Strong G2316θεός
God
- Transliteration
- theos
- Pronunciation
- theh'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine or Feminine)
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; a deity especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: - X exceeding God god [-ly -ward].
Detailed definition
θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.),
[in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc.;]
a god or deity, God.
1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Act.28:6, 1Co.8:4, 2Th.2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Gal.4:8, al.
2. Of the one true God;
__(a) anarthrous: Mat.6:24, Luk.20:38, al.; esp. with prep. (Kühner 3, iii, 605), ἀπὸ θ., Jhn.3:2; ἐκ, Act.5:39, 2Co.5:1, Php.3:9; ὑπό, Rom.13:1; παρὰ θεοῦ, Jhn.1:6; παρὰ θεῷ, 2Th.1:6, 1Pe.2:4; κατὰ θεόν, Rom.8:27, 2Co.7:9, 10; also when in genitive dependent on an anarth. noun (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.27:43, Luk.3:2, Rom.1:17, 1Th.2:13; as pred., Lk 20:38, Jhn.1:1, and when the nature and character rather than the person of God is meant, Act.5:29, Gal.2:6, al. (M, Th., 14);
__(b) more freq., with art.: Mat.1:23, Mrk.2:7, al. mult.; with prep., ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luk.1:26; ἐκ, Jhn.8:42, al.; παρὰ τοῦ θ., Jhn.8:40; π. τῷ θ., Rom.9:14; ἐν, Col.3:3; ἐπὶ τῷ θ., Luk.1:47; ἐπὶ τὸν θ., Act.15:19; εἰς τ. θ., Act.24:15; πρὸς τ. θ., Jhn.1:2; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:32, Mrk.12:26, 27, Luk.20:37, Jhn.20:17, al.; ὁ θ. μου, Rom.1:8, Php 1:3, al.; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Rom.15:6, Eph.1:3, Phi 4:20, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.15:5, 13, 33, 2Co.1:3, 1Th.5:23; τὰ τ. θεοῦ, Mat.16:23, Mrk.12:17, 1Co.2:11; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ., Rom.15:17, Heb.2:17 5:1; τ. θεῷ, as a superl. (LXX, Jos.3:3), Act.7:20, 2Co.10:4; Hebraistically, of judges (Psa.81(82):6), Jhn.10:34" (LXX), 35.
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc.;]
a god or deity, God.
1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Act.28:6, 1Co.8:4, 2Th.2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Gal.4:8, al.
2. Of the one true God;
__(a) anarthrous: Mat.6:24, Luk.20:38, al.; esp. with prep. (Kühner 3, iii, 605), ἀπὸ θ., Jhn.3:2; ἐκ, Act.5:39, 2Co.5:1, Php.3:9; ὑπό, Rom.13:1; παρὰ θεοῦ, Jhn.1:6; παρὰ θεῷ, 2Th.1:6, 1Pe.2:4; κατὰ θεόν, Rom.8:27, 2Co.7:9, 10; also when in genitive dependent on an anarth. noun (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.27:43, Luk.3:2, Rom.1:17, 1Th.2:13; as pred., Lk 20:38, Jhn.1:1, and when the nature and character rather than the person of God is meant, Act.5:29, Gal.2:6, al. (M, Th., 14);
__(b) more freq., with art.: Mat.1:23, Mrk.2:7, al. mult.; with prep., ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luk.1:26; ἐκ, Jhn.8:42, al.; παρὰ τοῦ θ., Jhn.8:40; π. τῷ θ., Rom.9:14; ἐν, Col.3:3; ἐπὶ τῷ θ., Luk.1:47; ἐπὶ τὸν θ., Act.15:19; εἰς τ. θ., Act.24:15; πρὸς τ. θ., Jhn.1:2; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:32, Mrk.12:26, 27, Luk.20:37, Jhn.20:17, al.; ὁ θ. μου, Rom.1:8, Php 1:3, al.; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Rom.15:6, Eph.1:3, Phi 4:20, al.; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.15:5, 13, 33, 2Co.1:3, 1Th.5:23; τὰ τ. θεοῦ, Mat.16:23, Mrk.12:17, 1Co.2:11; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ., Rom.15:17, Heb.2:17 5:1; τ. θεῷ, as a superl. (LXX, Jos.3:3), Act.7:20, 2Co.10:4; Hebraistically, of judges (Psa.81(82):6), Jhn.10:34" (LXX), 35.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2316 appears in 1,172 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- god1,185
- s13
- of12
- godly4
- the3
- gods2
- sort2
- be1
- exceed1
- manner1
- thing1
- to1
First verses
- Matthew 1:23Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 3:16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
- Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 4:6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
- Matthew 4:7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Matthew 5:9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
- Matthew 5:34But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
- Matthew 6:24No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 6:30Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
- Matthew 8:29And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Matthew 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 12:28But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
- Matthew 14:33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
- Matthew 15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θεός, ὁ,
Boeotian dialect θιός, Laconian dialect σιός (see. below), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Cypria)], Cretan dialect θιός [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.27 H., “Leg.Gort.” 1.1)], Doric dialect also θεύς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 58; _accusative_ θεῦν variant [prev. work] 130)]; vocative (only late) θεός, also θεέ [LXX+NT (LXX.Deu.3.24, NT.Matt.27.46, “PMag.Lond.” 121.529, etc.)]; but classical in compound names, Ἀμφίθεε, Τιμόθεε:—God, the Deity, in general sense, both singular and plural (εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ θεὸν ἁρμόζει μεταφέρειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.8.1), θ. δὲ τὸ μὲν δώσει τὸ δ᾽ ἐάσει “God” will grant.., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.444; οὐδέ κεν ἄλλως οὐδὲ θ. τεύξειε 8.177, compare 3.231, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.730 (also θεὸς Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.236, 14.327); θ. καὶ ἀγαθὴ τύχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757e, compare 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; σὺν θεῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.49, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 765, etc. (less frequently ξὺν τῷ θ. [prev. work] 383))]; σὺν θ. εἰρημένον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, compare 3.153; σὺν θ. εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317b)]: so in plural, σύν γε θεοῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.430; οὔ τοι ἄνευ θεοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.372)]; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ pi.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (“P.” 5.76; ἐκ θεόφι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.101)]; ὑπὲρ θεόν against his will,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (17.327; ἂν θ. θέλῃ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 231; θ. θέλοντος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 671: in _plural_, ἂν θεοὶ θέλωσιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 247)]; θεῶν συνεθελόντων, βουλομένων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 9.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 29; εἰ ὀρθῶς ἢ μή, θ. οἶδε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266b, compare “R.” 517b, etc.; in oaths, θ. ἴστω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 522 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πρὸς θεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.15, etc.: τοὺς θεούς σοι)]bless you! good heavens! for heaven's sake! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.17, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.15, +others; τὸν θ. σοι [prev. work] 3.7.19, +others: qualified by τις, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.142, etc.; οὐκ ἄνευ θεῶν τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 164 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 764; κατὰ θεόν τινα [prev. author] “IA” 411, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272e; κατὰ θεόν πως εἰρημένα [prev. author] “Lg.” 682a)]: doubled in poets, θεὸν θεόν τις ἀγλαϊζέτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.21, compare 5th c.BC: Diagoras Lyricus 1; θεοὶ θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 772, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Grammaticus “fragment” 203)]; θεοί (Cretan dialect θιοί) as an opening formula in Inscrr. (i.e. τύχην ἀγαθὴν διδοῖεν), [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.1, “IG” 12.52, etc.: _sing._, θ. τύχη [prev. work]5(2))].1, etc.: in Prose also with the Article, ὁ θ. πάντων ἂν εἴη αἴτιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379c, compare “Lg.” 716c, etc.)]; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θ., τὰ παρὰ τῶν θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.1, 2.6.8.)]
b θεοί, opposed to ἄνδρες, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.544; ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θ., ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον 20.74: in Comparisons, θεοῖσιν ἶσ᾽ ἔθελε φρονέειν 5.440; θεοῖς ἐναλίγκια μήδεα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.89)]; also in singular, θεῷ ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.250; θεὸς ὥς 5.78; ὥς τε θεός 3.381: proverbial, θεὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους)], of an 'angel's visit', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.9.)]
c of special divinities, νέρτεροι θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 622, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 602 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐνέρτεροι θ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.225)]; οἱ κάτωθεν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1070; θ. οὐράνιοι “hymnus ad Cererem” 55, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 90 (_anapaest meter_))]; οἱ δώδεκα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 235, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.2, “IG” 22.30, etc.)]; μὰ τοὺς δώδεκα θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 91)]; in dual, τὼ σιώ (Laconian dialect), of Castor and Pollux, ναὶ τὼ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.34, “HG” 4.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 81: so in _Boeotian dialect_, of Amphion and Zethus, νεὶ τὼ σιώ (to be read θιώ) [prev. author] “Ach.” 905.)]
d ὁ θ., of natural phenomena, ὁ θ. ὕει (i.e. Ζεύς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13; ὁ θ. ἐνέσκηψε βέλος [prev. author] 4.79)]; ἔσεισεν ὁ θ. (i.e. Ποσειδῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.4)]; of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 502, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 722)]; δύνοντος τοῦ θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.79)]; the weather, τί δοκεῖ τὰ τοῦ θεο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 25.2.)]
e Astrology texts, θεοί,= ἀστέρες, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Laod.in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).252.)]
f θεός (i.e. Ἥλιος), name of the 9th τόπος, Rhetor.[Refs ([prev. work]163, etc.)]
2 metaphorically, of abstract things, τὸ δ᾽ εὐτυχεῖν τόδ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς θεός τε καὶ θεοῦ πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 60; ἡ φρόνησις ἁγαθὴ θ. μέγας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 922; θ. γὰρ καὶ τὸ γιγνώσκειν φίλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hel.” †60)]; ὁ πλοῦτος τοῖς σοφοῖς θ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 316)]; φθόνος κάκιστος θ. [Refs (Hippothoon 2.)]
3 as title of rulers, θεῶν ἀδελφῶν (i.e. Ptolemy Il and Arsinoe), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.30, etc.; Πτολεμαῖος ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεᾶς “OGI” 90.10 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; Ἀντίοχος ὅτῳ θεὸς ἐπώνυμον γίγνεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 65)]; θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ, of Augustus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 655.2 (Egypt, 1st c.BC); θ. ἡμῶν καὶ δεσπότης “IPE” 4.71 (Cherson., 2nd c.AD).)]
3.b = Latin Divus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Mon.Anc.Gr. 10.4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.1.1, etc.)]; οἱ ἐν θεοῖς αὐτοκράτορες,= divi Imperatores, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(1).786 (from Rhodes).)]
3.c generally of the dead, καὶ ζῶντός σου καὶ εἰς θεοὺς ἀπελθόντος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.45 (3rd c.BC))]; θεοῖς χθονίοις,= Latin Dis Manibus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.30, +others)]
4 one set in authority, judge, τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ θ., ἐνώπιον τοῦ θ., [LXX (LXX.Exo.21.6, 22.8; θεοὺς οὐ κακολογήσεις [prev. work] 22.28(27).)]
II θεός feminine, goddess, μήτε θήλεια θεός, μήτε τις ἄρσην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.7, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, +others; τοῖς θεοῖς εὔχομαι πᾶσι καὶ πάσαις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.1, compare 141, Oracle texts [prev. work] 21.52)]; especially at Athens, of Athena, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21a, etc.)]; ἁ Διὸς θεός, Ζηνὸς ἡ θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 401 (Lyric poetry), 952 (ἡ Διὸς θεά [prev. work] 450))]; of other goddesses, ποντία θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).36)]; ἡ νερτέρα θ.,= Περσεφόνη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1548, etc.)]; of Thetis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28c)]; of Niobe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 150 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 834 (_anapaest meter_))]: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 378 (Lyric poetry); οὐδ᾽ ἔδεισε τὼ θεώ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125; frequently in oaths, νὴ τὼ θεώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 112; μὰ τὼ θεώ [prev. author] “Ec.” 155, 532.)]
III as adjective in comparative θεώτερος, divine, θύραι θ., opposed to καταιβαταὶ ἀνθρώποισιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.111)]; χορὸς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 93, compare “Dian.” 249, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 257. (Derived by 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52 from τίθημι)] (κόσμῳ θέντες τὰ πρήγματα), by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 397d from θεῖν. Etym. uncertain))] [In Epic dialect (twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) and Trag. (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 47, 1347, +others, not in Comedy texts))], as monosyllable by synizesis, θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.18, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 142; θεῶν “hymnus ad Cererem” 55, 259; θεοῖς 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 171; θεοῖσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.251; θεούς “hymnus ad Cererem” 325: even in _nominative_ θεός before a vowel, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 399 (cf. Pors. (at [prev. work])), “HF” 347; in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.56 apparently a short monosyllable])]
Boeotian dialect θιός, Laconian dialect σιός (see. below), [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Cypria)], Cretan dialect θιός [Refs (“Inscription Cyprian dialect” 135.27 H., “Leg.Gort.” 1.1)], Doric dialect also θεύς [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 58; _accusative_ θεῦν variant [prev. work] 130)]; vocative (only late) θεός, also θεέ [LXX+NT (LXX.Deu.3.24, NT.Matt.27.46, “PMag.Lond.” 121.529, etc.)]; but classical in compound names, Ἀμφίθεε, Τιμόθεε:—God, the Deity, in general sense, both singular and plural (εἰ καὶ ἐπὶ θεοὺς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ θεὸν ἁρμόζει μεταφέρειν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.8.1), θ. δὲ τὸ μὲν δώσει τὸ δ᾽ ἐάσει “God” will grant.., 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.444; οὐδέ κεν ἄλλως οὐδὲ θ. τεύξειε 8.177, compare 3.231, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.730 (also θεὸς Ζεύς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.236, 14.327); θ. καὶ ἀγαθὴ τύχη 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757e, compare 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator; σὺν θεῷ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.49, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 765, etc. (less frequently ξὺν τῷ θ. [prev. work] 383))]; σὺν θ. εἰρημένον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.86, compare 3.153; σὺν θ. εἰπεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 317b)]: so in plural, σύν γε θεοῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.430; οὔ τοι ἄνευ θεοῦ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.372)]; οὐ θεῶν ἄτερ pi.[Refs 8th c.BC+ (“P.” 5.76; ἐκ θεόφι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.101)]; ὑπὲρ θεόν against his will,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (17.327; ἂν θ. θέλῃ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 231; θ. θέλοντος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 671: in _plural_, ἂν θεοὶ θέλωσιν 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 247)]; θεῶν συνεθελόντων, βουλομένων, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 9.8, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Macr.” 29; εἰ ὀρθῶς ἢ μή, θ. οἶδε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 266b, compare “R.” 517b, etc.; in oaths, θ. ἴστω 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 522 (Lyric poetry), etc.; πρὸς θεῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.15, etc.: τοὺς θεούς σοι)]bless you! good heavens! for heaven's sake! [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 7.17, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.19.15, +others; τὸν θ. σοι [prev. work] 3.7.19, +others: qualified by τις, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.142, etc.; οὐκ ἄνευ θεῶν τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 164 (troch.), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 764; κατὰ θεόν τινα [prev. author] “IA” 411, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272e; κατὰ θεόν πως εἰρημένα [prev. author] “Lg.” 682a)]: doubled in poets, θεὸν θεόν τις ἀγλαϊζέτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.21, compare 5th c.BC: Diagoras Lyricus 1; θεοὶ θεοὶ τῶν ἀδίκων μέλουσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 772, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Grammaticus “fragment” 203)]; θεοί (Cretan dialect θιοί) as an opening formula in Inscrr. (i.e. τύχην ἀγαθὴν διδοῖεν), [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.1, “IG” 12.52, etc.: _sing._, θ. τύχη [prev. work]5(2))].1, etc.: in Prose also with the Article, ὁ θ. πάντων ἂν εἴη αἴτιος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 379c, compare “Lg.” 716c, etc.)]; τὰ πρὸς τοὺς θ., τὰ παρὰ τῶν θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.3.1, 2.6.8.)]
b θεοί, opposed to ἄνδρες, πατὴρ ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.544; ὃν Ξάνθον καλέουσι θ., ἄνδρες δὲ Σκάμανδρον 20.74: in Comparisons, θεοῖσιν ἶσ᾽ ἔθελε φρονέειν 5.440; θεοῖς ἐναλίγκια μήδεα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.89)]; also in singular, θεῷ ἐναλίγκιος αὐδήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.250; θεὸς ὥς 5.78; ὥς τε θεός 3.381: proverbial, θεὸς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους)], of an 'angel's visit', [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.9.)]
c of special divinities, νέρτεροι θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 622, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 602 (Lyric poetry))]; ἐνέρτεροι θ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.225)]; οἱ κάτωθεν θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1070; θ. οὐράνιοι “hymnus ad Cererem” 55, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 90 (_anapaest meter_))]; οἱ δώδεκα θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 235, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitum magistro” 3.2, “IG” 22.30, etc.)]; μὰ τοὺς δώδεκα θ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 91)]; in dual, τὼ σιώ (Laconian dialect), of Castor and Pollux, ναὶ τὼ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.34, “HG” 4.4.10, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 81: so in _Boeotian dialect_, of Amphion and Zethus, νεὶ τὼ σιώ (to be read θιώ) [prev. author] “Ach.” 905.)]
d ὁ θ., of natural phenomena, ὁ θ. ὕει (i.e. Ζεύς) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13; ὁ θ. ἐνέσκηψε βέλος [prev. author] 4.79)]; ἔσεισεν ὁ θ. (i.e. Ποσειδῶν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.7.4)]; of the sun, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.24, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 502, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 722)]; δύνοντος τοῦ θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 4.79)]; the weather, τί δοκεῖ τὰ τοῦ θεο; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 25.2.)]
e Astrology texts, θεοί,= ἀστέρες, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator Laod.in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).252.)]
f θεός (i.e. Ἥλιος), name of the 9th τόπος, Rhetor.[Refs ([prev. work]163, etc.)]
2 metaphorically, of abstract things, τὸ δ᾽ εὐτυχεῖν τόδ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς θεός τε καὶ θεοῦ πλέον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 60; ἡ φρόνησις ἁγαθὴ θ. μέγας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 922; θ. γὰρ καὶ τὸ γιγνώσκειν φίλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hel.” †60)]; ὁ πλοῦτος τοῖς σοφοῖς θ. [Refs ([prev. author] “Cyc.” 316)]; φθόνος κάκιστος θ. [Refs (Hippothoon 2.)]
3 as title of rulers, θεῶν ἀδελφῶν (i.e. Ptolemy Il and Arsinoe), [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 1.30, etc.; Πτολεμαῖος ὑπάρχων θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεᾶς “OGI” 90.10 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC))]; Ἀντίοχος ὅτῳ θεὸς ἐπώνυμον γίγνεται [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Συριακή” 65)]; θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ, of Augustus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“OGI” 655.2 (Egypt, 1st c.BC); θ. ἡμῶν καὶ δεσπότης “IPE” 4.71 (Cherson., 2nd c.AD).)]
3.b = Latin Divus, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Mon.Anc.Gr. 10.4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 4.1.1, etc.)]; οἱ ἐν θεοῖς αὐτοκράτορες,= divi Imperatores, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(1).786 (from Rhodes).)]
3.c generally of the dead, καὶ ζῶντός σου καὶ εἰς θεοὺς ἀπελθόντος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PPetr.” 2p.45 (3rd c.BC))]; θεοῖς χθονίοις,= Latin Dis Manibus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.30, +others)]
4 one set in authority, judge, τὸ κριτήριον τοῦ θ., ἐνώπιον τοῦ θ., [LXX (LXX.Exo.21.6, 22.8; θεοὺς οὐ κακολογήσεις [prev. work] 22.28(27).)]
II θεός feminine, goddess, μήτε θήλεια θεός, μήτε τις ἄρσην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.7, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.35, +others; τοῖς θεοῖς εὔχομαι πᾶσι καὶ πάσαις 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.1, compare 141, Oracle texts [prev. work] 21.52)]; especially at Athens, of Athena, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.77, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 21a, etc.)]; ἁ Διὸς θεός, Ζηνὸς ἡ θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 401 (Lyric poetry), 952 (ἡ Διὸς θεά [prev. work] 450))]; of other goddesses, ποντία θεός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).36)]; ἡ νερτέρα θ.,= Περσεφόνη, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1548, etc.)]; of Thetis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 28c)]; of Niobe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 150 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 834 (_anapaest meter_))]: in dual, of Demeter and Persephone, τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 378 (Lyric poetry); οὐδ᾽ ἔδεισε τὼ θεώ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.125; frequently in oaths, νὴ τὼ θεώ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 112; μὰ τὼ θεώ [prev. author] “Ec.” 155, 532.)]
III as adjective in comparative θεώτερος, divine, θύραι θ., opposed to καταιβαταὶ ἀνθρώποισιν, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.111)]; χορὸς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Apollinem” 93, compare “Dian.” 249, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 257. (Derived by 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.52 from τίθημι)] (κόσμῳ θέντες τὰ πρήγματα), by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 397d from θεῖν. Etym. uncertain))] [In Epic dialect (twice in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus) and Trag. (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 47, 1347, +others, not in Comedy texts))], as monosyllable by synizesis, θεοί [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.18, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 142; θεῶν “hymnus ad Cererem” 55, 259; θεοῖς 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 171; θεοῖσιν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.251; θεούς “hymnus ad Cererem” 325: even in _nominative_ θεός before a vowel, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 399 (cf. Pors. (at [prev. work])), “HF” 347; in 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.56 apparently a short monosyllable])]