Lexicon theios: divine Original Word: θεῖος, α, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: theios Phonetic Spelling: (thi'-os) Short Definition: divine Definition: divine; subst: the Deity. HELPS word-Studies 2304 theíos (an adjective, derived from 2316 /theós, "God") – divine, manifesting the characteristics of God's nature. 2304 /theíos ("divine nature") ties God's essence to His self-manifestation, permitting all people to know Him by observing His attributes. [See also the discussion of: general revelation (cf. 2304 /theíos) and special revelation (cf. 2320 /theótēs) at 601 /apokalýptō ("reveal") and 602 /apokálypsis ("revelation").] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom theosDefinitiondivine NASB Translationdivine (2), divine nature (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2304: θεῖοςθεῖος, θεία, θεῖον ( Θεός) (from Homer down), divine: ἡ θεία δύναμις, 2 Peter 1:3; φύσις ( Diodorus 5, 31), 2 Peter 1:4; neuter τό θεῖον, divinity, deity (Latin numendivinum), not only used by the Greeks to denote the divine nature, power, providence, in the general, without reference to any individual deity (as Herodotus 3, 108; Thucydides 5, 70; Xenophon, Cyril 4, 2, 15; Hell. 7, 5, 13; mem. 1,4, 18; Plato, Phaedr., p. 242c.; Polybius 32, 25, 7; Diodorus 1, 6; 13, 3; 12; 16, 60; Lucian, de sacrif. 1; pro imagg. 13, 17. 28), but also by Philo (as in mundi opff. § 61; de agric. 17; leg. ad Galatians 1), and by Josephus (Antiquities, 1, 3, 4; 11, 1; 2, 12, 4; 5, 2, 7; 11, 5, 1; 12, 6, 3; 7, 3; 13, 8, 2; 10, 7; 14, 9, 5; 17, 2, 4; 20, 11, 2; b. j. 3, 8, 3; 4, 3, 10), of the one, true God; hence, most appositely employed by Paul, out of regard for Gentile usage, in Acts 17:29.
Strong's godlike, divine, godhead. From theos; godlike (neuter as noun, divinity): - divine, godhead. see GREEK theos |
