Original Word: θεῖος, α, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: theios
Phonetic Spelling: (thi'-os)
Short Definition: divine
Definition: divine; subst: the Deity.

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").]

STRONGS NT 2304: θεῖος

θεῖος, 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 (Latinnumendivinum), 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 Exhaustive Concordance

godlike, divine, godhead.

From theos; godlike (neuter as noun, divinity): - divine, godhead.

see GREEK theos

Forms and Transliterations

θείαν θειας θείας θειον θείον θεῖον theias theías theion theîon

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