Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

θεός

Vocabulary form: 
qeovV, -ou:, -oJ
Definition: 

God, god

Frequency: 
1,317
GK: 
2536
Root: 
qeo
Cognates: 

Theology is the study of God.

Mnemonic Singing: 

God of our fathers, whose almighty hand.

Verse: 

“ ‘Emmanuel’ is translated ‘θεός is with us.’ ” (Matt 1:23)

“I found also an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an unknown θεός.’ ” (Acts 17:23)

Biblical Concordance

2 Corinthians 11:7 Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) to you without a charge?
2 Corinthians 11:11 Why is that? Is it because I do not love you? God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) knows I do.
2 Corinthians 11:31 The God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) and Father of our Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago — whether in the body I do not know or apart from the body I do not know, only God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) knows — such a man was caught up to the third heaven.
2 Corinthians 12:3 And I know that this man — whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, only God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) knows —
2 Corinthians 12:19 Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking before God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) as those in Christ; and all that we do, dear friends, is for your upbuilding.
2 Corinthians 12:21 I am afraid that when I come, my God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) may again humble me before you, and that I will mourn for many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery in which they indulged.
2 Corinthians 13:4 For indeed he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). For indeed we are weak in him, but we will live with him by the power of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) toward you.
2 Corinthians 13:7 Now we pray to God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) that you may not do anything wrong, not that we would appear as having passed the test, but that you may do what is right even though we may appear as having failed.
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, rejoice, strive for maturity, take courage, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 13:13 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, apostle not men, through but Jesus and the who raised him from the dead —
Galatians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and Father,
Galatians 1:10 For am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc)? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how intensely I used to persecute the church of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and was trying to destroy it.
Galatians 1:15 But when God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc), who had set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me by his grace, was pleased
Galatians 1:20 In what I am writing to you, I swear before God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), I am not lying!
Galatians 1:24 So they praised God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) because of me.
Galatians 2:6 But from those who were supposed to be acknowledged leaders (what they were makes no difference to me; God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) shows no partiality) — those leaders contributed nothing to me.
Galatians 2:19 For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc). I have been crucified with Christ;
Galatians 2:20 and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:21 I do not nullify the grace of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc); for if righteousness could be gained through the law, then Christ died for nothing!
Galatians 3:6 Consider Abraham: “He believed God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc), and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.”
Galatians 3:8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you will all nations be blessed.”
Galatians 3:11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) by the law, because “it is by faith that the righteous person will live.”
Galatians 3:17 What I am saying is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), so as to make the promise void.
Galatians 3:18 For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) gave it to Abraham through a promise.
Galatians 3:20 Now a mediator is not for one party only, but God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is one.
Galatians 3:21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law.
Galatians 3:26 For you are all sons of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:4 But when the fullness of time had come, God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under law,
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!”
Galatians 4:7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, then you are an heir through God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Galatians 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods (theois | θεοῖς | dat pl masc).
Galatians 4:9 But now that you have come to know God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) — or rather, are known by God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) — how can you turn back again to the feeble and inferior elementary principles of the world? How can you want to be their slaves all over again?
Galatians 4:14 and though my condition was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me, but you welcomed me as an angel of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), as though I were Christ Jesus.
Galatians 5:21 envyings, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before: those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is not mocked. For whatever a person sows, that will he also reap.
Galatians 6:16 As for all who will follow this rule — may peace and mercy be upon them, even upon the Israel of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Ephesians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), to the saints who are in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
Ephesians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 1:17 that the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation by coming to know more of him.
Ephesians 2:4 But God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc), being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc);
Ephesians 2:10 For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) prepared in advance that we should do them.
Ephesians 2:16 and to reconcile both to God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) in one body through the cross, having put the hostility to death in himself.
Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc),
Ephesians 2:22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) by the Spirit.

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