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Lexicon :: Strong's G2316 - theos

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θεός
Transliteration
theos (Key)
Pronunciation
theh'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with (G3588)) the supreme Divinity
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:65,322

Strong’s Definitions

θεός theós, theh'-os; of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:—X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,343x

The KJV translates Strong's G2316 in the following manner: God (1,320x), god (13x), godly (3x), God-ward (with G4214) (2x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,343x
The KJV translates Strong's G2316 in the following manner: God (1,320x), god (13x), godly (3x), God-ward (with G4214) (2x), miscellaneous (5x).
  1. a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

  2. the Godhead, trinity

    1. God the Father, the first person in the trinity

    2. Christ, the second person of the trinity

    3. Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

  3. spoken of the only and true God

    1. refers to the things of God

    2. his counsels, interests, things due to him

  4. whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

    1. God's representative or viceregent

      1. of magistrates and judges

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θεός theós, theh'-os; of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:—X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
STRONGS G2316:
Θεός, Θεοῦ, and , vocative θῇ, once in the N. T., Matthew 27:46; besides in Deuteronomy 3:24; Judges 16:28; Judges 21:3; (2 Samuel 7:25; Isaiah 38:20); Sir. 23:4; Wis. 9:1; 3Macc. 6:3; 4 Macc. 6:27; Act. Thom. 44f, 57; Eus. h. e. 2, 23, 16; (5, 20, 7; vit. Const. 2, 55, 1. 59); cf. Winers Grammar, § 8, 2 c.; (Buttmann, 12 (11)); ((on the eight or more proposed derivations see Vanicek, p. 386, who follows Curtius, (after Döderlein), p. 513ff in connecting it with a root meaning to supplicate, implore; hence, the implored; per contra cf. Max Müller, Chips etc. 4:227f; Liddell and Scott, under the word, at the end)); (from Homer down); the Sept. for אֵל, אֶלֹהִים and יְהוָה; a god, a goddess;
1. a general appellation of deities or divinities: Acts 28:6; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; once Θεός, Acts 19:37 G L T Tr WH; Θεοῦ φωνή καί οὐκ ἀνθρώπου, Acts 12:22; ἄνθρωπος ὤν ποιεῖς σεαυτόν Θεόν, John 10:33; plural, of the gods of the Gentiles: Acts 14:11; Acts 19:26; λεγόμενοι θεοί, 1 Corinthians 8:5a; οἱ φύσει μή ὄντες θεοί, Galatians 4:8; τοῦ Θεοῦ Ρ᾽εφαν (which see), Acts 7:43; of angels: εἰσί θεοί πολλοί, 1 Corinthians 8:5b (on which cf. Philo de somn. i. § 39 μέν ἀλήθεια Θεός εἰς ἐστιν, οἱ δ' ἐν καταχρησει λεγόμενοι πλείους). (On the use of the singular Θεός (and Latin deus) as a generic term by (later) heathen writers, see Norton, Genuineness of the Gospels, 2nd edition iii. addit. note D; cf. Dr. Ezra Abbot in Chris. Exam. for Nov. 1848, p. 389ff; Huidekoper, Judaism at Rome, chapter i. § ii.; see Bib. Sacr. for July 1856, p. 666f, and for addit. examples Nagelsbach, Homer. Theol., p. 129; also his Nachhomerische Theol., p. 139f; Stephanus' Thesaurus, under the word; and references (by Prof. Abbot) in the Journal of the Society for Biblical Literature and Exegesis, i., p. 120 note.) For θεοί in application to (deceased) Christians, see Theoph. ad Autol. 2, 27; Hippol. refut. omn. haer. 10, 34; Iren. haer. 3, 6, 1 fin.; 4, 1,1; 4, 38, 4; cf. esp. Harnack, Dogmengesch. i. p.82 note.
2. Whether Christ is called God must be determined from John 1:1; John 20:28; 1 John 5:20; Romans 9:5; Titus 2:13; Hebrews 1:8f, etc.; the matter is still in dispute among theologians cf. Grimm, Institutio theologiae dogmaticae, edition 2, p. 228ff (and the discussion (on Romans 9:5) by Professors Dwight and Abbot in the Journal of the Society for Biblical Literature, etc. as above, especially, pp. 42ff, 113ff). On patristic usage cf. Harnack, Dogmengesch. i. pp. 131, 695; Bp. Lghtft. Ignat. vol. ii. p. 26.
3. spoken of the only and true God: with the article, Matthew 3:9; Mark 13:19; Luke 2:13; Acts 2:11, and very often; with prepositions: ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, John 8:42, 47 and often in John's writings; ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ Luke 1:26 (T Tr WH ἀπό); Acts 26:6; παρά τοῦ Θεοῦ, John 8:40; John 9:16 (L T Tr WH here omit the article); παρά τῷ Θεοῦ, Romans 2:13 (Tr text omits, and L WH Tr marginal reading brackets the article); Romans 9:14; ἐν τῷ Θεοῦ, Colossians 3:3; ἐπί τῷ Θεῷ, Luke 1:47; εἰς τόν Θεόν, Acts 24:15 (Tdf. πρός); ἐπί τόν Θεόν, Acts 15:19; Acts 26:18, 20; πρός τόν Θεόν, John 1:2; Acts 24:15 (Tdf.),16, and many other examples without the article: Matthew 6:24; Luke 3:2; Luke 20:38; Romans 8:8, 33; 2 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 6:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:5, etc.; with prepositions: ἀπό Θεοῦ, John 3:2; John 16:30; Romans 13:1 (L T Tr WH ὑπό) παρά Θεοῦ, John 1:6; ἐκ Θεοῦ, Acts 5:39; 2 Corinthians 5:1; Philippians 3:9; παρά Θεῷ, 2 Thessalonians 1:6; 1 Peter 2:4; κατά Θεόν, Romans 8:27; 2 Corinthians 7:9f; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 19, under the word Θεός τίνος (genitive of person), the (guardian) God of anyone, blessing and protecting him: Matthew 22:32; Mark 12:26f (Mark 12:29 WH marginal reading (see below)); Luke 20:37; John 20:17; Acts 3:13; Acts 13:17; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Hebrews 11:16; Revelation 21:3 (without ; but G T Tr WH text omit the phrase); Θεός μου, equivalent to οὗ εἰμί, καί λατρεύω (Acts 27:23): Romans 1:8; 1 Corinthians 1:4 (Tr marginal reading brackets the genitive); 2 Corinthians 12:21; Philippians 1:3; Philippians 4:19; Philemon 1:4; κύριος Θεός σου, ἡμῶν, ὑμῶν, αὐτῶν (in imit. of Hebrew אֱלֹהֶיך יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה, אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה, אֶלֹהֵיהֶם יְהוָה): Matthew 4:7; Matthew 22:37; Mark 12:29 (see above); Luke 4:8, 12; Luke 10:27; Acts 2:39; cf. Thilo, Cod. apocr. Nov. Test., p. 169; (and Lightfoot as quoted under the word κύριος, c. α. at the beginning); Θεός καί πατήρ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ: Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31 (L T Tr WH omit ἡμῶν and Χριστοῦ); Ephesians 1:3; Colossians 1:3 (L WH omit καί); 1 Peter 1:3; in which combination of words the genitive depends on Θεός as well as on πατήρ, cf. Fritzsche on Romans, iii., p. 232f; (Oltramare on Romans, the passage cited; Lightfoot on Galatians 1:4; but some would restrict it to the latter; cf. e. g. Meyer on Romans, the passage cited; also on Ephesians, the passage cited; Ellicott on Galatians, the passage cited; also, Ephesians, the passage cited); Θεός τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, Ephesians 1:17; Θεός καί πατήρ ἡμῶν, Galatians 1:4; Philippians 4:20; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 1 Thessalonians 3:11, 13; Θεός πατήρ, 1 Corinthians 8:6; Θεός καί πατήρ, 1 Corinthians 15:24; Ephesians 5:20; James 1:27; James 3:9 (Rec.; others κύριος καί πατήρ); ἀπό Θεοῦ πατρός ἡμῶν, Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 1:2; Philippians 1:2; Colossians 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:2; 1 Timothy 1:2 (Rec., others omit ἡμῶν); Philemon 1:3; ( Θεός πατήρ, Colossians 3:17 L T Tr WH (cf. Lightfoot at the passage); elsewhere without the article as) Θεοῦ πατρός (in which phrase the two words have blended as it were into one, equivalent to a proper name, German Gottvater (A. V. God the Father)): Philippians 2:11; 1 Peter 1:2; ἀπό Θεοῦ πατρός, Galatians 1:3; Ephesians 6:23; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; παρά Θεοῦ πατρός, 2 Peter 1:17; 2 John 3; cf. Wieseler, commentary üb. d. Brief a. d. Galat., p. 10ff Θεός with the genitive of the thing of which God is the author (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1): τῆς ὑπομονῆς καί τῆς παρακλήσεως, Romans 15:5; τῆς ἐπλιδος, Romans 15:13; τῆς εἰρήνης, Romans 15:33; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; τῆς παρακλήσεως, 2 Corinthians 1:3. τά τοῦ Θεοῦ, the things of God, i. e.
α. his counsels, 1 Corinthians 2:1 L
β. his interests, Matthew 16:23; Mark 8:33.
γ. things due to God, Matthew 22:21; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25.
τά πρός τόν Θεόν, things respecting, pertaining to, God — contextually equivalent to the sacrificial business of the priest, Romans 15:17; Hebrews 2:17; Hebrews 5:1; cf. Xenophon, rep. Lac. 13, 11; Fritzsche on Romans, iii., p. 262f Nom. Θεός for the vocative: Mark 15:34; Luke 18:11, 13; John 20:28; Acts 4:24 (R G; Hebrews 1:8 ?); Acts 10:7; cf. Winers Grammar, § 29, 2; (Buttmann, 140 (123)). τῷ Θεῷ, God being judge (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4 a.; 248 (232f); Buttmann, § 133, 14): after δυνατός, 2 Corinthians 10:4; after ἀστεῖος, Acts 7:20 (after ἄμεμπτος, Wis. 10:5; after μέγας, Jonah 3:3; see ἀστεῖος, 2). For the expressions ἄνθρωπος Θεοῦ, δύναμις Θεοῦ, υἱός Θεοῦ, etc., Θεός τῆς ἐλπίδος etc., ζῶν Θεός etc., see under ἄνθρωπος 6, δύναμις a., υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλπίς 2, ζάω I. 1, etc. On ὁ θεός and θεός, esp. in the writings of John, see Westcott, Epp. of St. John, p. 165 sqq.
4. Θεός is used of whatever can in any respect be likened to God, or resembles him in any way: Hebraistically, equivalent to God's representative or vicegerent, of magistrates and judges, John 10:34f after Psalm 81:6 (Ps. 82:6) (of the wise man, Philo de mut. nom. § 22; quod omn. prob. book § 7; ( σοφός λέγεται Θεός τοῦ ἄφρονος... Θεός πρός φαντασίαν καί δοκησιν, quod det. pot. insid. § 44); πατήρ καί μήτηρ ἐμφανεις εἰσί θεοί, μιμούμενοι τόν ἀγεννητον ἐν τῷ ζοωπλάστειν, de decal. § 23; ὠνομάσθη (i. e. Moses) ὅλου τοῦ ἔθνους Θεός καί βασιλεύς, de vita Moys. i. § 28; (de migr. Abr. § 15; de alleg. leg. i. § 13)); of the devil, Θεός τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου (see αἰών, 3), 2 Corinthians 4:4; the person or thing to which one is wholly devoted, for which alone he lives, e. g. κοιλία, Philippians 3:19.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
3:24
Judges
16:28; 21:3
2 Samuel
7:25
Psalms
81:6; 82:6
Isaiah
38:20
Jonah
3:3
Matthew
3:9; 4:7; 6:24; 16:23; 22:21; 22:32; 22:37; 27:46
Mark
8:33; 12:17; 12:26; 12:29; 12:29; 13:19; 15:34
Luke
1:26; 1:47; 2:13; 3:2; 4:8; 4:12; 10:27; 18:11; 18:13; 20:25; 20:37; 20:38
John
1:1; 1:2; 1:6; 3:2; 8:40; 8:42; 8:47; 9:16; 10:33; 10:34; 16:30; 20:17; 20:28; 20:28
Acts
2:11; 2:39; 3:13; 4:24; 5:39; 7:20; 7:43; 10:7; 12:22; 13:17; 14:11; 15:19; 19:26; 19:37; 24; 24:15; 26:6; 26:18; 26:20; 27:23; 28:6
Romans
1:7; 1:8; 2:13; 8:8; 8:27; 8:33; 9:5; 9:5; 9:14; 13:1; 15:5; 15:6; 15:13; 15:17; 15:33
1 Corinthians
1:3; 1:4; 2:1; 8:4; 8:5; 8:5; 8:6; 15:24
2 Corinthians
1:2; 1:3; 1:3; 1:21; 4:4; 5:1; 5:19; 6:7; 6:16; 7:9; 10:4; 11:31; 12:21
Galatians
1:3; 1:4; 1:4; 4:8
Ephesians
1:2; 1:3; 1:17; 5:20; 6:23
Philippians
1:2; 1:3; 2:11; 3:9; 3:19; 4:19; 4:20
Colossians
1:2; 1:3; 3:3; 3:17
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:5; 3:11; 3:13; 5:23
2 Thessalonians
1:2; 1:6; 2:4
1 Timothy
1:2
2 Timothy
1:2
Titus
1:4; 2:13
Philemon
1:3; 1:4
Hebrews
1:8; 1:8; 2:17; 5:1; 11:16
James
1:27; 3:9
1 Peter
1:2; 1:3; 2:4
2 Peter
1:17
1 John
5:20
2 John
1:3
Revelation
21:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2316 matches the Greek θεός (theos),
which occurs 1,318 times in 1,155 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:23 - “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,”[fn] which is translated, “God with us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - “and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:16 - When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He[fn] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:3 - Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:4 - But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:6 - and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:

‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’
and,

‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’
 ”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:7 - Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the LORD your God.’ ”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:10 - Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you,[fn] Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:9 - Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:34 - “But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:24 - “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:30 - “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:33 - “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:29 - And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:8 - Now when the multitudes saw it, they marveled[fn] and glorified God, who had given such power to men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:4 - “how he entered the house of God and ate the showbread which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but only for the priests?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:28 - “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:33 - Then those who were in the boat came and[fn] worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:3 - He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - “For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’;[fn] and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - ‘then he need not honor his father or mother.’[fn] Thus you have made the commandment[fn] of God of no effect by your tradition.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:31 - So the multitude marveled when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:16 - Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:23 - But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:6 - “So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:24 - “And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:26 - But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - “Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to Him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:43 - “Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruits of it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:16 - And they sent to Him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and teach the way of God in truth; nor do You care about anyone, for You do not regard the person of men.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:21 - They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” And He said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:29 - Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:31 - “But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:32 - ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[fn] God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:37 - Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22 - “And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits on it.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:61 - and said, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and to build it in three days.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:63 - But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest answered and said to Him, “I put You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:40 - and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:43 - “He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:46 - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:54 - So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:1 - The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:14 - Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom[fn] of God,
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:24 - saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:7 - “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:12 - Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:26 - “how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

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