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θεός (theos) means “God” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

θεός Greek · G2316 1,304 tagged occurrences in 1,144 verses

Pronunciation guide: theh'-os Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2316

θεός · theos · God

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) God, (b) a god, generally.

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How translators render G2316

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
god 660
of god 396
gods 78
to god 63
of gods 13
god is 7
he 6
for god 5
him 5
the god 5
from god 4
about god 3
but god 3
by god 3
it is god 3
a god 2
before god 2
divine 2
god did 2
god to the test 2
godly 2
in god 2
in gods 2
to him 2
when god 2
against god 1
are from god 1
as god 1
belongs to god 1
between god 1
both god 1
could god 1
did god 1
god as 1
god-fearing 1
goddess 1
gods at all 1
his 1
if god 1
in the sight of god 1
is god 1
is god himself 1
it is for god 1
let god 1
o god 1
of a god 1
of god all over again 1
of god for profit 1
of god is 1
of gods work 1
that god 1
that god desires 1
vvv 1
who is himself god 1
with a godly 1
with god 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
god 651
of god 515
to god 41
the god 39
unto god 29
gods 19
of the 8
of 6
with god 4
in god 3
o god 3
the 3
a god 2
a godly sort 2
before god 2
god-ward 2
godly 2
toward god 2
a godly manner 1
between god 1
by god 1
exceeding 1
for god 1
for the god 1
from god 1
god also 1
god who 1
of a god 1
of gods 1
that be of god 1
the gods 1
the things that are gods 1
through god 1
to the 1
to the god 1
which be gods 1
which was 1
with godly 1

Verses containing G2316

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  1. 1 Corinthians 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.

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  2. 1 Corinthians 8:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),

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  3. 1 Corinthians 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.

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  4. 1 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.

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  5. 1 Corinthians 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?

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  6. 1 Corinthians 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

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  9. 1 Corinthians 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

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  10. 1 Corinthians 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

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  11. 1 Corinthians 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

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  12. 1 Corinthians 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.

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  13. 1 Corinthians 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

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  14. 1 Corinthians 11:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God.

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  15. 1 Corinthians 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

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  16. 1 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

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  17. 1 Corinthians 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!

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  18. 1 Corinthians 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

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  19. 1 Corinthians 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.

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  20. 1 Corinthians 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

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  21. 1 Corinthians 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

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  22. 1 Corinthians 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

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  24. 1 Corinthians 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

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  25. 1 Corinthians 14:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”

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  26. 1 Corinthians 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

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  27. 1 Corinthians 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

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  28. 1 Corinthians 14:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Did the word of God originate with you? Or are you the only ones it has reached?

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  29. 1 Corinthians 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I am the least of the apostles and am unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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  30. 1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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  31. 1 Corinthians 15:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

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  32. 1 Corinthians 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.

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  33. 1 Corinthians 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when all things have been subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will be made subject to Him who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all.

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  34. 1 Corinthians 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

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  35. 1 Corinthians 15:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

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  36. 1 Corinthians 15:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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  37. 1 Corinthians 15:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

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  38. 2 Corinthians 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:

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  39. 2 Corinthians 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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  40. 2 Corinthians 1:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,

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  41. 2 Corinthians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

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  42. 2 Corinthians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.

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  43. 2 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

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  44. 2 Corinthians 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

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  45. 2 Corinthians 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

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  46. 2 Corinthians 1:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God.

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  47. 2 Corinthians 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,

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  48. 2 Corinthians 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

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  49. 2 Corinthians 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.

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  50. 2 Corinthians 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.

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