Gloss
God, usually refers to the one true God; in a very few contexts it refers to a (pagan) god or goddess. The Son of God as a title of Jesus emphasizes his unique relationship to the Father. The god of this age refers to the devil
Forms of the word
Dictionary
θεός, -οῦ, -ὁ
Greek transliteration
theos
Simplified transliteration
theos
Numbers
Strong's number
2316
GK Number
2536
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
1317
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for θεός
| 1 Thessalonians 2:12 | So we exhorted you, encouraged you, and charged you to conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:13 | And for this reason we also constantly thank God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc), that when you received the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it truly is, the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), which even now is doing its work in you who believe. |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:14 | For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) in Christ Jesus which are in Judea; because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews, |
| 1 Thessalonians 2:15 | who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out, who are displeasing to God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) and oppose all mankind, |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:2 | and we sent Timothy, our brother and coworker for God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) in the gospel of Christ, to establish and encourage you in your faith, |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:9 | For what thanksgiving can we return to God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) because of you? |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:11 | Now may our God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you. |
| 1 Thessalonians 3:13 | so as to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:1 | Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to live so as to please God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) (even as you are doing), that you do so more and more. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:3 | For this is the will of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) — your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality, |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:5 | not with the passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc). |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:7 | For God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:8 | Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), who also has given his Holy Spirit to you. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:14 | For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also do we believe that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. |
| 1 Thessalonians 4:16 | because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and the dead in Christ will rise first. |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:9 | For God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has not appointed us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:18 | give thanks in everything, for this is God’s (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) will for you in Christ Jesus. |
| 1 Thessalonians 5:23 | Now may the God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your spirit, soul, and body be preserved completely whole and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:1 | Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:2 | Grace to you and peace from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:3 | We ought always to thank God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) for you, brothers, as is fitting, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of each one of you for one another is increasing, |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:4 | so that we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) for your patience and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions that you are enduring. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:5 | This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), and results in your being considered worthy of the kingdom of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), for which you are indeed suffering. |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:6 | For it is a righteous thing for God (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) to repay with affliction those who afflict you, |
| 2 Thessalonians 1:8 | in flaming fire, inflicting punishment on those who do not know God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc), and who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. |
