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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θεός, -οῦ, -ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
theos
Simplified transliteration: 
theos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2316
GK Number: 
2536
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
1317
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
God, usually refers to the one true God; in a very few contexts it refers to a (pagan) god or goddess. The Son of God as a title of Jesus emphasizes his unique relationship to the Father. The god of this age refers to the devil
Definition: 
a deity, Acts 7:43; 1 Cor. 8:5; an idol, Acts 7:40; God, the true God, Mt. 3:9, et al. freq.; God, possessed of true godhead, Jn. 1:1; Rom. 9:5; from the Hebrew, applied to potentates, Jn. 10:34, 35; τῶ θεῶ, an intensive term, from the Hebrew, exceedingly, Acts 7:20, and, perhaps, 2 Cor. 10:4

Greek-English Concordance for θεός

1 Peter 3:21 This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not the removal of dirt from the body but the answer of a good conscience to God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1 Peter 3:22 who is at the right hand of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), having gone into heaven, all angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
1 Peter 4:2 so that you no longer live your remaining days in the flesh concerned about human desires but about the will of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
1 Peter 4:6 It was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to the dead, so that though they were judged as men in the flesh, they might live as God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) in the Spirit.
1 Peter 4:10 Each one should serve others in respect to the gift he has received, as a good steward of the grace of (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) in its various forms:
1 Peter 4:11 if someone speaks, as speaking the oracles of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc); if someone serves, as by the strength that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) supplies — so that in everything God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, that is, the Spirit of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), is resting on you.
1 Peter 4:16 but if someone suffers as a Christian, he should not be disgraced, but should glorify God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) by this name.
1 Peter 4:17 Because the time has come to begin judgment with the house of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and if first with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)?
1 Peter 4:19 So then, let those who are suffering according to the will of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) by doing good entrust their souls to a faithful Creator.
1 Peter 5:2 shepherd the flock of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) among you, watching over it — not because you have to, but voluntarily, as God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) would have it; not for shameful gain but eagerly.
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for “God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:6 Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) that he may exalt you in due time,
1 Peter 5:10 And the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of all grace, the one who has called you into his eternal glory in Christ, will, after you have suffered a little while, himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I regard him, I have written briefly to you, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). Stand fast in it.
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith that through the justice of our God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and Savior Jesus Christ is of equal privilege with ours:
2 Peter 1:2 May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure through knowledge of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and of Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) the Father when a voice borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
2 Peter 2:4 For if God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) did not spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 3:5 For in maintaining this, they overlook the fact that by the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.
2 Peter 3:12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the elements will melt in the heat.
1 John 1:5 Now this is the message that we have heard from him and are proclaiming to you: God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him.
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, truly in that person is the love of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) brought to fulfillment. This is how we can be sure that we are in him:
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:17 The world is passing away with all its desires, but the one who does the will of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) remains forever.
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) — and so we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:2 Dear friends, at the present time we are children of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and it has not yet been revealed what we will be. But we do know that when he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
1 John 3:8 The one who continues to sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) appeared for this purpose — that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 3:9 No one born of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) makes a practice of sinning, because God’s seed abides in him. He cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
1 John 3:10 By this the children of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and the children of the devil are revealed: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), nor is the one who does not love his brother.
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s resources and sees his fellow Christian in need yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) abide in him?
1 John 3:20 that if our conscience condemns us, that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is greater than our conscience and knows all things.
1 John 3:21 Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc),
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they are from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
1 John 4:2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc),
1 John 4:3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is already in the world.
1 John 4:4 Little children, you have been born of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
1 John 4:6 We are from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). The person who knows God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) listens to us, but whoever is not from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and everyone who loves has been born of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and knows God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc).
1 John 4:8 The person who does not love does not know God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), because God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is love.
1 John 4:9 By this the love of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) is revealed to us: that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not that we have loved God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:11 Dear friends, if God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) loved us like that, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:12 No one has ever seen God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc). If we love one another, God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) abides in us, and his love has achieved its goal in us.
1 John 4:15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) abides in him and he in God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc).
1 John 4:16 And we have come to know and to trust the love that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has for us. God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc), and God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) abides in him.
1 John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) whom he has not seen.
1 John 4:21 And the commandment we have from him is this: the one who loves God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) must also love his brother.
1 John 5:1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and everyone who loves the father loves his child.

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