Theos θεός

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Theos
θεός
Transliterationtheos
Strong's numberG2316
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
GlossGod
Occurrences1342 in 1169 verses
Most frequent inActs (159)

Theos (Greek θεός, Strong's G2316) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “God”. It occurs 1342 times in 1169 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.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: Act.28:6, 1Co.8:4, 2Th.2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Gal.4:8, al.
2. Of the one true God;
(a) anarthrous: Mat.6:24, Luk.20:38, al.; esp. with prep. (Kühner 3, iii, 605), ἀπὸ θ., Jhn.3:2; ἐκ, Act.5:39, 2Co.5:1, Php.3:9; ὑπό, Rom.13:1; παρὰ θεοῦ, Jhn.1:6; παρὰ θεῷ, 2Th.1:6, 1Pe.2:4; κατὰ θεόν, Rom.8:27, 2Co.7:9, 10; also when in genitive dependent on an anarth. noun (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.27:43, Luk.3:2, Rom.1:17, 1Th.2:13; as pred., Lk 20:38, Jhn.1:1, and when the nature and character rather than the person of God is meant, Act.5:29, Gal.2:6, al. (M, Th., 14);
(b) more freq., with art.: Mat.1:23, Mrk.2:7, al. mult.; with prep., ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luk.1:26; ἐκ, Jhn.8:42, al.; παρὰ τοῦ θ., Jhn.8:40; π. τῷ θ., Rom.9:14; ἐν, Col.3:3; ἐπὶ τῷ θ., Luk.1:47; ἐπὶ τὸν θ., Act.15:19; εἰς τ. θ., Act.24:15; πρὸς τ. θ., Jhn.1:2; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:32, Mrk.12:26, 27, Luk.20:37, Jhn.20:17, al.; ὁ θ. μου, Rom.1:8, Php 1:3, al.; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Rom.15:6, Eph.1:3, Phi 4:20, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.15:5, 13, 33, 2Co.1:3, 1Th.5:23; τὰ τ. θεοῦ, Mat.16:23, Mrk.12:17, 1Co.2:11; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ., Rom.15:17, Heb.2:17 5:1; τ. θεῷ, as a superl. (LXX, Jos.3:3), Act.7:20, 2Co.10:4; Hebraistically, of judges (Psa.81(82):6), Jhn.10:34" (LXX), 35.
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From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVgod (1297), god's (13), gods (8), godly (4), god god (2), sort (2), be of god (1), was (1), unto god (1), which be god's (1), exceeding (1), god ward (1), and 5 other renderings
BSBgod (1170), god's (87), gods (8), godly (3), before god (2), divine (2), about god (2), sight of god (1), god fearing (1), goddess (1), between god (1), o god (1)

Topics

Verses

Theos occurs in 1169 verses, listed here by reference.

Matthew (46): 1:23, 3:9, 3:16, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:10, 5:8, 5:9, 5:34, 6:24, 6:30, 6:33, 8:29, 9:8, 12:4, 12:28, 14:33, 15:3, 15:4, 15:6, 15:31, 16:16, 16:23, 19:6, 19:17, 19:24, 19:26, 21:12, 21:31, 21:43, 22:16, 22:21, 22:29, 22:30, 22:31, 22:32, 22:37, 23:22, 26:61, 26:63, 27:40, 27:43, 27:46, 27:54

Mark (44): 1:1, 1:14, 1:15, 1:24, 2:7, 2:12, 2:26, 3:11, 3:35, 4:11, 4:26, 4:30, 5:7, 7:8, 7:9, 7:13, 8:33, 9:1, 9:47, 10:6, 10:9, 10:14, 10:15, 10:18, 10:23, 10:24, 10:25, 10:27, 11:22, 12:14, 12:17, 12:24, 12:26, 12:27, 12:29, 12:30, 12:32, 12:34, 13:19, 14:25, 15:34, 15:39, 15:43, 16:19

Luke (116): 1:6, 1:8, 1:16, 1:19, 1:26, 1:30, 1:32, 1:35, 1:37, 1:47, 1:64, 1:68, 1:78, 2:13, 2:14, 2:20, 2:28, 2:38, 2:40, 2:52, 3:2, 3:6, 3:8, 3:38, 4:3, 4:4, 4:8, 4:9, 4:12, 4:34, 4:41, 4:43, 5:1, 5:21, 5:25, 5:26, 6:4, 6:12, 6:20, 7:16, 7:28, 7:29, 7:30, 8:1, 8:10, 8:11, 8:21, 8:28, 8:39, 9:2, 9:11, 9:20, 9:27, 9:43, 9:60, 9:62, 10:9, 10:11, 10:27, 11:20, 11:28, 11:42, 11:49, 12:6, 12:8, 12:9, 12:20, 12:21, 12:24, 12:28, 13:13, 13:18, 13:20, 13:28, 13:29, 14:15, 15:10, 16:13, 16:15, 16:16, 17:15, 17:18, 17:20, 17:21, 18:2, 18:4, 18:7, 18:11, 18:13, 18:16, 18:17, 18:19, 18:24, 18:25, 18:27, 18:29, 18:43, 19:11, 19:37, 20:21, 20:25, 20:36, 20:37, 20:38, 21:4, 21:31, 22:16, 22:18, 22:69, 22:70, 23:35, 23:40, 23:47, 23:51, 24:19, 24:53

John (69): 1:1, 1:2, 1:6, 1:12, 1:13, 1:18, 1:29, 1:34, 1:36, 1:49, 1:51, 3:2, 3:3, 3:5, 3:16, 3:17, 3:18, 3:21, 3:33, 3:34, 3:36, 4:10, 4:24, 5:18, 5:25, 5:42, 5:44, 6:27, 6:28, 6:29, 6:33, 6:45, 6:46, 6:69, 7:17, 8:40, 8:41, 8:42, 8:47, 8:54, 9:3, 9:16, 9:24, 9:29, 9:31, 9:33, 10:33, 10:34, 10:35, 10:36, 11:4, 11:22, 11:27, 11:40, 11:52, 12:43, 13:3, 13:31, 13:32, 14:1, 16:2, 16:27, 16:30, 17:3, 19:7, 20:17, 20:28, 20:31, 21:19

Acts (159): 1:3, 2:11, 2:17, 2:22, 2:23, 2:24, 2:30, 2:32, 2:33, 2:36, 2:39, 2:47, 3:8, 3:9, 3:13, 3:15, 3:18, 3:21, 3:22, 3:25, 3:26, 4:10, 4:19, 4:21, 4:24, 4:31, 5:4, 5:29, 5:30, 5:31, 5:32, 5:39, 6:2, 6:7, 6:11, 7:2, 7:6, 7:7, 7:9, 7:17, 7:20, 7:25, 7:32, 7:35, 7:37, 7:40, 7:42, 7:43, 7:45, 7:46, 7:55, 7:56, 8:10, 8:12, 8:14, 8:20, 8:21, 8:37, 9:20, 10:2, 10:3, 10:4, 10:15, 10:22, 10:28, 10:31, 10:33, 10:34, 10:38, 10:40, 10:41, 10:42, 10:46, 11:1, 11:9, 11:17, 11:18, 11:23, 12:5, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 13:5, 13:7, 13:16, 13:17, 13:21, 13:23, 13:26, 13:30, 13:33, 13:36, 13:37, 13:43, 13:46, 14:11, 14:15, 14:22, 14:26, 14:27, 15:4, 15:7, 15:8, 15:10, 15:12, 15:14, 15:18, 15:19, 16:10, 16:14, 16:17, 16:25, 16:34, 17:13, 17:23, 17:24, 17:27, 17:29, 17:30, 18:7, 18:11, 18:13, 18:21, 18:26, 19:8, 19:11, 19:26, 19:37, 20:21, 20:24, 20:25, 20:27, 20:28, 20:32, 21:19, 21:20, 22:3, 22:14, 23:1, 23:3, 23:4, 24:14, 24:15, 24:16, 26:6, 26:8, 26:18, 26:20, 26:22, 26:29, 27:23, 27:24, 27:25, 27:35, 28:6, 28:15, 28:23, 28:28, 28:31

Romans (134): 1:1, 1:4, 1:7, 1:8, 1:9, 1:10, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 1:19, 1:21, 1:23, 1:24, 1:25, 1:26, 1:28, 1:32, 2:2, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:11, 2:13, 2:16, 2:17, 2:23, 2:24, 2:29, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 3:6, 3:7, 3:11, 3:18, 3:19, 3:21, 3:22, 3:23, 3:25, 3:29, 3:30, 4:2, 4:3, 4:6, 4:17, 4:20, 5:1, 5:2, 5:5, 5:8, 5:10, 5:11, 5:15, 6:10, 6:11, 6:13, 6:17, 6:22, 6:23, 7:4, 7:22, 7:25, 8:3, 8:7, 8:8, 8:9, 8:14, 8:16, 8:17, 8:19, 8:21, 8:27, 8:28, 8:31, 8:33, 8:34, 8:39, 9:5, 9:6, 9:8, 9:11, 9:14, 9:16, 9:20, 9:22, 9:26, 10:1, 10:2, 10:3, 10:9, 11:1, 11:2, 11:8, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:29, 11:30, 11:32, 11:33, 12:1, 12:2, 12:3, 13:1, 13:2, 13:4, 13:6, 14:3, 14:6, 14:10, 14:11, 14:12, 14:17, 14:18, 14:20, 14:22, 15:5, 15:6, 15:7, 15:8, 15:9, 15:13, 15:15, 15:16, 15:17, 15:19, 15:30, 15:32, 15:33, 16:20, 16:26, 16:27

1 Corinthians (87): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:9, 1:14, 1:18, 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:25, 1:27, 1:28, 1:29, 1:30, 2:1, 2:5, 2:7, 2:9, 2:10, 2:11, 2:12, 2:14, 3:6, 3:7, 3:9, 3:10, 3:16, 3:17, 3:19, 3:23, 4:1, 4:5, 4:9, 4:20, 5:13, 6:9, 6:10, 6:11, 6:13, 6:14, 6:19, 6:20, 7:7, 7:15, 7:17, 7:19, 7:24, 7:40, 8:3, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:8, 9:9, 9:21, 10:5, 10:13, 10:20, 10:31, 10:32, 11:3, 11:7, 11:12, 11:13, 11:16, 11:22, 12:3, 12:6, 12:18, 12:24, 12:28, 14:2, 14:18, 14:25, 14:28, 14:33, 14:36, 15:9, 15:10, 15:15, 15:24, 15:28, 15:34, 15:38, 15:50, 15:57

2 Corinthians (65): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:9, 1:12, 1:18, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 1:23, 2:14, 2:15, 2:17, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 4:2, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:15, 5:1, 5:5, 5:11, 5:13, 5:18, 5:19, 5:20, 5:21, 6:1, 6:4, 6:7, 6:16, 7:1, 7:6, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 8:1, 8:5, 8:16, 9:7, 9:8, 9:11, 9:12, 9:13, 9:14, 9:15, 10:4, 10:5, 10:13, 11:2, 11:7, 11:11, 11:31, 12:2, 12:3, 12:19, 12:21, 13:4, 13:7, 13:11, 13:13

Galatians (29): 1:1, 1:3, 1:4, 1:10, 1:13, 1:15, 1:20, 1:24, 2:6, 2:19, 2:20, 2:21, 3:6, 3:8, 3:11, 3:17, 3:18, 3:20, 3:21, 3:26, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:14, 5:21, 6:7, 6:16

Ephesians (31): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:17, 2:4, 2:8, 2:10, 2:16, 2:19, 2:22, 3:2, 3:7, 3:9, 3:10, 3:19, 4:6, 4:13, 4:18, 4:24, 4:30, 4:32, 5:1, 5:2, 5:5, 5:6, 5:20, 6:6, 6:11, 6:13, 6:17, 6:23

Philippians (22): 1:2, 1:3, 1:8, 1:11, 1:28, 2:6, 2:9, 2:11, 2:13, 2:15, 2:27, 3:3, 3:9, 3:14, 3:15, 3:19, 4:6, 4:7, 4:9, 4:18, 4:19, 4:20

Colossians (20): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:10, 1:15, 1:25, 1:27, 2:2, 2:12, 2:19, 3:1, 3:3, 3:6, 3:12, 3:16, 3:17, 4:3, 4:11, 4:12

1 Thessalonians (30): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:8, 1:9, 2:2, 2:4, 2:5, 2:8, 2:9, 2:10, 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 2:15, 3:2, 3:9, 3:11, 3:13, 4:1, 4:3, 4:5, 4:7, 4:8, 4:14, 4:16, 5:9, 5:18, 5:23

2 Thessalonians (14): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5, 1:6, 1:8, 1:11, 1:12, 2:4, 2:11, 2:13, 2:16, 3:5

1 Timothy (20): 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:11, 1:17, 2:3, 2:5, 3:5, 3:15, 4:3, 4:4, 4:5, 4:10, 5:4, 5:5, 5:21, 6:1, 6:11, 6:13, 6:17

2 Timothy (13): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:6, 1:7, 1:8, 2:9, 2:14, 2:15, 2:19, 2:25, 3:17, 4:1

Titus (12): 1:1, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:7, 1:16, 2:5, 2:10, 2:11, 2:13, 3:4, 3:8

Philemon (2): 1:3, 1:4

Hebrews (64): 1:1, 1:6, 1:8, 1:9, 2:4, 2:9, 2:13, 2:17, 3:4, 3:12, 4:4, 4:9, 4:10, 4:12, 4:14, 5:1, 5:4, 5:10, 5:12, 6:1, 6:3, 6:5, 6:6, 6:7, 6:10, 6:13, 6:17, 6:18, 7:1, 7:3, 7:19, 7:25, 8:10, 9:14, 9:20, 9:24, 10:7, 10:9, 10:12, 10:21, 10:29, 10:31, 10:36, 11:3, 11:4, 11:5, 11:6, 11:10, 11:16, 11:19, 11:25, 11:40, 12:2, 12:7, 12:15, 12:22, 12:23, 12:28, 12:29, 13:4, 13:7, 13:15, 13:16, 13:20

James (13): 1:1, 1:5, 1:13, 1:20, 1:27, 2:5, 2:19, 2:23, 3:9, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8

1 Peter (34): 1:2, 1:3, 1:5, 1:21, 1:23, 2:4, 2:5, 2:10, 2:12, 2:15, 2:16, 2:17, 2:19, 2:20, 3:4, 3:5, 3:17, 3:18, 3:20, 3:21, 3:22, 4:2, 4:6, 4:10, 4:11, 4:14, 4:16, 4:17, 4:19, 5:2, 5:5, 5:6, 5:10, 5:12

2 Peter (7): 1:1, 1:2, 1:17, 1:21, 2:4, 3:5, 3:12

1 John (40): 1:5, 2:5, 2:14, 2:17, 3:1, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 3:10, 3:17, 3:20, 3:21, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4, 4:6, 4:7, 4:8, 4:9, 4:10, 4:11, 4:12, 4:15, 4:16, 4:20, 4:21, 5:1, 5:2, 5:3, 5:4, 5:5, 5:9, 5:10, 5:11, 5:12, 5:13, 5:18, 5:19, 5:20

2 John (2): 1:3, 1:9

3 John (2): 1:6, 1:11

Jude (4): 1:1, 1:4, 1:21, 1:25

Revelation (90): 1:1, 1:2, 1:6, 1:8, 1:9, 2:7, 2:18, 3:1, 3:2, 3:12, 3:14, 4:5, 4:8, 4:11, 5:6, 5:9, 5:10, 6:9, 7:2, 7:3, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:15, 7:17, 8:2, 8:4, 9:4, 9:13, 10:7, 11:1, 11:11, 11:13, 11:16, 11:17, 11:19, 12:5, 12:6, 12:10, 12:17, 13:6, 14:4, 14:5, 14:7, 14:10, 14:12, 14:19, 15:1, 15:2, 15:3, 15:7, 15:8, 16:1, 16:7, 16:9, 16:11, 16:14, 16:19, 16:21, 17:17, 18:5, 18:8, 18:20, 19:1, 19:4, 19:5, 19:6, 19:9, 19:10, 19:13, 19:15, 19:17, 20:4, 20:6, 20:9, 21:2, 21:3, 21:4, 21:7, 21:10, 21:11, 21:22, 21:23, 22:1, 22:3, 22:5, 22:6, 22:9, 22:18, 22:19

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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