θεός | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

θεός, -οῦ, -ὁ

Definition

God, god

Erasmian

Modern

Root

θεο

Frequency

1317

2536

Cognates

Theology is the study of God.

Mnemonic Singing

God of our fathers, whose almighty hand.

Song

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 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.