν n acc sg masc He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
- Luke 18:7 θεὸς n nom sg masc Won't God avenge his chosen ones, who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them?
- Luke 18:11 θεός n nom sg masc The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
- Luke 18:13 θεός n nom sg masc But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
- Luke 18:16 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Luke 18:17 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Luke 18:19 θεός n nom sg masc Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
- Luke 18:24 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Luke 18:25 θεοῦ n gen sg masc For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 18:27 θεῷ n dat sg masc But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
- Luke 18:29 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
- Luke 18:43 θεόν θεῷ n acc sg masc n dat sg masc Immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God. All the people, when they saw it, praised God.
- Luke 19:11 θεοῦ n gen sg masc As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.
- Luke 19:37 θεὸν n acc sg masc As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
- Luke 20:21 θεοῦ n gen sg masc They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
- Luke 20:25 θεοῦ θεῷ n gen sg masc n dat sg masc He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
- Luke 20:36 θεοῦ n gen sg masc For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.
- Luke 20:37 θεὸν θεὸν θεὸν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc n acc sg masc But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
- Luke 20:38 θεὸς n nom sg masc Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."
- Luke 21:31 θεοῦ n gen sg masc Even so you also, when you see these things happening, know that the Kingdom of God is near.
- Luke 22:16 θεοῦ n gen sg masc for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 22:18 θεοῦ n gen sg masc for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
- Luke 22:69 θεοῦ n gen sg masc From now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God."
- Luke 22:70 θεοῦ n gen sg masc They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM."
- Luke 23:35 θεοῦ n gen sg masc The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
- Luke 23:40 θεόν n acc sg masc But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Don't you even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?
- Luke 23:47 θεὸν n acc sg masc When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
- Luke 23:51 θεοῦ n gen sg masc (he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for the Kingdom of God:
- Luke 24:19 θεοῦ n gen sg masc He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Luke 24:53 θεόν n acc sg masc and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Greek name θεος centers on the idea of “God.” Its earliest occurrence is Matthew 1:23. It appears 1,152 verses across 27 books of the Greek New Testament, among its most common vocabulary. For the data behind this summary, explore 1,152-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G2316 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,152
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,152 distinct verses.
- 27 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 27 of 27 New Testament books.
- #14
- by frequency
- Top 25 most frequent Greek words (rank 14 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 1,152 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,152 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 479 verses · 42%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 269 verses · 23%
- Gospels 266 verses · 23%
- Johannine 199 verses · 17%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 102 verses · 9%
- Revelation 87 verses · 8%
- Hebrews 63 verses · 5%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: God 1,272×, God's 13×, Is god 10×
- American Standard Version: God 1,211×, Is god 9×, Gods 8×
- Berean Standard Bible: God 1,175×, God’s 87×, Gods 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: God 1,285×, The 20×, Of 19×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G2316 across 1,342 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G2316 across 1,315 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 36 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G2316 across 1,292 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 26 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G2316 across 1,361 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 6 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities
- God the Father, the first person in the trinity
- Christ, the second person of the trinity
- Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity
- spoken of the only and true God
- whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way
Word origin
Derived from ο (ho) (G3588).
Of uncertain affinity; a deity especially (with G3588 ) the supreme Divinity ; figuratively a magistrate ; by hebraism very : - X exceeding God god [-ly -ward].
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 13 distinct written forms G2316 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θεοῦ theoû | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 3:16 | 688 |
| θεὸς theòs | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 3:9 | 241 |
| θεῷ theō̂ | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 6:24 | 158 |
| θεόν theón | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 4:7 | 75 |
| θεὸν theòn | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 5:8 | 74 |
| θεός theós | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 1:23 | 65 |
| θεοὶ theoì | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Acts 14:11 | 4 |
| θεέ theé | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 27:46 | 2 |
| θεοί theoí | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | John 10:34 | 1 |
| θεούς theoús | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | John 10:35 | 1 |
| θεοὺς theoùs | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Acts 7:40 | 1 |
| θεοῖς theoîs | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Galatians 4:8 | 1 |
| θεῶ theō̂ | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Romans 1:8 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G2316, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- τανυν tanŷn G3569 present
- οδε hóde G3592 this
- οιος hoîos G3634 what sort of
- ος hós G3739 who
- ουτος hoûtos G3778 this
- σημερον sḗmeron G4594 this day
- ταυτα tautá G5024 thus
- τηλικουτος tēlikoûtos G5082 of such size
- τοι toí G5104 truly
- τοσουτος tosoûtos G5118 so great
- τοτε tóte G5119 then
- του toû G5120 his
- τουναντιον tounantíon G5121 on the contrary
- τουνομα toúnoma G5122 by name
Derived from this word
- θεα theá G2299 goddess
- θεοδιδακτος theodídaktos G2312 taught of God
- θεομαχος theomáchos G2314 resisting God
- θεοπνευστος theópneustos G2315 inspired by God
- θεοσεβης theosebḗs G2318 pious
- θεοστυγης theostygḗs G2319 hateful to God
- θεοτης theótēs G2320 deity
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ο ων και ο ην και ο ερχομενος ho ṑn kaí ho ēn kaí ho erchómenos G3801 He who is
- θειος theîos G2304 God
- Θεοφιλος Theóphilos G2321 Theophilus
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 26 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (God). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew 'El, from a word meaning to be strong; (2) of 'Eloah_, plural _'Elohim. The singular form, Eloah, is used only in poetry. The plural form is more commonly used in all parts of the Bible, The Hebrew word Jehovah (q.v.), the only other word generally employed to denote the Supreme Being, is uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "LORD," printed in small capitals. The existence of God is taken for granted in the Bible. There is nowhere any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth is spoken of as one devoid of understanding (Ps. 14:1).
The arguments generally adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are:
(1.) The a priori argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
(2.) The a posteriori argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes. These arguments are,
(a) The cosmological, by which it is proved that there must be a First Cause of all things, for every effect must have a cause.
(b) The teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of an intelligent Cause in nature.
(c) The moral argument, called also the anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of mankind, which exhibits a moral order and purpose which can only be explained on the supposition of the existence of God. Conscience and human history testify that "verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth."
The attributes of God are set forth in order by Moses in Ex. 34:6, 7. (see also Deut. 6:4; 10:17; Num. 16:22; Ex. 15:11; 33:19; Isa. 44:6; Hab. 3:6; Ps. 102:26; Job 34:12.) They are also systematically classified in Rev. 5:12 and 7:12.
God's attributes are spoken of by some as absolute, i.e., such as belong to his essence as Jehovah, Jah, etc.; and relative, i.e., such as are ascribed to him with relation to his creatures. Others distinguish them into communicable, i.e., those which can be imparted in degree to his creatures: goodness, holiness, wisdom, etc.; and incommunicable, which cannot be so imparted: independence, immutability, immensity, and eternity. They are by some also divided into natural attributes, eternity, immensity, etc.; and moral, holiness, goodness, etc.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(good). Throughout the Hebrew Scriptures two chief names are used for the one true divine Being--ELOHIM, commonly translated God in our version, and Jehovah, translated Lord . Elohim is the plural of Eloah (in Arabic Allah); it is often used in the short form EL (a word signifying strength, as in EL-SHADDAI, God Almighty, the name by which God was specially known to the patriarchs. (Genesis 17:1; 28:3; Exodus 6:3) The etymology is uncertain, but it is generally agreed that the primary idea is that of strength, power of effect, and that it properly describes God in that character in which he is exhibited to all men in his works, as the creator, sustainer and supreme governor of the world. The plural form of Elohim has given rise to much discussion. The fanciful idea that it referred to the trinity of persons in the Godhead hardly finds now a supporter among scholars. It is either what grammarians call the plural of majesty, or it denotes the fullness of divine strength, the sum of the powers displayed by God. Jehovah denotes specifically the one true God, whose people the Jews were, and who made them the guardians of his truth. The name is never applied to a false god, nor to any other being except one, the ANGEL-JEHOVAH who is thereby marked as one with God, and who appears again in the New Covenant as "God manifested in the flesh." Thus much is clear; but all else is beset with difficulties. At a time too early to be traced, the Jews abstained from pronouncing the name, for fear of its irreverent use. The custom is said to have been founded on a strained interpretation of (Leviticus 24:16) and the phrase there used, "THE NAME" (Shema), is substituted by the rabbis for the unutterable word. In reading the Scriptures they substituted for it the word ADONAI (Lord), from the translation of which by Kurios in the LXX., followed by the Vulgate, which uses Dominus, we have the Lord of our version. The substitution of the word Lord is most unhappy, for it in no way represents the meaning of the sacred name. The key to the meaning of the name is unquestionably given in God's revelation of himself to Moses by the phrase "I AM THAT I AM," (Exodus 3:14; 6:3) We must connect the name Jehovah with the Hebrew substantive verb to be, with the inference that it expresses the essential, eternal, unchangeable being of Jehovah. But more, it is not the expression only, or chiefly, of an absolute truth: it is a practical revelation of God, in his essential, unchangeable relation to this chosen people, the basis of his covenant.
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Septuagint usage
The same Greek word θεος appears 3,139 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 2,639 verses in 36 books.
- 3,139
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 2,639
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:1 θεός
- Exodus 1:17 θεός
- Leviticus 2:13 θεός
- Numbers 6:7 θεός
- Deuteronomy 1:6 θεός
- Joshua 1:9 θεός
- Judges 1:7 θεός
- Ruth 1:15 θεός
- 1 Samuel 1:3 θεός
- 2 Samuel 3:9 θεός
- 1 Kings 1:17 θεός
- 2 Kings 1:2 θεός
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G2316) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 2,639. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:1 θεός In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
- Genesis 1:2 θεός Now the earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep. God's Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
- Genesis 1:3 θεός God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:4 θεός God saw the light, and saw that it was good. God divided the light from the darkness.
- Genesis 1:5 θεός God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. There was evening and there was morning, one day.
- Genesis 1:6 θεός God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:7 θεός God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse, and it was so.
- Genesis 1:8 θεός God called the expanse sky. There was evening and there was morning, a second day.
- Genesis 1:9 θεός God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:10 θεός God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters he called Seas. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:11 θεός God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:12 θεός The earth brought forth grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with its seed in it, after their kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:14 θεός God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:16 θεός God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
- Genesis 1:17 θεός God set them in the expanse of sky to give light to the earth,
- Genesis 1:18 θεός and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:20 θεός God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:21 θεός God created the large sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:22 θεός God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:24 θεός God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:25 θεός God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
- Genesis 1:26 θεός God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:27 θεός God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 1:28 θεός God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 θεός God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 1:31 θεός God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
- Genesis 2:2 θεός On the seventh day God finished his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
- Genesis 2:3 θεός God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work which he had created and made.
- Genesis 2:4 θεός This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made earth and the heavens.
- Genesis 2:5 θεός No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
- Genesis 2:7 θεός Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
- Genesis 2:8 θεός Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
- Genesis 2:9 θεός Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- Genesis 2:15 θεός Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
- Genesis 2:16 θεός Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 θεός Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:19 θεός Out of the ground Yahweh God formed every animal of the field, and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
- Genesis 2:21 θεός Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall on the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place.
- Genesis 2:22 θεός He made the rib, which Yahweh God had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her to the man.
- Genesis 3:1 θεός Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:3 θεός but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:5 θεός for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
- Genesis 3:8 θεός They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
- Genesis 3:9 θεός Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:13 θεός Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:14 θεός Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:21 θεός Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
- Genesis 3:22 θεός Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 3:23 θεός Therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 4:1 θεός The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G2316) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
