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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. Hebrews 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “For our God is a consuming fire.”

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  2. Hebrews 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

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  3. Hebrews 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

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  4. Hebrews 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.

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  5. Hebrews 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

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  6. Hebrews 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,

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  7. James 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

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  8. James 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

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  9. James 1:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.

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  10. James 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

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  11. James 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

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  12. James 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

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  13. James 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You believe that God is one. Good for you! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

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  14. James 2:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.

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  15. James 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness.

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  16. James 4:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

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  17. James 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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  18. James 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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  19. James 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

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  20. 1 Peter 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

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  21. 1 Peter 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

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  22. 1 Peter 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

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  23. 1 Peter 1:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.

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  24. 1 Peter 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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  25. 1 Peter 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,

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  26. 1 Peter 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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  27. 1 Peter 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

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  28. 1 Peter 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

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  29. 1 Peter 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.

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  30. 1 Peter 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Live in freedom, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

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  31. 1 Peter 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Treat everyone with high regard: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.

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  32. 1 Peter 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

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  33. 1 Peter 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

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  34. 1 Peter 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

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  35. 1 Peter 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

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  36. 1 Peter 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

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  37. 1 Peter 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

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  38. 1 Peter 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

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  39. 1 Peter 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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  40. 1 Peter 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.

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

    Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

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  42. 1 Peter 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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  43. 1 Peter 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.

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  44. 1 Peter 4:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

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  45. 1 Peter 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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  46. 1 Peter 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.

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  47. 1 Peter 4:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?

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  48. 1 Peter 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

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  49. 1 Peter 5:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

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  50. 1 Peter 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

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