Strong G2203Ζεύς, Δίς
Zeus
- Transliteration
- Zeus
- Pronunciation
- dzyooce
- Morphology
- Proper Name Title (ie not the name of a person or place)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name Δίς Dis deece which is otherwise obsolete;
Zeus or Dis (among the Latins Jupiter or Jove) the supreme deity of the Greeks: - Jupiter.
Zeus or Dis (among the Latins Jupiter or Jove) the supreme deity of the Greeks: - Jupiter.
Meaning of the name
Zeus, "shine, bright"
Detailed definition
Ζεύς
genitive, Διός, dative, Διΐ, accusative, Δία (Δίαν, D, al.),
Zeus (Lat. Jupiter): Act.14:12-13.†
(AS)
genitive, Διός, dative, Διΐ, accusative, Δία (Δίαν, D, al.),
Zeus (Lat. Jupiter): Act.14:12-13.†
(AS)
In the biblical story
Zeus
The chief god in Greek mythology
Zeus, the chief god in Greek mythology, was identified with the Roman god Jupiter and was worshipped in Lystra (<ref="Act.14.12-13">Act.14.12-13</ref>).
In the Bible
Strong G2203 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jupiter2
First verses
- Acts 14:12And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
- Acts 14:13Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Ζεύς, ὁ,
nominative [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.175, +others)], once written Ζηύς [Refs (“IG” 12(3).1313 (from Thera), but Ζεύς [prev. work]1316, +others)]; Boeotian dialect Δεύς (which see); vocative Ζεῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.503, etc.; _genitive_ Διϝός “BMus.Inscription” 952 (Cephallenia, 6th c.BC), Διός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.63, etc.; _dative_ Διϝί “Schwyzer” 80 (Argive, from Olympia, 5th c.BC), Διί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.578, +others, “IG” 12.80.12 (5th c.BC), etc., _contraction_ Δί [ῑ] 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106, “SIG” 9,35 (Elis, 6th c.BC, Syrac., 5th c.BC, from Olympia))]; late Δεΐ [Refs (“JHS” 32.167 (from Pisidia), etc.)]; accusative Δία, rarer than Διός, Διί in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.394, +others))], frequently later (cf. Sanskrit dyaús, genitive divás, locative diví 'sky', 'heaven', 'day', locative also dyávi,= Latin “Jove”, accusative dyā´m,= Latin diem,= Gr. Ζῆν (see. below)): also nominative Ζήν probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 162 (Lyric poetry))]; genitive dative accusative Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.408, 2.49, 14.157, +others, frequently in Trag. (Comedy texts only in Trag. phrases))]; Coan Ζηνί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1025.24 (4th-3rd c.BC))]; accusative Ζῆν (Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.206, 14.265, 24.331, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 884, at end of verse, before vowel in next verse (stem Ζην- probably originated in _accusative_ _sing._))]; Cretan dialect Ττηνός, Ττηνί, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” 5024.23, 77, Τῆνα, Τηνί, [prev. work]5039.11, 5145.12, Δῆνα “SIG” 527.17 (3rd c.BC))]; nominative Δήν Hdn.Gr.2.911:—Doric dialect and Attic dialect-Ionic dialect forms with α (of doubtful origin), nominative Ζάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 570; _genitive_ Ζανός “Schwyzer” 696 (Chios, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 1.7, 3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.10, “IG” 5(1).407 (Sparta, 2nd c.AD))]; Ζανός and Ζανί, [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 82A, B (from Ionic))]; accusative Ζᾶνα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 10.6P., cf. Euhem. 24J. (“FGrH” 63))]; nominative Ζάς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 1, 2 (Ζής cited in Hdn.Gr. [same place]), Ζάς Ζαντός 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.116)]; Δάν (which see); Τάν Head [Refs (“Hist.Num.” 2469 (from Crete))]; nominative Δίς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Rhinthon Comicus 14, Hdn.Gr. [same place]:—oblative cases Ζεός, Ζεΐ, Ζέα, cited by 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.177, 195)]; Ζεῦν falsa lectio for Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 8.5: the _plural_ Δίες, Δίας, Διῶν, Δισί, 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 127; τοὺς κτησίους Δίας 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.473b; Δίες καὶ Ζῆνες “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.191; Elean Ζᾶνες 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.2:— “Zeus”, the sky-god, ὔει μὲν ὀ Z. 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34, compare “SIG” 93.34 (5th c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 14.12, etc.; Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.476)]; ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1, etc.; Ζεῦ Ζεῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 246, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 323 (Lyric poetry, probable reading); ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φρενῶν [prev. author] “Nu.” 153)]; in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.339: frequently in Comedy texts and Prose, οὐ μὰ Δία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 193, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b (with _Article_, μὰ τὸν Δί᾽, οὐ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 169, +others); ναὶ μὰ Δία [prev. author] “Ach.” 88, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.14)]; νὴ τὸν Δία or νὴ Δία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 217, “Eq.” 319, etc.; compare νηδ; πρὸς τοῦ Διός [prev. author] “Av.” 130; πρὸς Διός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.32)]; οὐ τὸν Δία alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 986)]: proverbial of enormous wealth, τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49.)]
II of other deities, Ζ. καταχθόνιος,= Πλούτων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.457; Ζ. χθόνιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1606, “SIG” 1024.25 (Myconos, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; of non-Greek divinities, Ζ. Ἄμμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.16, etc.)]; frequently of Semitic Baalim, Z. Βεελβώσωρος, etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 620 (Gerasa, 1st c.AD)), etc.)]; Z. Ὠρομάσδης,= [Refs 1st c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus “Ahuramazda”, [prev. work]383.41 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC).)]
III of persons, ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Z., iron. of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 71)]; in flattery of kings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.56 (of Xerxes))]; Ξέρξης ὁ τῶν Περσῶν Z. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 5a 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; [ἱερεὺς] Σελεύκου Διὸς Νικάτορος “OGI” 245.10 (2nd c.BC))]; of the Roman emperors, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.3)]; Νέρων Z. Ἐλευθέριος [Refs (“IG” 7.2713.41 (from Acraephiae), etc.)]; Ζῆνα τὸν Αἰνεάδην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.307 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
IV Διὸς ἀστήρ the planet Jupiter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b30, etc.; so Ζεύς “Placita Philosophorum” 2.32.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.7)]; Διὸς ἡμέρα a day of the week, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.19.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for the monad, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 12.)]
nominative [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.175, +others)], once written Ζηύς [Refs (“IG” 12(3).1313 (from Thera), but Ζεύς [prev. work]1316, +others)]; Boeotian dialect Δεύς (which see); vocative Ζεῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.503, etc.; _genitive_ Διϝός “BMus.Inscription” 952 (Cephallenia, 6th c.BC), Διός 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.63, etc.; _dative_ Διϝί “Schwyzer” 80 (Argive, from Olympia, 5th c.BC), Διί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.578, +others, “IG” 12.80.12 (5th c.BC), etc., _contraction_ Δί [ῑ] 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.106, “SIG” 9,35 (Elis, 6th c.BC, Syrac., 5th c.BC, from Olympia))]; late Δεΐ [Refs (“JHS” 32.167 (from Pisidia), etc.)]; accusative Δία, rarer than Διός, Διί in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.394, +others))], frequently later (cf. Sanskrit dyaús, genitive divás, locative diví 'sky', 'heaven', 'day', locative also dyávi,= Latin “Jove”, accusative dyā´m,= Latin diem,= Gr. Ζῆν (see. below)): also nominative Ζήν probably in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 162 (Lyric poetry))]; genitive dative accusative Ζηνός, Ζηνί, Ζῆνα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.408, 2.49, 14.157, +others, frequently in Trag. (Comedy texts only in Trag. phrases))]; Coan Ζηνί [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“SIG” 1025.24 (4th-3rd c.BC))]; accusative Ζῆν (Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Aristarchus Grammaticus) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.206, 14.265, 24.331, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 884, at end of verse, before vowel in next verse (stem Ζην- probably originated in _accusative_ _sing._))]; Cretan dialect Ττηνός, Ττηνί, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“GDI” 5024.23, 77, Τῆνα, Τηνί, [prev. work]5039.11, 5145.12, Δῆνα “SIG” 527.17 (3rd c.BC))]; nominative Δήν Hdn.Gr.2.911:—Doric dialect and Attic dialect-Ionic dialect forms with α (of doubtful origin), nominative Ζάν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Vita Pythagorae - Porphyrii Opuscula” 17, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 570; _genitive_ Ζανός “Schwyzer” 696 (Chios, 4th c.BC), 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 1.7, 3rd c.BC: Philoxenus Epigrammaticus 3.10, “IG” 5(1).407 (Sparta, 2nd c.AD))]; Ζανός and Ζανί, [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 82A, B (from Ionic))]; accusative Ζᾶνα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 10.6P., cf. Euhem. 24J. (“FGrH” 63))]; nominative Ζάς [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Pherecydes Syrius Philosophus 1, 2 (Ζής cited in Hdn.Gr. [same place]), Ζάς Ζαντός 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.116)]; Δάν (which see); Τάν Head [Refs (“Hist.Num.” 2469 (from Crete))]; nominative Δίς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Rhinthon Comicus 14, Hdn.Gr. [same place]:—oblative cases Ζεός, Ζεΐ, Ζέα, cited by 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.177, 195)]; Ζεῦν falsa lectio for Ζῆν᾽ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschrio Lyricus 8.5: the _plural_ Δίες, Δίας, Διῶν, Δισί, 2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 127; τοὺς κτησίους Δίας 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.473b; Δίες καὶ Ζῆνες “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.191; Elean Ζᾶνες 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.21.2:— “Zeus”, the sky-god, ὔει μὲν ὀ Z. 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 34, compare “SIG” 93.34 (5th c.BC), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 14.12, etc.; Ζεῦ ἄλλοι τε θεοί 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.476)]; ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ πάντες θεοί, ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1, etc.; Ζεῦ Ζεῦ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 246, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 323 (Lyric poetry, probable reading); ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τῆς λεπτότητος τῶν φρενῶν [prev. author] “Nu.” 153)]; in oaths, οὐ μὰ Ζῆνα, twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.43, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.339: frequently in Comedy texts and Prose, οὐ μὰ Δία 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 193, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 426b (with _Article_, μὰ τὸν Δί᾽, οὐ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 169, +others); ναὶ μὰ Δία [prev. author] “Ach.” 88, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.7.14)]; νὴ τὸν Δία or νὴ Δία, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 217, “Eq.” 319, etc.; compare νηδ; πρὸς τοῦ Διός [prev. author] “Av.” 130; πρὸς Διός 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.7.32)]; οὐ τὸν Δία alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 986)]: proverbial of enormous wealth, τῷ Διὶ πλούτου πέρι ἐρίζειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49.)]
II of other deities, Ζ. καταχθόνιος,= Πλούτων, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.457; Ζ. χθόνιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1606, “SIG” 1024.25 (Myconos, 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; of non-Greek divinities, Ζ. Ἄμμων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.16, etc.)]; frequently of Semitic Baalim, Z. Βεελβώσωρος, etc., [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 620 (Gerasa, 1st c.AD)), etc.)]; Z. Ὠρομάσδης,= [Refs 1st c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Perses Epigrammaticus “Ahuramazda”, [prev. work]383.41 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC).)]
III of persons, ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Z., iron. of Pericles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 71)]; in flattery of kings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.56 (of Xerxes))]; Ξέρξης ὁ τῶν Περσῶν Z. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Gorgias Rhetor et Sophista “fragment” 5a 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; [ἱερεὺς] Σελεύκου Διὸς Νικάτορος “OGI” 245.10 (2nd c.BC))]; of the Roman emperors, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.3)]; Νέρων Z. Ἐλευθέριος [Refs (“IG” 7.2713.41 (from Acraephiae), etc.)]; Ζῆνα τὸν Αἰνεάδην [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.307 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus).)]
IV Διὸς ἀστήρ the planet Jupiter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epinomis” 987c, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 343b30, etc.; so Ζεύς “Placita Philosophorum” 2.32.1, 2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 2.7)]; Διὸς ἡμέρα a day of the week, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.19.)]
V [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus)] name for the monad, [Refs (Theol.Ar. 12.)]