θεόςtheós

figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very

Greek (New Testament) · G2316

Meanings

a god or deity, God.

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

2. Of the one true God

(a) anarthrous: Mt 6:24, Lk 20:38, and elsewhere; especially with preposition (Kühner3, 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, 2 Corinthians 7:10; also when in genitive dependent on an anarthrous noun (Bl., §46, 6), Matthew 27:43, Luke 3:2, Romans 1:17, 1 Thessalonians 2:13; as predicate, 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, and elsewhere

(b) more frequently, with article: Matthew 1:23, Mark 2:7, and elsewhere many times; with preposition, ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luke 1:26; ἐκ, John 8:42, and elsewhere; 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, Matthew 22:32, Mark 12:26, Mark 12:26, Luke 20:37, John 20:17, and elsewhere; ὁ θ. μου, Romans 1:8, Philippians 1:3, and elsewhere; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Romans 15:6, Ephesians 1:3, Philippians 4:20, and elsewhere; with genitive of thing, Romans 15:5, Romans 15:13, Romans 15:33, 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, Hebrews 5:1; τ. θεῷ, as a superlative (LXX, Joshua 3:3), Acts 7:20, 2 Corinthians 10:4; Hebraistically, of judges (Ps 81(82):6), John 10:34(LXX), John 10:35.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1,311 times in the Bible.

  • Matthew 1:23 “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
  • Matthew 3:9 Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones.
  • Matthew 3:16 After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.
  • Matthew 4:3 During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”
  • Matthew 4:4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
  • Matthew 4:6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say, ‘He will order his angels to protect you. And they will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’”
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Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.