theos G2316

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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Hebrews 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
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Hebrews 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
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Hebrews 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
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Hebrews 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
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Hebrews 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
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Hebrews 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
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Hebrews 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
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Hebrews 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
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Hebrews 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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Hebrews 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
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Hebrews 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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Hebrews 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
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Hebrews 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
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Hebrews 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And this we will do, if God permits.
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Hebrews 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—
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Hebrews 6:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
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Hebrews 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.
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Hebrews 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
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Hebrews 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
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Hebrews 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
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Hebrews 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
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Hebrews 7:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,
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Hebrews 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.
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Hebrews 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
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Hebrews 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
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Hebrews 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
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Hebrews 9:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
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Hebrews 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”
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Hebrews 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
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Hebrews 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”
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Hebrews 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
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Hebrews 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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Hebrews 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
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Hebrews 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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Hebrews 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
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Hebrews 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
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Hebrews 11:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
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Hebrews 11:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
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Hebrews 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
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Hebrews 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
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Hebrews 11:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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Hebrews 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
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Hebrews 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
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Hebrews 11:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
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Hebrews 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Hebrews 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
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Hebrews 12:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
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Hebrews 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
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Hebrews 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
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Hebrews 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
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