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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 Peter 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, so that in due time He may exalt you.

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  2. 1 Peter 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

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  3. 1 Peter 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.

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  4. 2 Peter 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:

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  5. 2 Peter 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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  6. 2 Peter 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to Him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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  7. 2 Peter 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

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  8. 2 Peter 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;

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  9. 2 Peter 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they deliberately overlook the fact that long ago by God’s word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water,

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  10. 2 Peter 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as you anticipate and hasten the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will be destroyed by fire and the elements will melt in the heat.

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  11. 1 John 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

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  12. 1 John 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:

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  13. 1 John 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.

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    Source alternate reference: 2.13

  14. 1 John 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

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  15. 1 John 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

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  16. 1 John 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

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  17. 1 John 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.

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  18. 1 John 3:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

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  19. 1 John 3:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

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  20. 1 John 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?

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  21. 1 John 3:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

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  22. 1 John 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God,

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  23. 1 John 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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  24. 1 John 4:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

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  25. 1 John 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

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  26. 1 John 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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  27. 1 John 4:6 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

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  28. 1 John 4:7 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

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  29. 1 John 4:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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  30. 1 John 4:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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  31. 1 John 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

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  32. 1 John 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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  33. 1 John 4:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

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  34. 1 John 4:15 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

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  35. 1 John 4:16 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

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  36. 1 John 4:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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  37. 1 John 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

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  38. 1 John 5:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

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  39. 1 John 5:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments.

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  40. 1 John 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

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  41. 1 John 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.

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  42. 1 John 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

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  43. 1 John 5:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.

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  44. 1 John 5:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

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  45. 1 John 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

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  46. 1 John 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

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  47. 1 John 5:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

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  48. 1 John 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.

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  49. 1 John 5:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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  50. 2 John 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, will be with us in truth and love.

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