Divine
θεῖοςStrong’s G2304theios
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Theios is the Greek word usually translated “divine being” and “divine”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:”
Meaning
Usually translated “divine being” and “divine”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- divine being 1
- divine 1
- of divine 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Peter 2
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 1:4In contextWhereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
- Acts 17:29Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
Greek dictionary
θεῖος theios · divine
θεῖος, -εία, -εῖον (θεός), [in LXX: Exo.31:3 35:31, Job.27:3 33:4, Pro.2:17 (אֵל, אֱלֹהִים, אֱלוֹהַּ), Sir.6:35, 1-37 II Mal.3:1-40, 3Ma.1:1-29, 4Mac.25 * ;] divine: δύναμις, 2Pe.1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., see MM, Exp., xv), 2Pe.1:4; τὸ θ., the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Act.17:29.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “divine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DIVINE, adjective
[Latin, a god.]
- Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.
- Pertaining to a heathen deity, or to false gods.
- Partaking of the nature of God.
- Proceeding from God; as divine judgments.
All definitions and other forms of “divine”
- Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human.“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king” Proverbs 16:10
- Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Not used.]
- Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
DIVINE, noun
- A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
- A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; as a great divine
DIVINE, verb transitive
[Latin]
- To foreknow; to foretell; to presage.
- To deify. [Not in use.]
DIVINE, verb intransitive
- To use or practice divination.
- To utter presages or prognostications.“The prophets thereof divine for money” Micah 3:11
- To have presages or forebodings.
- To guess or conjecture.
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.