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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

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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. 2 Corinthians 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Finally, brothers, rejoice! Aim for perfect harmony, encourage one another, be of one mind, live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.

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  2. 2 Corinthians 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

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  3. Galatians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—

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  4. Galatians 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  5. Galatians 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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  6. Galatians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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  7. Galatians 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how severely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.

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  8. Galatians 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.

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  9. Galatians 1:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they glorified God because of me.

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  10. Galatians 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.

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  11. Galatians 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.

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  12. Galatians 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

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  13. Galatians 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

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  14. Galatians 3:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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  15. Galatians 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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  16. Galatians 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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  17. Galatians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

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  18. Galatians 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

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  19. Galatians 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

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  20. Galatians 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

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  21. Galatians 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

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  22. Galatians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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  23. Galatians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

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  24. Galatians 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, you are also an heir through God.

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  25. Galatians 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

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  26. Galatians 4:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

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  27. Galatians 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.

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  28. Galatians 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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  29. Galatians 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

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  30. Galatians 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

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  31. Ephesians 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

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  32. Ephesians 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  33. Ephesians 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

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  34. Ephesians 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

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  35. Ephesians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

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  36. Ephesians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

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  37. Ephesians 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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  38. Ephesians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.

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  39. Ephesians 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,

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  40. Ephesians 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in Him you too are being built together into a dwelling place for God in His Spirit.

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  41. Ephesians 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely you have heard about the stewardship of God’s grace that was given to me for you,

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  42. Ephesians 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.

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  43. Ephesians 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

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  44. Ephesians 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His purpose was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms,

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  45. Ephesians 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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  46. Ephesians 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

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  47. Ephesians 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as we mature to the full measure of the stature of Christ.

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  48. Ephesians 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

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  49. Ephesians 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.

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  50. Ephesians 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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