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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. James 3:9Θεοῦ · God’s
    With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.
  2. James 4:4Θεοῦ · God; Θεοῦ · of God
    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
  3. James 4:6Θεὸς · God
    But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  4. James 4:7Θεῷ · to God
    Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
  5. James 4:8Θεῷ · to God
    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
  6. 1 Peter 1:2Θεοῦ · of God
    …according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
  7. 1 Peter 1:3Θεὸς · God
    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  8. 1 Peter 1:5Θεοῦ · God’s
    …who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
  9. 1 Peter 1:21Θεὸν · God; Θεόν · God
    Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
  10. 1 Peter 1:23Θεοῦ · of God
    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
  11. 1 Peter 2:4Θεῷ · in God’s
    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
  12. 1 Peter 2:5Θεῷ · to God
    …you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  13. 1 Peter 2:10Θεοῦ · of God
    Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
  14. 1 Peter 2:12Θεὸν · God
    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.
  15. 1 Peter 2:15Θεοῦ · God’s
    For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
  16. 1 Peter 2:16Θεοῦ · of God
    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.
  17. 1 Peter 2:17Θεὸν · God
    Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
  18. 1 Peter 2:19Θεοῦ · of God
    For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
  19. 1 Peter 2:20Θεῷ · God
    How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
  20. 1 Peter 3:4Θεοῦ · in God’s
    …but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
  21. 1 Peter 3:5Θεὸν · God
    For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,
  22. 1 Peter 3:17Θεοῦ · God’s
    For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
  23. 1 Peter 3:18Θεῷ · to God
    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  24. 1 Peter 3:20Θεοῦ · God
    …who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.
  25. 1 Peter 3:21Θεόν · God
    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  26. 1 Peter 3:22Θεοῦ · of God
    …who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
  27. 1 Peter 4:2Θεοῦ · of God
    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
  28. 1 Peter 4:6Θεὸν · God
    That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
  29. 1 Peter 4:10Θεοῦ · of God
    As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
  30. 1 Peter 4:11Θεοῦ; Θεός · God; Θεὸς · God
    If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  31. 1 Peter 4:14Θεοῦ · of God
    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  32. 1 Peter 4:16Θεὸν · God
    But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.
  33. 1 Peter 4:17Θεοῦ · of God; Θεοῦ · of God
    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
  34. 1 Peter 4:19Θεοῦ · God’s
    So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
  35. 1 Peter 5:2Θεοῦ · of God’s; Θεόν · as God
    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
  36. 1 Peter 5:5Θεὸς · God
    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
  37. 1 Peter 5:6Θεοῦ · God’s
    Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.
  38. 1 Peter 5:10Θεὸς · God
    And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
  39. 1 Peter 5:12Θεοῦ · of God
    Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
  40. 2 Peter 1:1Θεοῦ · God
    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
  41. 2 Peter 1:2Θεοῦ · of God
    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
  42. 2 Peter 1:17Θεοῦ · God
    For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
  43. 2 Peter 1:21Θεοῦ · God
    For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
  44. 2 Peter 2:4Θεὸς · God
    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;