Strong G2303θεῖον

sulfur

Transliteration
theion
Pronunciation
thi'-on
Morphology
Greek Noun Neuter

Definition

Probably neuter of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing); sulphur: - brimstone.

Detailed definition

θεῖον, -ου, τό
[in LXX; Gen.19:24, Deu.29:23 Job.18:15, Psa.11:7, Isa.30:33 34:9, Eze.38:22 (גׇּפְרִית), 3Ma.2:5 *;]
brimstone: Luk.17:29 (LXX), Rev.9:17-18 14:10 19:20 20:10 21:8.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2303 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • brimstone7

First verses

  1. Luke 17:29
    But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
  2. Revelation 9:17
    And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
  3. Revelation 9:18
    By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
  4. Revelation 14:10
    The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
  5. Revelation 19:20
    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
  6. Revelation 20:10
    And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
  7. Revelation 21:8
    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θεῖον,

AEpic dialect θέειον (in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.493)] θήϊον), τό, brimstone, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας.. ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.228; οἶσε θέειον.., κακῶν ἄκος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.481)]; δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή, from a thunderbolt, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.415)]; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, of a ship struck by lightning, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.417)]; ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ. [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.77, compare 4.100; Κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα θ. καὶ πῦρ LXX.Gen.19.24)]; as a natural product, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 7, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.21, 143, 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 99c; θ. ἄπυρον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.903)]; opposed to πεπυρωμένον, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.107)]; compare θεάφιον, θέαφος. (Perh. cognate with θύω, θυμιάω, Latin suffire.)