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

Acts 6:2 So the twelve called together the entire group of disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) in order to wait on tables.
Acts 6:7 And the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) continued to spread, and the number of disciples increased greatly in Jerusalem, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith.
Acts 6:11 Then they secretly talked some men into saying, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc)
Acts 7:2 And Stephen said: “My brothers and fathers, hear me. The God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acts 7:6 And God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) spoke thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.
Acts 7:7 But, ‘Whatever nation they serve as slaves, I will punish,’ said God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc), ‘and after this they will come out and they will worship me in this place.’
Acts 7:9 “And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) was with him,
Acts 7:17 “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) had granted to Abraham, our people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
Acts 7:20 At which time Moses was born, and he was beautiful before God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc). He was brought up for three months in his father’s house;
Acts 7:25 He thought that his brothers would understand that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc), by his hand, was granting them deliverance; but they did not understand.
Acts 7:32 ‘I am the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of your forefathers, the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.
Acts 7:35 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ — this man God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) sent both as ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acts 7:37 This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, as he raised up me.’
Acts 7:40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods (theous | θεούς | acc pl masc) who will go before us, for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
Acts 7:42 But God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acts 7:43 You took along the shrine of Moloch and the star of your god (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) Rephan, the images that you made, to worship them, so I will make you move beyond Babylon.’
Acts 7:45 And when our fathers received it in return, they brought it in with Joshua in taking possession of the nations, whom God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David,
Acts 7:46 who found favor in the sight of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
Acts 7:55 But Stephen, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked right into heaven and saw the glory of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and Jesus standing at the right hand of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 7:56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)
Acts 8:10 They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), which is called Great.”
Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he preached about the kingdom of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), they sent to them Peter and John,
Acts 8:20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver go with you to destruction, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) with money!
Acts 8:21 There is not for you a part or share in this matter, for your heart is not upright before God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 9:20 And right away he began proclaiming Jesus in the synagogues, that this man is the Son of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 10:2 a devout man and one who feared God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) with all his household, gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) continually.
Acts 10:3 He saw in a vision clearly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) coming to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”
Acts 10:4 Staring at him and becoming afraid, he said, “What is it, Lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 10:15 And a voice came again, a second time, to him, “What God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has made clean, you must not consider common.”
Acts 10:22 And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright man and one who fears God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), who is well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to hear words from you.”
Acts 10:28 And he said to them, “You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another race, but God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) showed me that I should call no person common or unclean.
Acts 10:31 and he said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 10:33 So immediately I sent for you, and you did well by coming. Now therefore we are all here in the presence of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) to hear all that has been commanded you by the Lord.”
Acts 10:34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) is not one who shows partiality;
Acts 10:38 Jesus of Nazareth, how God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) was with him.
Acts 10:40 This man God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) raised up on the third day and allowed him to be seen,
Acts 10:41 not to all the people but to witnesses who had been previously chosen by God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
Acts 10:42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) to be judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 10:46 For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc). Then Peter declared,
Acts 11:1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc).
Acts 11:9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has made clean, you must not consider common.’
Acts 11:17 If then God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to stand in God’s (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) way?”
Acts 11:18 When they heard these things, they fell silent, and they glorified God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), saying, “So then even to the Gentiles God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has granted repentance that leads to life.”
Acts 11:23 When he came and saw the grace of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), he was glad, and he began to exhort them all to remain faithful to the Lord in the purpose of their hearts,
Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was made earnestly to God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) for him by the church.
Acts 12:22 But the crowd began to shout, “It is the voice of a god (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and not of a man!”
Acts 12:23 And immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc), and he was eaten by worms and died.
Acts 12:24 But the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) continued to advance and gain adherents.
Acts 13:5 And when they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their assistant.

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