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

Page 13 / 24 (1Co 4:5–1Co 15:24)

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:5 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:9 - For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:20 - For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 5:13 - But those who are outside God judges. Therefore “put away from yourselves the evil person.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:9 - Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals,[fn] nor sodomites,
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:10 - nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:11 - And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:13 - Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:14 - And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:19 - Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 6:20 - For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body[fn] and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:7 - For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:15 - But if the unbeliever departs, let him depart; a brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases. But God has called us to peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:17 - But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I ordain in all the churches.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:19 - Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God is what matters.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:24 - Brethren, let each one remain with God in that state in which he was called.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:40 - But she is happier if she remains as she is, according to my judgment—and I think I also have the Spirit of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:3 - But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:4 - Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:5 - For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:6 - yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:8 - But food does not commend us to God; for neither if we eat are we the better, nor if we do not eat are we the worse.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:9 - For it is written in the law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.”[fn] Is it oxen God is concerned about?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:21 - to those who are without law, as without law (not being without law toward God,[fn] but under law toward Christ[fn]), that I might win those who are without law;
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:5 - But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:13 - No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:20 - Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:31 - Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:32 - Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:3 - But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:7 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but woman is the glory of man.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:12 - For as woman came from man, even so man also comes through woman; but all things are from God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:13 - Judge among yourselves. Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:16 - But if anyone seems to be contentious, we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:22 - What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:3 - Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:6 - And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:18 - But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:24 - but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks it,
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:28 - And God has appointed these in the church: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, varieties of tongues.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:2 - For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:18 - I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all;
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:25 - And thus[fn] the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:28 - But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in church, and let him speak to himself and to God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:33 - For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:36 - Or did the word of God come originally from you? Or was it you only that it reached?
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:9 - For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:15 - Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:24 - Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.

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