Goddess
θεάStrong’s G2299thea
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thea is the Greek word usually translated “goddess”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “goddess”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- goddess 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 2
1 book in all.
Greek dictionary
θεά thea · goddess
θεά, -ᾶς, ἡ (fem. of θεός, which see), a goddess: Act.19:27.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “goddess” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GOD'DESS, noun
A female deity; a heathen deity of the female sex.
- In the language of love, a woman of superior charms or excellence.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.