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θεός

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greekNew TestamentNoun1,319 occurrences27 books1,155 verses

Definition

θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Acts 19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Matthew 27:46; cf. Deuteronomy 3:24, al.),

[in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ;]

a god or deity, God.

1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Acts 28:6, 1 Corinthians 8:4, 2 Thessalonians 2:4, al.; pl., Acts 14:11; 19:26, Galatians 4:8, al.

2. Of the one true God;

(a) anarthrous: Matthew 6:24, Luke 20:38, al.; esp. with prep. (Kühner 3, iii, 605), ἀπὸ θ., John 3:2; ἐκ, Acts 5:39, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 3:9; ὑπό, Romans 13:1; παρὰ θεοῦ, John 1:6; παρὰ θεῷ, 2 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 Peter 2:4; κατὰ θεόν, Romans 8:27, 2 Corinthians 7:9, 10; also when in genitive dependent on an anarth. noun (Bl., §46, 6), Matthew 27:43, Luke 3:2, Romans 1:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13; as pred., Luke 20:38, John 1:1, and when the nature and character rather than the person of God is meant, Acts 5:29, Galatians 2:6, al. (M, Th., 14);

(b) more freq., with art.: Matthew 1:23, Mark 2:7, al. mult.; with prep., ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luke 1:26; ἐκ, John 8:42, al.; παρὰ τοῦ θ., John 8:40; π. τῷ θ., Romans 9:14; ἐν, Colossians 3:3; ἐπὶ τῷ θ., Luke 1:47; ἐπὶ τὸν θ., Acts 15:19; εἰς τ. θ., Acts 24:15; πρὸς τ. θ., John 1:2; with genitive of person(s), Matthew 22:32, Mark 12:26, 27, Luke 20:37, John 20:17, al.; ὁ θ. μου, Romans 1:8, Philippians 1:3, al.; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Romans 15:6, Ephesians 1:3, Philippians 4:20, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Romans 15:5, 13, 33, 2 Corinthians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:23; τὰ τ. θεοῦ, Matthew 16:23, Mark 12:17, 1 Corinthians 2:11; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ., Romans 15:17, Hebrews 2:17; 5:1; τ. θεῷ, as a superl. (LXX, Joshua 3:3), Acts 7:20, 2 Corinthians 10:4; Hebraistically, of judges (Psa.81(82):6), John 10:34" (LXX), 35.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θεός:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,319 total
  1. 1 Corinthians 2:7Θεοῦ · of God; Θεὸς · [He]
    No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
  2. 1 Corinthians 2:9Θεὸς · God
    Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
  3. 1 Corinthians 2:10Θεὸς · God; Θεοῦ · of God
    But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
  4. 1 Corinthians 2:11Θεοῦ · of God; Θεοῦ · of God
    For who among men knows the thoughts of man except his own spirit within him? So too, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
  5. 1 Corinthians 2:12Θεοῦ · God; Θεοῦ · God
    We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
  6. 1 Corinthians 2:14Θεοῦ · of God
    The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  7. 1 Corinthians 3:6Θεὸς · God
    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.
  8. 1 Corinthians 3:7Θεός · God
    So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
  9. 1 Corinthians 3:9Θεοῦ · God’s; Θεοῦ · God’s; Θεοῦ · God’s
    For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  10. 1 Corinthians 3:10Θεοῦ · God
    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
  11. 1 Corinthians 3:16Θεοῦ · God’s; Θεοῦ · God’s
    Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
  12. 1 Corinthians 3:17Θεοῦ · God’s; Θεός · God; Θεοῦ · God’s
    If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
  13. 1 Corinthians 3:19Θεῷ
    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
  14. 1 Corinthians 3:23Θεοῦ · [belongs to] God
    …and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God.
  15. 1 Corinthians 4:1Θεοῦ · of God
    So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
  16. 1 Corinthians 4:5Θεοῦ · God
    Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.
  17. 1 Corinthians 4:9Θεὸς · God
    For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
  18. 1 Corinthians 4:20Θεοῦ · of God [is]
    For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
  19. 1 Corinthians 5:13Θεὸς · God
    God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
  20. 1 Corinthians 6:9Θεοῦ · of God
    Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,
  21. 1 Corinthians 6:10Θεοῦ · of God
    …nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
  22. 1 Corinthians 6:11Θεοῦ · God
    And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  23. 1 Corinthians 6:13Θεὸς · God
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  24. 1 Corinthians 6:14Θεὸς · God
    By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  25. 1 Corinthians 6:19Θεοῦ · God
    Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  26. 1 Corinthians 6:20Θεὸν · God
    …you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
  27. 1 Corinthians 7:7Θεοῦ · God
    I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that.
  28. 1 Corinthians 7:15Θεός · God
    But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
  29. 1 Corinthians 7:17Θεός · God
    Regardless, each one should lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is what I prescribe in all the churches.
  30. 1 Corinthians 7:19Θεοῦ · God’s
    Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
  31. 1 Corinthians 7:24Θεῷ
    Brothers, each one should remain in the situation he was in when God called him.
  32. 1 Corinthians 7:40Θεοῦ · of God
    In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
  33. 1 Corinthians 8:3Θεόν · God
    But the one who loves God is known by God.
  34. 1 Corinthians 8:4Θεὸς · God
    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  35. 1 Corinthians 8:5θεοὶ · gods; θεοὶ · gods
    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
  36. 1 Corinthians 8:6Θεὸς · God
    …yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
  37. 1 Corinthians 8:8Θεῷ · God
    But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
  38. 1 Corinthians 9:9Θεῷ · [that] God
    For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
  39. 1 Corinthians 9:21Θεοῦ · of God
    To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.
  40. 1 Corinthians 10:5Θεός · God
    Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.