Greek

God

θεόςStrong’s G2316

theos

Appears in 1,164 verses of the New Testament

In short

Theos is the Greek word usually translated “god”, “god s” and “gods”. It appears in 1,164 verses of the New Testament.

“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:”

2 Thessalonians 1:1 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “god”, “god s” and “gods”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

god 691
of god 518
to god 79
god s 9
gods 8
in god 7
with god 4
for god 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Acts 159
Romans 132
Luke 116
Revelation 88
1 Corinthians 87
John 69

27 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

All 1,164 verses, by book

Matthew 46: 1:23 3:9 3:16 4:3 4:4 4:6 4:7 4:10 5:8 5:9 5:34 6:24 6:30 6:33 8:29 9:8 12:4 12:28 14:33 15:3 15:4 15:6 15:31 16:16 16:23 19:6 19:17 19:24 19:26 21:12 21:31 21:43 22:16 22:21 22:29 22:30 22:31 22:32 22:37 23:22 26:61 26:63 27:40 27:43 27:46 27:54
Mark 44: 1:1 1:14 1:15 1:24 2:7 2:12 2:26 3:11 3:35 4:11 4:26 4:30 5:7 7:8 7:9 7:13 8:33 9:1 9:47 10:6 10:9 10:14 10:15 10:18 10:23 10:24 10:25 10:27 11:22 12:14 12:17 12:24 12:26 12:27 12:29 12:30 12:32 12:34 13:19 14:25 15:34 15:39 15:43 16:19
Luke 116: 1:6 1:8 1:16 1:19 1:26 1:30 1:32 1:35 1:37 1:47 1:64 1:68 1:78 2:13 2:14 2:20 2:28 2:38 2:40 2:52 3:2 3:6 3:8 3:38 4:3 4:4 4:8 4:9 4:12 4:34 4:41 4:43 5:1 5:21 5:25 5:26 6:4 6:12 6:20 7:16 7:28 7:29 7:30 8:1 8:10 8:11 8:21 8:28 8:39 9:2 9:11 9:20 9:27 9:43 9:60 9:62 10:9 10:11 10:27 11:20 11:28 11:42 11:49 12:6 12:8 12:9 12:20 12:21 12:24 12:28 13:13 13:18 13:20 13:28 13:29 14:15 15:10 16:13 16:15 16:16 17:15 17:18 17:20 17:21 18:2 18:4 18:7 18:11 18:13 18:16 18:17 18:19 18:24 18:25 18:27 18:29 18:43 19:11 19:37 20:21 20:25 20:36 20:37 20:38 21:4 21:31 22:16 22:18 22:69 22:70 23:35 23:40 23:47 23:51 24:19 24:53
John 69: 1:1 1:2 1:6 1:12 1:13 1:18 1:29 1:34 1:36 1:49 1:51 3:2 3:3 3:5 3:16 3:17 3:18 3:21 3:33 3:34 3:36 4:10 4:24 5:18 5:25 5:42 5:44 6:27 6:28 6:29 6:33 6:45 6:46 6:69 7:17 8:40 8:41 8:42 8:47 8:54 9:3 9:16 9:24 9:29 9:31 9:33 10:33 10:34 10:35 10:36 11:4 11:22 11:27 11:40 11:52 12:43 13:3 13:31 13:32 14:1 16:2 16:27 16:30 17:3 19:7 20:17 20:28 20:31 21:19
Acts 159: 1:3 2:11 2:17 2:22 2:23 2:24 2:30 2:32 2:33 2:36 2:39 2:47 3:8 3:9 3:13 3:15 3:18 3:21 3:22 3:25 3:26 4:10 4:19 4:21 4:24 4:31 5:4 5:29 5:30 5:31 5:32 5:39 6:2 6:7 6:11 7:2 7:6 7:7 7:9 7:17 7:20 7:25 7:32 7:35 7:37 7:40 7:42 7:43 7:45 7:46 7:55 7:56 8:10 8:12 8:14 8:20 8:21 8:37 9:20 10:2 10:3 10:4 10:15 10:22 10:28 10:31 10:33 10:34 10:38 10:40 10:41 10:42 10:46 11:1 11:9 11:17 11:18 11:23 12:5 12:22 12:23 12:24 13:5 13:7 13:16 13:17 13:21 13:23 13:26 13:30 13:33 13:36 13:37 13:43 13:46 14:11 14:15 14:22 14:26 14:27 15:4 15:7 15:8 15:10 15:12 15:14 15:18 15:19 16:10 16:14 16:17 16:25 16:34 17:13 17:23 17:24 17:27 17:29 17:30 18:7 18:11 18:13 18:21 18:26 19:8 19:11 19:26 19:37 20:21 20:24 20:25 20:27 20:28 20:32 21:19 21:20 22:3 22:14 23:1 23:3 23:4 24:14 24:15 24:16 26:6 26:8 26:18 26:20 26:22 26:29 27:23 27:24 27:25 27:35 28:6 28:15 28:23 28:28 28:31
Romans 132: 1:1 1:4 1:7 1:8 1:9 1:10 1:16 1:17 1:18 1:19 1:21 1:23 1:24 1:25 1:26 1:28 1:32 2:2 2:3 2:4 2:5 2:11 2:13 2:16 2:17 2:23 2:24 2:29 3:2 3:3 3:4 3:5 3:6 3:7 3:11 3:18 3:19 3:21 3:22 3:23 3:25 3:29 3:30 4:2 4:3 4:6 4:17 4:20 5:1 5:2 5:5 5:8 5:10 5:11 5:15 6:10 6:11 6:13 6:17 6:22 6:23 7:4 7:22 7:25 8:3 8:7 8:8 8:9 8:14 8:16 8:17 8:19 8:21 8:27 8:28 8:31 8:33 8:34 8:39 9:5 9:6 9:8 9:11 9:14 9:16 9:20 9:22 9:26 10:1 10:2 10:3 10:9 11:1 11:2 11:8 11:21 11:22 11:23 11:29 11:30 11:32 11:33 12:1 12:2 12:3 13:1 13:2 13:4 13:6 14:3 14:6 14:10 14:11 14:12 14:17 14:18 14:20 14:22 15:5 15:6 15:7 15:8 15:9 15:13 15:15 15:16 15:17 15:19 15:30 15:32 15:33 16:20
1 Corinthians 87: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:9 1:14 1:18 1:20 1:21 1:24 1:25 1:27 1:28 1:29 1:30 2:1 2:5 2:7 2:9 2:10 2:11 2:12 2:14 3:6 3:7 3:9 3:10 3:16 3:17 3:19 3:23 4:1 4:5 4:9 4:20 5:13 6:9 6:10 6:11 6:13 6:14 6:19 6:20 7:7 7:15 7:17 7:19 7:24 7:40 8:3 8:4 8:5 8:6 8:8 9:9 9:21 10:5 10:13 10:20 10:31 10:32 11:3 11:7 11:12 11:13 11:16 11:22 12:3 12:6 12:18 12:24 12:28 14:2 14:18 14:25 14:28 14:33 14:36 15:9 15:10 15:15 15:24 15:28 15:34 15:38 15:50 15:57
2 Corinthians 64: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:9 1:12 1:18 1:19 1:20 1:21 1:23 2:14 2:15 2:17 3:3 3:4 3:5 4:2 4:4 4:6 4:7 4:15 5:1 5:5 5:11 5:13 5:18 5:19 5:20 5:21 6:1 6:4 6:7 6:16 7:1 7:6 7:9 7:10 7:11 7:12 8:1 8:5 8:16 9:7 9:8 9:11 9:12 9:13 9:14 9:15 10:4 10:5 10:13 11:2 11:7 11:11 11:31 12:2 12:3 12:19 12:21 13:4 13:7 13:11
Galatians 29: 1:1 1:3 1:4 1:10 1:13 1:15 1:20 1:24 2:6 2:19 2:20 2:21 3:6 3:8 3:11 3:17 3:18 3:20 3:21 3:26 4:4 4:6 4:7 4:8 4:9 4:14 5:21 6:7 6:16
Ephesians 31: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:17 2:4 2:8 2:10 2:16 2:19 2:22 3:2 3:7 3:9 3:10 3:19 4:6 4:13 4:18 4:24 4:30 4:32 5:1 5:2 5:5 5:6 5:20 6:6 6:11 6:13 6:17 6:23
Philippians 22: 1:2 1:3 1:8 1:11 1:28 2:6 2:9 2:11 2:13 2:15 2:27 3:3 3:9 3:14 3:15 3:19 4:6 4:7 4:9 4:18 4:19 4:20
Colossians 20: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:6 1:10 1:15 1:25 1:27 2:2 2:12 2:19 3:1 3:3 3:6 3:12 3:16 3:17 4:3 4:11 4:12
1 Thessalonians 30: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:8 1:9 2:2 2:4 2:5 2:8 2:9 2:10 2:12 2:13 2:14 2:15 3:2 3:9 3:11 3:13 4:1 4:3 4:5 4:7 4:8 4:14 4:16 5:9 5:18 5:23
2 Thessalonians 14: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:5 1:6 1:8 1:11 1:12 2:4 2:11 2:13 2:16 3:5
1 Timothy 20: 1:1 1:2 1:4 1:11 1:17 2:3 2:5 3:5 3:15 4:3 4:4 4:5 4:10 5:4 5:5 5:21 6:1 6:11 6:13 6:17
2 Timothy 13: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:6 1:7 1:8 2:9 2:14 2:15 2:19 2:25 3:17 4:1
Titus 12: 1:1 1:2 1:3 1:4 1:7 1:16 2:5 2:10 2:11 2:13 3:4 3:8
Philemon 2: 1:3 1:4
Hebrews 64: 1:1 1:6 1:8 1:9 2:4 2:9 2:13 2:17 3:4 3:12 4:4 4:9 4:10 4:12 4:14 5:1 5:4 5:10 5:12 6:1 6:3 6:5 6:6 6:7 6:10 6:13 6:17 6:18 7:1 7:3 7:19 7:25 8:10 9:14 9:20 9:24 10:7 10:9 10:12 10:21 10:29 10:31 10:36 11:3 11:4 11:5 11:6 11:10 11:16 11:19 11:25 11:40 12:2 12:7 12:15 12:22 12:23 12:28 12:29 13:4 13:7 13:15 13:16 13:20
James 13: 1:1 1:5 1:13 1:20 1:27 2:5 2:19 2:23 3:9 4:4 4:6 4:7 4:8
1 Peter 34: 1:2 1:3 1:5 1:21 1:23 2:4 2:5 2:10 2:12 2:15 2:16 2:17 2:19 2:20 3:4 3:5 3:17 3:18 3:20 3:21 3:22 4:2 4:6 4:10 4:11 4:14 4:16 4:17 4:19 5:2 5:5 5:6 5:10 5:12
2 Peter 7: 1:1 1:2 1:17 1:21 2:4 3:5 3:12
1 John 40: 1:5 2:5 2:14 2:17 3:1 3:2 3:8 3:9 3:10 3:17 3:20 3:21 4:1 4:2 4:3 4:4 4:6 4:7 4:8 4:9 4:10 4:11 4:12 4:15 4:16 4:20 4:21 5:1 5:2 5:3 5:4 5:5 5:9 5:10 5:11 5:12 5:13 5:18 5:19 5:20
2 John 2: 1:3 1:9
3 John 2: 1:6 1:11
Jude 4: 1:1 1:4 1:21 1:25
Revelation 88: 1:1 1:2 1:6 1:9 2:7 2:18 3:1 3:2 3:12 3:14 4:5 4:8 5:6 5:9 5:10 6:9 7:2 7:3 7:10 7:11 7:12 7:15 7:17 8:2 8:4 9:4 9:13 10:7 11:1 11:11 11:13 11:16 11:17 11:19 12:5 12:6 12:10 12:17 13:6 14:4 14:5 14:7 14:10 14:12 14:19 15:1 15:2 15:3 15:7 15:8 16:1 16:7 16:9 16:11 16:14 16:19 16:21 17:17 18:5 18:8 18:20 19:1 19:4 19:5 19:6 19:9 19:10 19:13 19:15 19:17 20:4 20:6 20:9 21:2 21:3 21:4 21:7 21:10 21:11 21:22 21:23 22:1 22:3 22:5 22:6 22:9 22:18 22:19

Greek dictionary

θεός theos · God

θεός, -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ (Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr., 60, 244), late voc., θεέ (Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24, al.), [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ;] a god or deity, God. 1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity: Act.28:6, 1Co.8:4, 2Th.2:4, al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26, Gal.4:8, al. 2. Of the one true God; …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “god” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

GOD, noun

The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite spirit, the creator, and the sovereign of the universe.“GOD is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth” John 4:24
A false god; a heathen deity; an idol.“Fear not the gods of the Amorites” Judges 6:10
A prince; a ruler; a magistrate or judge; an angel.
Any person or thing exalted too much in estimation, or deified and honored as the chief good.“Whose god is their belly” Philippians 3:19

All definitions and other forms of “god”

GOD, verb transitive

To deify. [Not used.]

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.