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Word Study · Strong's G2316 · Greek

θεός

theos

theh'-os

Strong's 1890 spelling: theós

a deity, especially (with ) the supreme Divinity

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a deity, especially (with ) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very

Rendered in the KJV as

X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).

  • 1,312
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 6 of 27
    New Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 31
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 31

  • θεοῦ156
  • θεὸς89
  • θεὸν39
  • θεοῦ,37
  • θεοῦ.36
  • θεῷ24
  • θεοῦ.¶18
  • θεῷ.13
  • θεός,11
  • θεόν.9
  • θεόν8
  • θεοῦ·8

and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 31

  • God175
  • of God125
  • of God.47
  • of God,28
  • God.23
  • God,18
  • to God.14
  • to God13
  • God;10
  • of God?10
  • of God;5
  • God [is]3

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 7

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular264
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular107
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular69
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular51
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular7
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-GSM-T · 264
  • N-NSM-T · 107
  • N-ASM-T · 69
  • N-DSM-T · 51
  • N-VSM-T · 7
  • N-APM · 1
  • N-NPM · 1

The first 500 of 1,312, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Romans carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew51 occurrences
Mark48 occurrences
Luke122 occurrences
John83 occurrences
Acts46 occurrences
Romans150 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).