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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. 2 John 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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  2. 3 John 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They have testified to the church about your love. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

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  3. 3 John 1:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.

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  4. Jude 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:

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  5. Jude 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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  6. Jude 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.

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  7. Jude 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.

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  8. Revelation 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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  9. Revelation 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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  10. Revelation 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

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  11. Revelation 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

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  12. Revelation 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

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  13. Revelation 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

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  14. Revelation 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

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  15. Revelation 3:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of the One who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation for being alive, yet you are dead.

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  16. Revelation 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Wake up and strengthen what remains, which is about to die; for I have found your deeds incomplete in the sight of My God.

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  17. Revelation 3:12 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.

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  18. Revelation 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation.

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  19. Revelation 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.

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  20. Revelation 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

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  21. Revelation 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”

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  22. Revelation 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

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  23. Revelation 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

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  24. Revelation 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

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  25. Revelation 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

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  26. Revelation 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:

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  27. Revelation 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do not harm the land or sea or trees until we have placed a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”

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  28. Revelation 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

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  29. Revelation 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

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  30. Revelation 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

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  31. Revelation 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.

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  32. Revelation 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”

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  33. Revelation 8:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.

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  34. Revelation 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.

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  35. Revelation 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

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  36. Revelation 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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  37. Revelation 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.”

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  38. Revelation 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

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  39. Revelation 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

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  40. Revelation 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

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  41. Revelation 11:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

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  42. Revelation 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying: “We give thanks to You, O Lord God Almighty, the One who is and who was, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

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  43. Revelation 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.

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  44. Revelation 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

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  45. Revelation 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

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  46. Revelation 12:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.

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  47. Revelation 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

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  48. Revelation 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the beast opened its mouth to speak blasphemies against God and to slander His name and His tabernacle—those who dwell in heaven.

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  49. Revelation 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

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  50. Revelation 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”

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