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Strong's #2203: Zeus (pronounced dzyooce)

of uncertain affinity; in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name Dis deece, which is otherwise obsolete Zeus or Dis (among the Latins, Jupiter or Jove), the supreme deity of the Greeks:--Jupiter.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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Zeus

Jupiter or Zeus = "a father of helps"

1) the national god of the Greeks and corresponds to the Roman Jupiter

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: of uncertain affinity




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Acts 14:12: "And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,"
Acts 14:13: "Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,"









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