G2304: θεῖος
theîos · “divine”
Definition
godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
KJV translates it as: divine, godhead
Word origin: from G2316 (θεός);
Extended definition
θεῖος, -εία, -εῖον
(θεός), [in LXX: Exo.31:3 35:31, Job.27:3 33:4, Pro.2:17 (אֵל, אֱלֹהִים, אֱלוֹהַּ), Sir.6:35, 1-37 II Mal.3:1-40, 3Ma.1:1-29, 4Mac.25 * ;]
divine: δύναμις, 2Pe.1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., see MM, Exp., xv), 2Pe.1:4; τὸ θ.,
the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Act.17:29.†
(AS)
(θεός), [in LXX: Exo.31:3 35:31, Job.27:3 33:4, Pro.2:17 (אֵל, אֱלֹהִים, אֱלוֹהַּ), Sir.6:35, 1-37 II Mal.3:1-40, 3Ma.1:1-29, 4Mac.25 * ;]
divine: δύναμις, 2Pe.1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., see MM, Exp., xv), 2Pe.1:4; τὸ θ.,
the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Act.17:29.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2304 is translated
- divine being ×1
- divine ×1
- of the divine ×1
Bible verses with G2304 (theîos)
Theîos appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 17:29
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man’s device.
- 2 Peter 1:3
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
- 2 Peter 1:4
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.