Strong G2299θεά
goddess
- Transliteration
- thea
- Pronunciation
- theh-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Feminine of G2316; a female deity: - goddess.
Detailed definition
θεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(fem. of θεός, which see),
a goddess: Act.19:27.†
(AS)
(fem. of θεός, which see),
a goddess: Act.19:27.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2299 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- goddess3
First verses
- Acts 19:27So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
- Acts 19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
- Acts 19:37For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
θεά, ἡ,
in later Epic dialect θεή [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 119)], dative θεῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.549 codices (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has _dative_ _plural_ θεῆς, θεῇσι, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.158, 8.305))], Laconian dialect σιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1263 (Lyric poetry): _feminine_ of θεός (which see))] in Epic dialect, Trag.(with imitations in Comedy texts, as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 81, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 64), _Attic dialect_ in set phrases (see. below))] and later Prose: —goddess, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.315)]: with another substantive, θ. μήτηρ [Refs (1.280; θεαὶ νύμφαι 24.615)]; Παλλὰς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1184; θεοὶ θεαί τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 87 (Lyric poetry); μὰ θεούς, μὰ θεάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219c; μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὰς θεάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.67; τοῖς δώδεκα θεοῖς καὶ ταῖς σεμναῖς θεαῖς “IG” 22.112.9, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 206.2, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 2; τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῇ θεᾷ “IG” 12.76.39: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, μεγάλα θεά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 683 (in earlier _Attic dialect_ τὼ θεώ, see at {θεός}))]; αἱ θεαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.661.28 (3rd c.BC))]; αἱ σεμναὶ θ. the Erinyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 458, etc.)]; δειναί, ἀνώνυμοι θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1270, “IT” 944.)]
II name of third τόπος, Vett.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Val. 69.12, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “L.” 3, compare “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).144. [?~X-, but sometimes monosyllable in Trag., as 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 978.])]
in later Epic dialect θεή [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 119)], dative θεῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.549 codices (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus has _dative_ _plural_ θεῆς, θεῇσι, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.158, 8.305))], Laconian dialect σιά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1263 (Lyric poetry): _feminine_ of θεός (which see))] in Epic dialect, Trag.(with imitations in Comedy texts, as [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 81, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 64), _Attic dialect_ in set phrases (see. below))] and later Prose: —goddess, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.315)]: with another substantive, θ. μήτηρ [Refs (1.280; θεαὶ νύμφαι 24.615)]; Παλλὰς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1184; θεοὶ θεαί τε 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 87 (Lyric poetry); μὰ θεούς, μὰ θεάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 219c; μὰ τοὺς θεοὺς καὶ τὰς θεάς 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.67; τοῖς δώδεκα θεοῖς καὶ ταῖς σεμναῖς θεαῖς “IG” 22.112.9, compare 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 206.2, 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 2; τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῇ θεᾷ “IG” 12.76.39: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, μεγάλα θεά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 683 (in earlier _Attic dialect_ τὼ θεώ, see at {θεός}))]; αἱ θεαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 22.661.28 (3rd c.BC))]; αἱ σεμναὶ θ. the Erinyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 458, etc.)]; δειναί, ἀνώνυμοι θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1270, “IT” 944.)]
II name of third τόπος, Vett.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (Val. 69.12, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “L.” 3, compare “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).144. [?~X-, but sometimes monosyllable in Trag., as 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 978.])]