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.
145 distinct verses where G2316 appears in the Accusative case, across 21 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Matthew 7 verses
- Matthew 4:7 θεόν n acc sg masc Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written, 'You shall not test the Lord, your God.'"
- Matthew 4:10 θεόν n acc sg masc Then Jesus said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
- Matthew 5:8 θεὸν n acc sg masc Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
- Matthew 9:8 θεὸν n acc sg masc But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
- Matthew 15:31 θεὸν n acc sg masc so that the multitude wondered when they saw the mute speaking, injured whole, lame walking, and blind seeing--and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 22:37 θεόν n acc sg masc Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
- Matthew 27:43 θεόν θεοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
Mark 3 verses
- Mark 2:12 θεὸν n acc sg masc He arose, and immediately took up the mat, and went out in front of them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
- Mark 5:7 θεοῦ θεόν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc and crying out with a loud voice, he said, "What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, don't torment me."
- Mark 12:30 θεόν n acc sg masc you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment.
Luke 23 verses
- Luke 1:16 θεὸν n acc sg masc He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God.
- Luke 1:64 θεόν n acc sg masc His mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue freed, and he spoke, blessing God.
- 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 2:20 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 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 4:12 θεόν n acc sg masc Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
- 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 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 7:29 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 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 12:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
- Luke 13:13 θεόν n acc sg masc He laid his hands on her, and immediately she stood up straight, and glorified God.
- 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 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 18:43 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 19:37 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 20:37 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 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 24:53 θεόν n acc sg masc and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
John 14 verses
- John 1:1 θεόν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:2 θεόν n acc sg masc The same was in the beginning with God.
- John 1:18 θεὸν n acc sg masc No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- John 5:18 θεόν θεῷ n acc sg masc n dat sg masc For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 6:46 θεοῦ θεόν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
- John 8:41 θεόν n acc sg masc You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
- John 10:33 θεόν n acc sg masc The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
- John 10:35 θεούς θεοῦ n acc pl masc n gen sg masc If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
- John 11:22 θεόν θεός n acc sg masc n nom sg masc Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you."
- John 13:3 θεοῦ θεὸν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he came forth from God, and was going to God,
- John 14:1 θεόν n acc sg masc "Don't let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.
- John 17:3 θεὸν n acc sg masc This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
- John 20:17 θεόν θεὸν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
- John 21:19 θεόν n acc sg masc Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
Acts 31 verses
- Acts 2:47 θεὸν n acc sg masc praising God, and having favor with all the people. The Lord added to the assembly day by day those who were being saved.
- Acts 3:8 θεόν n acc sg masc Leaping up, he stood, and began to walk. He entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
- Acts 3:9 θεόν n acc sg masc All the people saw him walking and praising God.
- Acts 4:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc When they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people; for everyone glorified God for that which was done.
- Acts 4:24 θεὸν n acc sg masc When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 6:11 θεόν n acc sg masc Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
- Acts 7:40 θεοὺς n acc pl masc saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
- Acts 10:2 θεὸν θεοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
- Acts 10:22 θεὸν n acc sg masc They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
- Acts 10:46 θεόν n acc sg masc For they heard them speaking in other languages and magnifying God. Then Peter answered,
- Acts 11:17 θεὸς θεόν n nom sg masc n acc sg masc If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?"
- Acts 11:18 θεὸν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"
- Acts 12:5 θεὸν n acc sg masc Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.
- Acts 13:16 θεόν n acc sg masc Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
- Acts 13:26 θεόν n acc sg masc Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
- Acts 14:15 θεὸν n acc sg masc "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 15:10 θεόν n acc sg masc Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 15:19 θεόν n acc sg masc "Therefore my judgment is that we don't trouble those from among the Gentiles who turn to God,
- Acts 16:14 θεόν n acc sg masc A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
- Acts 16:25 θεόν n acc sg masc But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
- Acts 17:27 θεὸν n acc sg masc that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
- Acts 18:7 θεόν n acc sg masc He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
- Acts 18:13 θεόν n acc sg masc saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
- Acts 19:37 θεὸν n acc sg fem For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
- Acts 20:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
- Acts 21:20 θεόν n acc sg masc They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law.
- Acts 24:15 θεόν n acc sg masc having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Acts 24:16 θεὸν n acc sg masc Herein I also practice always having a conscience void of offense toward God and men.
- Acts 26:18 θεόν n acc sg masc to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
- Acts 26:20 θεόν n acc sg masc but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- Acts 28:6 θεόν n acc sg masc But they expected that he would have swollen or fallen down dead suddenly, but when they watched for a long time and saw nothing bad happen to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Romans 14 verses
- Romans 1:21 θεὸν θεὸν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc Because, knowing God, they didn't glorify him as God, neither gave thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.
- Romans 1:28 θεὸν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
- Romans 2:23 θεὸν n acc sg masc You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?
- Romans 3:11 θεόν n acc sg masc There is no one who understands. There is no one who seeks after God.
- Romans 4:2 θεόν n acc sg masc For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.
- Romans 5:1 θεὸν n acc sg masc Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
- Romans 8:7 θεόν θεοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God's law, neither indeed can it be.
- Romans 8:27 θεὸν n acc sg masc He who searches the hearts knows what is on the Spirit's mind, because he makes intercession for the saints according to God.
- Romans 8:28 θεὸν n acc sg masc We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Romans 10:1 θεὸν n acc sg masc Brothers, my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel, that they may be saved.
- Romans 15:6 θεὸν n acc sg masc that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:9 θεόν n acc sg masc and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, And sing to your name."
- Romans 15:17 θεόν n acc sg masc I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.
- Romans 15:30 θεόν n acc sg masc Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
1 Corinthians 3 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:21 θεοῦ θεόν θεὸς n gen sg masc n acc sg masc n nom sg masc For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20 θεὸν n acc sg masc for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
- 1 Corinthians 8:3 θεόν n acc sg masc But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.
2 Corinthians 7 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:23 θεὸν n acc sg masc But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn't come to Corinth to spare you.
- 2 Corinthians 3:4 θεόν n acc sg masc Such confidence we have through Christ toward God;
- 2 Corinthians 7:9 θεόν n acc sg masc I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 θεὸν n acc sg masc For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 θεὸν n acc sg masc For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.
- 2 Corinthians 9:13 θεὸν n acc sg masc seeing that through the proof given by this service, they glorify God for the obedience of your confession to the Gospel of Christ, and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all;
- 2 Corinthians 13:7 θεὸν n acc sg masc Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that you may do that which is honorable, though we are as reprobate.
Galatians 4 verses
- Galatians 1:10 θεόν n acc sg masc For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.
- Galatians 1:24 θεόν n acc sg masc And they glorified God in me.
- Galatians 4:8 θεὸν θεοῖς n acc sg masc n dat pl masc However at that time, not knowing God, you were in bondage to those who by nature are not gods.
- Galatians 4:9 θεόν θεοῦ n acc sg masc n gen sg masc But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elements, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?
Ephesians 1 verse
Philippians 1 verse
1 Thessalonians 4 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:8 θεὸν n acc sg masc For from you has sounded forth the word of the Lord, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth; so that we need not to say anything.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9 θεὸν θεῷ n acc sg masc n dat sg masc For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:5 θεόν n acc sg masc not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;
- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 θεὸν n acc sg masc Therefore he who rejects doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
2 Thessalonians 2 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8 θεὸν n acc sg masc giving vengeance to those who don't know God, and to those who don't obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus,
- 2 Thessalonians 2:4 θεὸν θεοῦ θεός n acc sg masc n gen sg masc n nom sg masc he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
1 Timothy 1 verse
Titus 1 verse
Hebrews 5 verses
- Hebrews 2:17 θεόν n acc sg masc Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 5:1 θεόν n acc sg masc For every high priest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- Hebrews 6:1 θεόν n acc sg masc Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Christ, let us press on to perfection--not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,
- Hebrews 6:18 θεόν n acc sg masc that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to take hold of the hope set before us.
- Hebrews 8:10 θεὸν n acc sg masc "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel. After those days," says the Lord; "I will put my laws into their mind, I will also write them on their heart. I will be to them a God, And they will be to me a people.
1 Peter 8 verses
- 1 Peter 1:21 θεὸν θεόν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead, and gave him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
- 1 Peter 2:12 θεὸν n acc sg masc having good behavior among the nations, so in that which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
- 1 Peter 2:17 θεὸν n acc sg masc Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
- 1 Peter 3:5 θεὸν n acc sg masc For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God, also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:
- 1 Peter 3:21 θεόν n acc sg masc This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you-- not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 1 Peter 4:6 θεὸν n acc sg masc For to this end was the Gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.
- 1 Peter 4:16 θεὸν n acc sg masc But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
- 1 Peter 5:2 θεοῦ θεόν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
1 John 9 verses
- 1 John 3:21 θεόν n acc sg masc Beloved, if our hearts don't condemn us, we have boldness toward God;
- 1 John 4:6 θεοῦ θεὸν θεοῦ n gen sg masc n acc sg masc n gen sg masc We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
- 1 John 4:7 θεοῦ θεοῦ θεόν n gen sg masc n gen sg masc n acc sg masc Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
- 1 John 4:8 θεόν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
- 1 John 4:10 θεόν n acc sg masc In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
- 1 John 4:12 θεὸν θεὸς n acc sg masc n nom sg masc No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
- 1 John 4:20 θεόν θεὸν n acc sg masc n acc sg masc If a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn't love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
- 1 John 4:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
- 1 John 5:2 θεοῦ θεὸν n gen sg masc n acc sg masc By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep his commandments.
2 John 1 verse
3 John 1 verse
Revelation 5 verses
- Revelation 12:5 θεὸν n acc sg masc She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
- Revelation 13:6 θεόν n acc sg masc He opened his mouth for blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in heaven.
- Revelation 14:7 θεὸν n acc sg masc He said with a loud voice, "Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!"
- Revelation 16:11 θεὸν n acc sg masc and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.
- Revelation 16:21 θεὸν n acc sg masc Great hailstones, about the weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people. People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague is exceedingly severe.
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.