Strong G2304θεῖος
divine
- Transliteration
- theios
- Pronunciation
- thi'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From G2316; godlike (neuter as noun divinity): - divine godhead.
Detailed definition
θεῖος, -εία, -εῖον
(θεός), [in LXX: Exo.31:3 35:31, Job.27:3 33:4, Pro.2:17 (אֵל, אֱלֹהִים, אֱלוֹהַּ), Sir.6:35, 1-37 II Mal.3:1-40, 3Ma.1:1-29, 4Mac.25 *;]
divine: δύναμις, 2Pe.1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., see MM, Exp., xv), 2Pe.1:4; τὸ θ.,
the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Act.17:29.†
(AS)
(θεός), [in LXX: Exo.31:3 35:31, Job.27:3 33:4, Pro.2:17 (אֵל, אֱלֹהִים, אֱלוֹהַּ), Sir.6:35, 1-37 II Mal.3:1-40, 3Ma.1:1-29, 4Mac.25 *;]
divine: δύναμις, 2Pe.1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., see MM, Exp., xv), 2Pe.1:4; τὸ θ.,
the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Act.17:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2304 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- divine2
- godhead1
First verses
- Acts 17:29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- 2 Peter 1:3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
- 2 Peter 1:4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
θεῖος, α, ον:
Alate Epic dialect θέειος [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hymni” 2.16)]; θεήϊος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 15.9)]; late Aeolic dialect θήϊος [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 989.4 (from Balbilla))]; Laconian dialect σεῖος (see. below 1.3): comparative and superlative θειότερος, -ότατος, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Phdr.” 279a, “Mx.” 244d, +others)]: (θεός):
1 of or from the gods, divine, γένος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.180; ὀμφή 2.41)]; Ὄνειρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22; ἐπιπνοίαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 577, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c; μάστιξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 682; μανία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 611 (Lyric poetry); νόσος [prev. work] 185 (Lyric poetry) (but θ. νόσος)], of a dust-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 421); κίνδυνοι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139)]; θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ by divine intervention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.10; θ. τύχῃ γεγονώς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126; θ. τύχῃ χρεώμενος [prev. author] 3.139)]; θ. κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ, of an easy death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1585; ἐκ θ. τύχης [prev. author] “Ph.” 1326; ἔμαθε ὡς θ. εἴη τὸ πρῆγμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69; ὁ θ. νόμος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; φύσις θ. [NT (“SIG” 1125.8 (from Eleusis), cf. NT.2Pet.1.4)]; appointed of God, βασιλῆες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.691)]; σκῆπτρον given by God, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 139 (Lyric poetry); see below 2.)]
2 belonging or sacred to a god, holy, ἀγών, χορός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.298, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.264)]; under divine protection, πύργος, δόμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.526, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.43)]; of heralds and bards, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.192, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.17, +others)]; so perhaps, of kings,[Refs ([prev. work] 691.)]
3 morethan human, of heroes, Ὀδυσσεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.335, +others, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 144.4 (Lyric poetry); θ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.38, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1548 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331e, “Men.” 99d (especially at Sparta (_Laconian dialect_ σεῖος), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1145a29)]; ὦ θεῖε (in the mouth of a Spartan) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 626c); μετὰ σοῦ τῆς θείας κεφαλῆς [prev. author] “Phdr.” 234d, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 9.128a, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 19.66.)]
3.b of things, excellent, θεῖον ποτόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.341, 9.205; ἁλὸς θείοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.214)]; θ. πρήγματα marvellous things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66; ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον [prev. author] 7.137.)]
4 = Latin divinus (or sacer), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Imperial”, διατάξεις probably in “BGU” 473.5 (200 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), etc.; θησαυροί “PLips.” 62ii14 (4th c.AD))]; θ. ὅρκος oath by the Emperor, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. 83.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; θειότατος, of living Emperors, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.22 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
4.b = Latin divus, of deified Emperors, θ. Σεβαστός Edict.Claud. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.5.3, compare “Inscription Perg.” 283 (3rd c.AD), 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.3.)]
II as substantive, θεῖον, τό, the Divinity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 3.108, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 958 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ θ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70)]; ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242c.)]
II.2 in an abstract sense, divinity, κεκοινώνηκε.. τοῦ θ. [Refs ([prev. work] 246d)]; ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ..., ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656a8, etc.)]; κατὰ θεῖον or κατά τι θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.37 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, p.4 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II.3 θεῖα, τά, the acts of the gods, course of providence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 452, etc.; τὰ θ. θνητοὺς ὄντας εὐπετῶς φέρειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 585; τὰ θ. μὴ φαύλως φέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 961.)]
II.3.b matters of religion, ἔρρει τὰ θ. religion is no more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 910 (Lyric poetry), compare “OC” 1537, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.2, etc.)]
II.3.c inquiries concerning the divine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 232c)]; τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων, i.e. the heavenly bodies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1026a18, compare “GA” 731b24, “Ph.” 196a33 (_superlative_), “EN” 1141b1.)]
III adverb θείως by divine providence, θ. πως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.1, etc.)]; θειοτέρως by special providence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122; μᾶλλόν τι καὶ -ότερον [prev. work] 174.)]
III.2 divinely, excellently, εὖ γε καὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154d; θείως εἰρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b9.)]
Alate Epic dialect θέειος [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hymni” 2.16)]; θεήϊος [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Bion Bucolicus “fragment” 15.9)]; late Aeolic dialect θήϊος [Refs (“epigram Gr.” 989.4 (from Balbilla))]; Laconian dialect σεῖος (see. below 1.3): comparative and superlative θειότερος, -ότατος, frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Phdr.” 279a, “Mx.” 244d, +others)]: (θεός):
1 of or from the gods, divine, γένος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.180; ὀμφή 2.41)]; Ὄνειρος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22; ἐπιπνοίαις 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 577, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 499c; μάστιξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 682; μανία 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 611 (Lyric poetry); νόσος [prev. work] 185 (Lyric poetry) (but θ. νόσος)], of a dust-storm, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ant.” 421); κίνδυνοι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.139)]; θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ by divine intervention, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.5.10; θ. τύχῃ γεγονώς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126; θ. τύχῃ χρεώμενος [prev. author] 3.139)]; θ. κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ, of an easy death, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1585; ἐκ θ. τύχης [prev. author] “Ph.” 1326; ἔμαθε ὡς θ. εἴη τὸ πρῆγμα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.69; ὁ θ. νόμος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82)]; φύσις θ. [NT (“SIG” 1125.8 (from Eleusis), cf. NT.2Pet.1.4)]; appointed of God, βασιλῆες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.691)]; σκῆπτρον given by God, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 139 (Lyric poetry); see below 2.)]
2 belonging or sacred to a god, holy, ἀγών, χορός, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.298, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.264)]; under divine protection, πύργος, δόμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.526, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.43)]; of heralds and bards, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.192, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.17, +others)]; so perhaps, of kings,[Refs ([prev. work] 691.)]
3 morethan human, of heroes, Ὀδυσσεύς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.335, +others, 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 144.4 (Lyric poetry); θ. ἀνήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 6.38, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1548 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 331e, “Men.” 99d (especially at Sparta (_Laconian dialect_ σεῖος), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1145a29)]; ὦ θεῖε (in the mouth of a Spartan) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 626c); μετὰ σοῦ τῆς θείας κεφαλῆς [prev. author] “Phdr.” 234d, compare 4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 9.128a, 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 19.66.)]
3.b of things, excellent, θεῖον ποτόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.341, 9.205; ἁλὸς θείοιο 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.214)]; θ. πρήγματα marvellous things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.66; ἐν τοῖσι θειότατον [prev. author] 7.137.)]
4 = Latin divinus (or sacer), [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Imperial”, διατάξεις probably in “BGU” 473.5 (200 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus), etc.; θησαυροί “PLips.” 62ii14 (4th c.AD))]; θ. ὅρκος oath by the Emperor, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (POxy. 83.6 (4th c.AD), etc.)]; θειότατος, of living Emperors, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Inscription Prien.” 105.22 (1st c.BC), etc.)]
4.b = Latin divus, of deified Emperors, θ. Σεβαστός Edict.Claud. cited in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.5.3, compare “Inscription Perg.” 283 (3rd c.AD), 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.3.)]
II as substantive, θεῖον, τό, the Divinity, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 3.108, +others, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 958 (Lyric poetry); τοῦ θ. χάριν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.70)]; ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 242c.)]
II.2 in an abstract sense, divinity, κεκοινώνηκε.. τοῦ θ. [Refs ([prev. work] 246d)]; ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ..., ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος] [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656a8, etc.)]; κατὰ θεῖον or κατά τι θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.AD: Aeneas Gazaeus Rhetor “Theophrastus” p.37 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, p.4 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
II.3 θεῖα, τά, the acts of the gods, course of providence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 452, etc.; τὰ θ. θνητοὺς ὄντας εὐπετῶς φέρειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 585; τὰ θ. μὴ φαύλως φέρειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 961.)]
II.3.b matters of religion, ἔρρει τὰ θ. religion is no more, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 910 (Lyric poetry), compare “OC” 1537, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.2, etc.)]
II.3.c inquiries concerning the divine, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 232c)]; τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων, i.e. the heavenly bodies, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1026a18, compare “GA” 731b24, “Ph.” 196a33 (_superlative_), “EN” 1141b1.)]
III adverb θείως by divine providence, θ. πως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.1, etc.)]; θειοτέρως by special providence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122; μᾶλλόν τι καὶ -ότερον [prev. work] 174.)]
III.2 divinely, excellently, εὖ γε καὶ θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154d; θείως εἰρῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1074b9.)]