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Strong's #2316: theos (pronounced theh'-os)

of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with 3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very:--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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theos

1) a god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities

2) the Godhead, trinity

2a) God the Father, the first person in the trinity

2b) Christ, the second person of the trinity

2c) Holy Spirit, the third person in the trinity

3) spoken of the only and true God

3a) refers to the things of God

3b) his counsels, interests, things due to him

4) whatever can in any respect be likened unto God, or resemble him in any way

4a) God' s representative or viceregent

4a1) of magistrates and judges

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity

Citing in TDNT: 3:65, 322




Usage:

This word is used 1353 times:

2 Corinthians 6:16: "of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them,"
2 Corinthians 6:16: "them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my"
2 Corinthians 7:1: "holiness in the fear of God."
2 Corinthians 7:6: "Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the"
2 Corinthians 7:9: "repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by"
2 Corinthians 7:10: "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation"
2 Corinthians 7:11: "selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought"
2 Corinthians 7:12: "for you in the sight of God might appear unto you."
2 Corinthians 8:1: "we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the"
2 Corinthians 8:5: "unto us by the will of God."
2 Corinthians 8:16: "But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into"
2 Corinthians 9:7: "or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
2 Corinthians 9:8: "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you;"
2 Corinthians 9:11: "through us thanksgiving to God."
2 Corinthians 9:12: "also by many thanksgivings unto God;"
2 Corinthians 9:13: "of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto"
2 Corinthians 9:14: "the exceeding grace of God in you."
2 Corinthians 9:15: "Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift."
2 Corinthians 10:4: "carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;)"
2 Corinthians 10:5: "against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought"
2 Corinthians 10:13: "of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach"
2 Corinthians 11:2: "For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you"
2 Corinthians 11:7: "to you the gospel of God freely?"
2 Corinthians 11:11: "I love you not? God knoweth."
2 Corinthians 11:31: "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,"
2 Corinthians 12:2: "out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one"
2 Corinthians 12:3: "of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)"
2 Corinthians 12:19: "unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things,"
2 Corinthians 12:21: "when I come again, my God will humble me among you,"
2 Corinthians 13:4: "yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also"
2 Corinthians 13:4: "with him by the power of God toward you."
2 Corinthians 13:7: "Now I pray to God that ye do no"
2 Corinthians 13:11: "be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace"
2 Corinthians 13:14: "and the love of God, and the communion of the"
Galatians 1:1: "Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from"
Galatians 1:3: "and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord"
Galatians 1:4: "according to the will of God and our Father:"
Galatians 1:10: "persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men?"
Galatians 1:13: "beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:"
Galatians 1:15: "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my"
Galatians 1:20: "unto you, behold, before God, I lie not."
Galatians 1:24: "And they glorified God in me."
Galatians 2:6: "(whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no"
Galatians 2:19: "to the law, that I might live unto God."
Galatians 2:20: "of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave"
Galatians 2:21: "frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by"
Galatians 3:6: "Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for"
Galatians 3:8: "Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through"
Galatians 3:11: "by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just"
Galatians 3:17: "that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law,"









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