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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 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.

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  2. Acts 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

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  3. Acts 13:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

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  4. Acts 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.

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  5. Acts 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But God raised Him from the dead,

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  6. Acts 13:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’

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  7. Acts 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

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  8. Acts 13:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

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  9. Acts 13:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

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  10. Acts 13:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

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  11. Acts 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”

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  12. Acts 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.

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  13. Acts 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

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  14. Acts 14:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

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  15. Acts 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they arrived, they gathered the church together and reported all that God had done through them, and how He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

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  16. Acts 15:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

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  17. Acts 15:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

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  18. Acts 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

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  19. Acts 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

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  20. Acts 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

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  21. Acts 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

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  22. Acts 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

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  23. Acts 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As soon as Paul had seen the vision, we got ready to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.

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  24. Acts 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

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  25. Acts 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”

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  26. Acts 16:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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  27. Acts 16:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then he brought them into his home and set a meal before them. So he and all his household rejoiced that they had come to believe in God.

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  28. Acts 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that Paul was also proclaiming the word of God in Berea, they went there themselves to incite and agitate the crowds.

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  29. Acts 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

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  30. Acts 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.

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  31. Acts 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.

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  32. Acts 17:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.

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  33. Acts 17:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

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  34. Acts 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titus Justus, a worshiper of God.

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  35. Acts 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching the word of God among the Corinthians.

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  36. Acts 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.

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  37. Acts 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.

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  38. Acts 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

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  39. Acts 19:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

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  40. Acts 19:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

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  41. Acts 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

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  42. Acts 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

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  43. Acts 20:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    testifying to Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  44. Acts 20:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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  45. Acts 20:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.

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  46. Acts 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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  47. Acts 20:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And now I commit you to God and to the word of His grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

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  48. Acts 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

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  49. Acts 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

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  50. Acts 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

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