θεῖον
theion · sulfur
Greek word · Strong’s number G2303 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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theion (θεῖον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “sulfur”.
Burning sulfur.
How to say it
thei·on
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
- A yellow mineral that burns with flame and foul smell; an image of God's judgment.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Luke 17:29
but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulfur from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Revelation 9:17
And this is how I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of sulfur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and sulfur.
- Revelation 9:18
By these three plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and the smoke and the sulfur that came out of their mouths.
- Revelation 14:10
he too will drink of the wine of the fury of God, which is mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur before holy angels and before the Lamb.
- Revelation 19:20
And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who performed the signs in its presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. The two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
- Revelation 20:10
And the Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet also are, and they will be tormented day and night to the ages of the ages.
- Revelation 21:8
But as for the cowardly and unbelieving and detestable and murderers and the sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”