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

Luke 12:20	But God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your soul will be demanded of you. And what you have prepared for yourself, whose will it be?’
Luke 12:21	So it is with the one who stores up treasures for himself, but is not rich toward God.” (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc)
Luke 12:24	Consider the ravens: for they do not sow, neither do they reap; for them there is neither storehouse nor granary, yet God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
Luke 12:28	If God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith!
Luke 13:13	He placed his hands on her, and immediately she was made erect again and began to praise God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc).
Luke 13:18	Then he said, “What is the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) like, and to what shall I compare it?
Luke 13:20	And again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc)?
Luke 13:28	There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there, when you see Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc), but you yourselves cast outside.
Luke 13:29	“Then they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
Luke 14:15	When one of those reclining at table with him heard him say these things, he said to him, “Blessed is the person who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc)
Luke 15:10	Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 16:13	“No servant is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc) and money.”
Luke 16:15	And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination before God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc).
Luke 16:16	“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) is preached, and everyone takes vigorous steps to enter it.
Luke 17:15	Then one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned, praising God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc) in a loud voice,
Luke 17:18	Were they not found, so as to return and give praise to God (theō \| θεῷ \| dat sg masc), except this foreigner?”
Luke 17:20	Having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) would come, he answered them, saying, “The kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) will not come with observation.
Luke 17:21	Nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’ For behold, the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) is in the midst of you.”
Luke 18:2	He said, “There was a certain judge in a certain city who neither feared God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc) nor had any regard for people.
Luke 18:4	He didn’t want to for a time. But later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God (theon \| θεόν \| acc sg masc) nor have regard for people,
Luke 18:7	Will not God (theos \| θεός \| nom sg masc) certainly vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night, and have patience with them?
Luke 18:11	The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: ‘God (theos \| θεός \| voc sg masc), I thank you that I am not like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
Luke 18:13	The tax collector, however, standing at a distance, would not even raise his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, ‘God (theos \| θεός \| voc sg masc), be merciful to me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:16	But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) belongs.
Luke 18:17	I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God (theou \| θεοῦ \| gen sg masc) like a child shall certainly never enter it.”