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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. Mark 3:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”

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  2. Mark 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

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  3. Mark 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

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  4. Mark 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?

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  5. Mark 5:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

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  6. Mark 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

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  7. Mark 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.

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  8. Mark 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

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  9. Mark 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

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  10. Mark 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

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  11. Mark 9:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

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  12. Mark 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

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  13. Mark 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

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  14. Mark 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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  15. Mark 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

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  16. Mark 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

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  17. Mark 10:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

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  18. Mark 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

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  19. Mark 10:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

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  20. Mark 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

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  21. Mark 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

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  22. Mark 12:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

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  23. Mark 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

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  24. Mark 12:26 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

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  25. Mark 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

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  26. Mark 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “This is the most important: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

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  27. Mark 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

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  28. Mark 12:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Jesus saw that the man had answered wisely, He said, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to question Him any further.

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  29. Mark 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For those will be days of tribulation unseen from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.

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  30. Mark 14:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”

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  31. Mark 15:34 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    At the ninth hour, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

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  32. Mark 15:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

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  33. Mark 15:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent Council member who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God, boldly went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus.

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  34. Luke 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

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  35. Luke 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day while Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God,

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  36. Luke 1:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.

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  37. Luke 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

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  38. Luke 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

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  39. Luke 1:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the angel told her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.

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  40. Luke 1:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,

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  41. Luke 1:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

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  42. Luke 1:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For no word from God will ever fail.”

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  43. Luke 1:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!

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  44. Luke 1:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

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  45. Luke 1:68 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.

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  46. Luke 1:78 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

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  47. Luke 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

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  48. Luke 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”

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  49. Luke 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

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  50. Luke 2:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

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