θεός
theos · God, god
Greek word · Strong’s number G2316 · appears 1307 times in the Bible
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theos (θεός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “God, god”.
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
How to say it
the·os
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
- A god of other peoples.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Word study
God; also “a god” or “gods”. Thayer explains it as the common name of any god or goddess and, at the same time, the name of the one true God.
- The one God John 1:1Matthew 5:81 John 4:8
- Gods of the pagans Acts 14:11Acts 19:37
- In the quotation of Psalm 82: “you are gods” John 10:34
- “The god of this age” 2 Corinthians 4:4
How we translate it
“God” 1298 times, “gods” 8, and once “goddess” (Acts 19:37, where the Greek uses θεός for the goddess of Ephesus). In the Old Testament this edition leaves the Hebrew names of God transliterated (Elohim, YHWH); in the New it translates what the Greek says, and θεός is a common noun whose translation is “God”. It is lowercase when it refers to another god.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- God ×1298
- gods ×8
- goddess ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
- Τιμόθεος Timotheos · Timothy
- θεῖος theios · divine
- Θεόφιλος Theophilos · Theophilus
- ἄθεος atheos · without God
- θεά thea · goddess
- θεοδίδακτος theodidaktos · taught by God
- θεομάχος theomachos · fighting against God
- θεόπνευστος theopneustos · breathed out by God
- θεοσεβής theosebēs · God-fearing
- θεοστυγής theostygēs · God-hating
- θεότης theotēs · deity
- φιλόθεος philotheos · lover of God
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew×51
- Mark×48
- Luke×122
- John×83
- Acts×166
- Romans×149
- 1 Corinthians×105
- 2 Corinthians×79
- Galatians×30
- Ephesians×31
- Philippians×23
- Colossians×21
- 1 Thessalonians×36
- 2 Thessalonians×18
- 1 Timothy×22
- 2 Timothy×12
- Titus×13
- Philemon×2
- Hebrews×68
- James×16
- 1 Peter×39
- 2 Peter×7
- 1 John×62
- 2 John×2
- 3 John×3
- Jude×4
- Revelation×95
- Matthew 1:23
“Look, the virgin will be pregnant and will give birth to a son, and they will call his name Immanuel,” which is, translated, “God with us.”
- Matthew 3:9
and do not presume to say within yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
- Matthew 3:16
And after being immersed, Jesus at once went up from the water; and look, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and coming upon him.
- Matthew 4:3
And the one testing him came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’”
- Matthew 4:6
and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”
- Matthew 4:7
Jesus said to him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not test the Lord your God.’”
- Matthew 4:10
Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and him alone you shall serve.’”
- Matthew 5:8
Happy are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
- Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
- Matthew 5:34
But I tell you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
- Matthew 6:24
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold on to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
- Matthew 6:30
But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into an oven, will he not much more clothe you, you of little faith?
- Matthew 8:29
And look, they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with you, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?”
- Matthew 9:8
Seeing it, the crowds were afraid and glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.
- Matthew 12:4
how he entered into the house of God and they ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests alone?
- Matthew 12:28
But if by the Spirit of God I drive out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
- Matthew 14:33
And those in the boat bowed down before him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”
- Matthew 15:3
But he answered and said to them, “Why do you also break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?
- Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must surely die.’
- Matthew 15:6
will certainly not honor his father.’ And you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
- Matthew 15:31
so that the crowd was amazed seeing the mute speaking, the maimed whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 16:16
And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
- Matthew 16:23
But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not thinking the things of God but the things of men.”
- Matthew 19:6
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
- Matthew 19:24
And again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.”
- Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They say, “The first.” Jesus says to them, “Truly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going ahead of you into the kingdom of God.
- Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation producing its fruits.
- Matthew 22:16
And they send to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and you do not care about anyone, for you do not look at the face of people.
- Matthew 22:21
They say to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he says to them, “Give back, then, to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.”
- Matthew 22:29
But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.
- Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
- Matthew 22:31
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
- Matthew 22:32
‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
- Matthew 22:37
And he said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Matthew 23:22
and the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.
- Matthew 26:61
and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the sanctuary of God and in three days to build it.’”
- Matthew 26:63
But Jesus was silent. And the high priest said to him, “I put you under oath by the living God that you tell us whether you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”
- Matthew 27:40
and saying, “You who would destroy the sanctuary and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”
And 1267 more times.