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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. John 11:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

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  2. John 11:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

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  3. John 12:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they loved praise from men more than praise from God.

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  4. John 13:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

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  5. John 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in Him.

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  6. John 13:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify the Son in Himself—and will glorify Him at once.

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  7. John 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.

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  8. John 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

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  9. John 16:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

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  10. John 16:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

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  11. John 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

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  12. John 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “We have a law,” answered the Jews, “and according to that law He must die, because He declared Himself to be the Son of God.”

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  13. John 20:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”

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  14. John 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”

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  15. John 20:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

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  16. John 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. And after He had said this, He told him, “Follow Me.”

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  17. Acts 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

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  18. Acts 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,

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    Source alternate reference: 2.10

  19. Acts 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

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  20. Acts 2:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.

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  21. Acts 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was delivered up by God’s set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross.

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  22. Acts 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

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  23. Acts 2:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

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  24. Acts 2:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God has raised this Jesus to life, to which we are all witnesses.

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  25. Acts 2:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.

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  26. Acts 2:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”

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  27. Acts 2:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”

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  28. Acts 2:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.

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  29. Acts 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising God.

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  30. Acts 3:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When all the people saw him walking and praising God,

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  31. Acts 3:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus. You handed Him over and rejected Him before Pilate, even though he had decided to release Him.

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  32. Acts 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.

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  33. Acts 3:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

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  34. Acts 3:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

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  35. Acts 3:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

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  36. Acts 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’

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  37. Acts 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”

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  38. Acts 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

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  39. Acts 4:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.

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  40. Acts 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After further threats they let them go. They could not find a way to punish them, because all the people were glorifying God for what had happened.

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  41. Acts 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

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  42. Acts 4:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

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  43. Acts 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”

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  44. Acts 5:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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  45. Acts 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.

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  46. Acts 5:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

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  47. Acts 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

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  48. Acts 5:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”

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  49. Acts 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

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  50. Acts 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew rapidly, and a great number of priests became obedient to the faith.

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