noun · feminine
theas
Greekθεά (thea)
Strong’sG2299
a goddess
stem the-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* θεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(fem. of θεός, q.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2299 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidtheh-ah'
a female deity
Fromfeminine of G2316;
King Jamesgoddess.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | theas | theais |
| object accusative | thean | theain |
| direct address vocative | thear | theair |
| of, belonging to genitive | theau1×θεᾶς | theaiu |
| to, for dative | thea | theai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thea is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
theau“goddess”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 19:27“goddess”ouk monem de houtem kinduneuatō ni tem merem eis apelegmon erchara, alla kai tem tau megau theau Artemiau hierem eis oudenem logizira, mellarō tē kai kathairirō tau megaleiotau autau, han holas tas Asias kai tas oikoumenas sebetō.There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed — she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”