Strong's Lexicon
G2299
G2299 — θεά
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2299 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θεά |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | feminine of G2316 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | thea |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | theh-ah' |
| Meaning: | 1. a female deity |
| KJV Renderings: | goddess |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεά, θεᾶς, ἡ (feminine of θεός) (from Homer down), a goddess: Act 19:27, and Rec. also in 35, 37.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θεά (goddess)
Acts 19:27
- KJV: So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised and her magnificence should be destroyed whom all Asia and the world worshippeth
- GK: ου μόνον δε τούτο κινδυνεύει ημίν το μέρος εις απελεγμόν ελθείν αλλά και το της μεγάλης θεάς Αρτέμιδος ιερόν εις ουδέν λογισθήναι μέλλειν δε και καθαιρείσθαι την μεγαλειότητα αυτής ην όλη η Ασία και η οικουμένη σέβεται
Acts 19:35
- KJV: And when the townclerk had appeased the people he said men of Ephesus what man is there that knoweth not the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana and of the which fell down from Jupiter
- GK: καταστείλας δε ο γραμματεύς τον όχλον φησίν άνδρες Εφέσιοι τις γαρ εστιν άνθρωπος ος ου γινώσκει την Εφεσίων πόλιν νεωκόρον ούσαν της μεγάλης θεάς Αρτέμιδος και του Διοπετούς
Acts 19:37
- KJV: For ye have brought hither these men which are neither robbers of churches nor yet blasphemers of your goddess
- GK: ηγάγετε γαρ τους άνδρας τούτους ούτε ιεροσύλους ούτε βλασφημούντας την θεόν υμών