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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. Acts 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

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  2. Acts 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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  3. Acts 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

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  4. Acts 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

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  5. Acts 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

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  6. Acts 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

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  7. Acts 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.

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  8. Acts 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

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  9. Acts 7:32 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

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  10. Acts 7:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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  11. Acts 7:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

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  12. Acts 7:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’

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  13. Acts 7:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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  14. Acts 7:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’

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  15. Acts 7:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,

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  16. Acts 7:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

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  17. Acts 7:55 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.

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  18. Acts 7:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

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  19. Acts 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”

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  20. Acts 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when they believed Philip as he preached the gospel of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

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  21. Acts 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them.

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  22. Acts 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!

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  23. Acts 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

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  24. Acts 9:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Saul promptly began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, declaring, “He is the Son of God.”

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  25. Acts 10:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

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  26. Acts 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  27. Acts 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

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  28. Acts 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

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  29. Acts 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

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  30. Acts 10:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

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  31. Acts 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

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  32. Acts 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

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  33. Acts 10:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

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  34. Acts 10:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

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  35. Acts 10:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

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  36. Acts 10:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

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  37. Acts 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

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  38. Acts 10:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

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  39. Acts 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

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  40. Acts 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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  41. Acts 11:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

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  42. Acts 11:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

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  43. Acts 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

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  44. Acts 12:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

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  45. Acts 12:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

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  46. Acts 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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  47. Acts 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

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  48. Acts 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

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  49. Acts 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.

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  50. Acts 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!

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