Strong's Lexicon
G2304 — θεῖος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2304 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θεῖος |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G2316 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | theios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thei`-os |
| Meaning: | 1. godlike (neuter as noun, divinity) |
| KJV Renderings: | divine, godhead |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θεῖος, θεία, θεῖον (Θεός) (from Homer down), divine: ἡ θεία δύναμις, 2Pe 1:3; φύσις (Diodorus 5, 31), 2Pe 1:4; neuter τό θεῖον, divinity, deity (Latinnumendivinum), not only used by the Greeks to denote the divine nature, power, providence, in the general, without reference to any individual deity (as Herodotus 3, 108; Thucydides 5, 70; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 15; Hell. 7, 5, 13; mem. 1,4, 18; Plato, Phaedr., p. 242c.; Polybius 32, 25, 7; Diodorus 1, 6; 13, 3; 12; 16, 60; Lucian, de sacrif. 1; pro imagg. 13, 17. 28), but also by Philo (as in mundi opff. § 61; de agric. 17; leg. ad Gal 1:1-24), and by Josephus (Antiquities, 1, 3, 4; 11, 1; 2, 12, 4; 5, 2, 7; 11, 5, 1; 12, 6, 3; 7, 3; 13, 8, 2; 10, 7; 14, 9, 5; 17, 2, 4; 20, 11, 2; b. j. 3, 8, 3; 4, 3, 10), of the one, true God; hence, most appositely employed by Paul, out of regard for Gentile usage, in Act 17:29.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θεῖος (divine)
Acts 17:29
- KJV: Forasmuch 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
- GK: γένος ούν υπάρχοντες του θεού ουκ οφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσώ η αργύρω η λίθω χαράγματι τέχνης και ενθυμήσεως ανθρώπου το θείον είναι όμοιον
2 Peter 1:3
- KJV: According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that unto life and godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue
- GK: ως πάντα ημίν της θείας δυνάμεως αυτού τα προς ζωήν και ευσέβειαν δεδωρημένης διά της επιγνώσεως του καλέσαντος ημάς διά δόξης και αρετής
2 Peter 1:4
- KJV: Whereby 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
- GK: δι΄ ων τα τίμια ημίν και μέγιστα επαγγέλματα δεδώρηται ίνα διά τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοί φύσεως αποφυγόντες της εν κόσμω εν επιθυμία φθοράς