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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. Luke 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!

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  2. Luke 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!

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  3. Luke 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.

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  4. Luke 13:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?

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  5. Luke 13:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again He asked, “To what can I compare the kingdom of God?

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  6. Luke 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.

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  7. Luke 13:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.

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  8. Luke 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

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  9. Luke 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

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  10. Luke 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”

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  11. Luke 16:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.

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  12. Luke 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

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  13. Luke 17:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.

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  14. Luke 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”

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  15. Luke 17:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.

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  16. Luke 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”

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  17. Luke 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.

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  18. Luke 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,

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  19. Luke 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?

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  20. Luke 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.

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  21. Luke 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

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  22. Luke 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “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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  23. Luke 18:17 · 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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  24. Luke 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  25. Luke 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Seeing the man’s sadness, Jesus said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!

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  26. Luke 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Indeed, 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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  27. Luke 18:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus said, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”

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  28. Luke 18:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

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  29. Luke 18:43 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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  30. Luke 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

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  31. Luke 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:

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  32. Luke 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.

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  33. Luke 20:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

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  34. Luke 20:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

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  35. Luke 20:37 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

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  36. Luke 20:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

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  37. Luke 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

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  38. Luke 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

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  39. Luke 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”

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  40. Luke 22:69 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.”

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  41. Luke 22:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”

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  42. Luke 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The people stood watching, and the rulers sneered at Him, saying, “He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ of God, the Chosen One.”

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  43. Luke 23:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?

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  44. Luke 23:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

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  45. Luke 23:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

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  46. Luke 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.

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  47. Luke 24:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    praising God continually in the temple.

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  48. John 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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  49. John 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was with God in the beginning.

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  50. John 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

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