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θεῖος

theîos · G2304 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. divine, of God

    Pertaining to having the nature of God

    Examples

    2 Peter 1:3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

    2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust.

  2. deity, divine nature, divine being

    (Derivative of θεός ‘God,’) The nature or state of being God

    Examples

    Acts 17:29 “Therefore, since we are the descendants of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought.

How it’s used In 1 role

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1 occurrences in 1 groups

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Semantic domains 2 entries
Deity, divine nature, divine being12.13
In 2 Peter 1:4, believers are told that through God's promises “you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust,” using this word for the very nature of deity.
Divine, of God12.14
In Acts 17:29, Paul tells the Athenians, “we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by human skill and thought,” using this word to describe what belongs to God.
Word family 14 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

θεός theós · G2316 · God, god · 1311×θεῖοςtheîos · G2304Θεόφιλος Theóphilos · G2321 · friend of God; Theophilus, a Christian · 2×ἄθεος átheos · G112 · being without God · 1×θεά theá · G2299 · goddess · 1×θειότης theiótēs · G2305 · deity, divine nature, divine being · 1×θεοδίδακτος theodídaktos · G2312 · taught by God, instructed by God · 1×θεομάχος theomáchos · G2314 · to fight against God, to be against God, to be an enemy of God · 1×θεόπνευστος theópneustos · G2315 · inspired by God, divinely inspired · 1×θεοσέβεια theosébeia · G2317 · religion, piety · 1×θεοσεβής theosebḗs · G2318 · devout, pious, religious · 1×θεοστυγής theostygḗs · G2319 · hating God, one who hates God · 1×θεότης theótēs · G2320 · deity, divine nature, divine being · 1×θεομαχέω theomachéō · G2313 · to resist deity · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θεία, θεῖον (Θεός) (from Homer down), divine: ἡ θεία δύναμις, 2 Pet 1:3; φύσις (Diodorus…
θεία, θεῖον (Θεός) (from Homer down), divine: ἡ θεία δύναμις, 2 Pet 1:3; φύσις (Diodorus 5, 31), 2 Pet 1:4; neuter τό θεῖον, divinity, deity (Latinnumendivinum), not only used by the Greeks to denote the divine nature, power, providence, in the general, without reference to any individual deity (as Herodotus 3, 108; Thucydides 5, 70; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 15; Hell. 7, 5, 13; mem. 1,4, 18; Plato, Phaedr., p. 242c.; Polybius 32, 25, 7; Diodorus 1, 6; 13, 3; 12; 16, 60; Lucian, de sacrif. 1; pro imagg. 13, 17. 28), but also by Philo (as in mundi opff. § 61; de agric. 17; leg. ad Galatians 1), and by Josephus (Antiquities, 1, 3, 4; 11, 1; 2, 12, 4; 5, 2, 7; 11, 5, 1; 12, 6, 3; 7, 3; 13, 8, 2; 10, 7; 14, 9, 5; 17, 2, 4; 20, 11, 2; b. j. 3, 8, 3; 4, 3, 10), of the one, true God; hence, most appositely employed by Paul, out of regard for Gentile usage, in Acts 17:29.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Supernatural Beings3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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