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

James 2:23	And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “And Abraham believed God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc), and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
James 3:9	With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
James 4:4	You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc)? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
James 4:6	But he gives greater grace. That is why scripture says, “God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) opposes the proud but he gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:7	So submit yourselves to God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc). Resist the devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:8	Draw near to God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc) and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
1 Peter 1:2	elect according to the foreknowledge of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.
1 Peter 1:3	Blessed be the God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:5	who by the power of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1 Peter 1:21	who through him believe in God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc), who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc).
1 Peter 1:23	for you have been born again not of perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
1 Peter 2:4	As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen by God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc) and precious,
1 Peter 2:5	you also, like living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc) through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:10	At one time you were not a people, but now you are the people of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc). You were shown no mercy, but now have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:12	and maintain an honorable lifestyle among the Gentiles so that, with respect to the very things about which they slander you as evildoers, they may, by observing your good works, glorify God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc) on the day of visitation.
1 Peter 2:15	For this is the will of God: (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) by doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16	Live as free people, not as those using freedom as a cover-up for evil, but as servants of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
1 Peter 2:17	Honor everyone; love the brotherhood; reverence God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc); honor the king.
1 Peter 2:19	For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) someone endures pain while suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 2:20	For what praise is there if, when you do wrong and are beaten for it, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure it, this is commendable in God’s (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc) sight.
1 Peter 3:4	but let it be the inner person of the heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which in the sight of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) is precious.
1 Peter 3:5	For in the same way, at an earlier time, the devout women — those who put their hope in God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc) — used to adorn themselves by being subject to their own husbands,
1 Peter 3:17	For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is God’s (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) will, than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:18	Because Christ also suffered once for our sins, the righteous on behalf of the unrighteous, that he might lead you to God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc). He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 3:20	who once were disobedient when the patience of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) waited in the days of Noah while the ark was being built, in which a few, that is eight souls, were brought safely through water.