Vocabulary Form
θεός, -οῦ, -ὁ
Definition

God, god

Root
θεο
Frequency
1317
GK
2536
Cognates

Theology is the study of God.

Mnemonic Singing

God of our fathers, whose almighty hand.

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

John 5:44 How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another but do not seek the praise that comes from the only God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)?
John 6:27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) the Father has set his seal.”
John 6:28 Therefore they said to him, “What must we do to carry out the works God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) requires?”
John 6:29 Jesus answered, saying to them, “This is the work that God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) requires, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
John 6:33 For the bread of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:45 It stands written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
John 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the one who is from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc); he has seen the Father.
John 6:69 and we have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)
John 7:17 If anyone is willing to do God’s will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
John 8:40 But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). This is not what Abraham did!
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc) himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:47 Whoever belongs to God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) listens to the words of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc). The reason why you do not listen is that you do not belong to God.” (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)
John 8:54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ (theos | θεός | nom sg masc)
John 9:3 Jesus answered, “It is not that this man sinned, or his parents; but it happened so that the works of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) might be displayed in him.
John 9:16 Then some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them.
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give the glory to God! (theō | θεῷ | dat sg masc) We know that this man is a sinner.”
John 9:29 We know that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) has spoken to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not even know where he comes from.”
John 9:31 We know that God (theos | θεός | nom sg masc) does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him.
John 9:33 If this man were not from God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), he could do nothing.”
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, “It is not for a noble work that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making yourself God.” (theon | θεόν | acc sg masc)
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’ (theoi | θεοί | nom pl masc)?
John 10:35 If the scripture called them ‘gods’ (theous | θεούς | acc pl masc) to whom the word of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) came — and scripture cannot be annulled —
John 10:36 do you say regarding the one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’ (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc)?
John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, he said, “This illness will not lead to death, but is for the glory of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc), that the Son of God (theou | θεοῦ | gen sg masc) may be glorified through it.”