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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
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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 1,343 times in 1,172 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 4 / 24 (Luk 11:42–Luk 22:70)

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: G2316 these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:49 - Therefore also said the wisdom of God, G2316 I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:6 - Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:8 - Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:9 - But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:20 - But God G2316 said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:21 - So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:24 - Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God G2316 feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:28 - If then God G2316 so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:31 - But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; G2316 and all these things shall be added unto you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:13 - And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:18 - Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God G2316 like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:20 - And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:28 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, G2316 and you yourselves thrust out.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:15 - And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God G2316 over one sinner that repenteth.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:13 - No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God G2316 and mammon.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:15 - And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God G2316 knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:16 - The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God G2316 is preached, and every man presseth into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:15 - And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:18 - There are not found that returned to give glory to God, G2316 save this stranger.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:20 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God G2316 should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God G2316 cometh not with observation:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:21 - Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God G2316 is within you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:2 - Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, G2316 neither regarded man:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:4 - And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, G2316 nor regard man;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:7 - And shall not God G2316 avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:11 - The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, G2316 I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:13 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God G2316 be merciful to me a sinner.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:16 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:17 - Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God G2316 as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:19 - And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:24 - And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:25 - For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:27 - And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:29 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's G2316 sake,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:43 - And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: G2316 and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:11 - And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God G2316 should immediately appear.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:37 - And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God G2316 with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:21 - And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God G2316 truly:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:25 - And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God G2316 the things which be God's. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:36 - Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, G2316 being the children of the resurrection.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:37 - Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God G2316 of Abraham, and the God G2316 of Isaac, and the God G2316 of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:38 - For he is not a God G2316 of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:4 - For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: G2316 but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:31 - So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God G2316 is nigh at hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:16 - For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:18 - For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God G2316 shall come.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:69 - Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. G2316
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:70 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? G2316 And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.

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