noun · neuter
theiem
Strong’sG2303
brimstone, sulfur
stem thei-7 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
θεῖον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX; Ge 19:24, De 29:23 (22), Jb 18:15, Ps 10(11):7, Is 30:33 34:9, Ez 38:22 (גׇּפְרִית), III Mac 2:5*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2303 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthi'-on
sulphur
Fromprobably neuter of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing);
King Jamesbrimstone.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
AEpic dialect θέειον (in Refs 8th c.BC+ θήϊον), τό, brimstone, used to fumigate and purify, δέπας.. ἐκάθηρε θεείῳ Refs 8th c.BC+; δεινὴ δὲ θεείου γίγνεται ὀδμή, from a thunderbolt, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐν δὲ θεείου πλῆτο, of a ship struck by lightning, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐμβαλόντες πῦρ ξὺν θ. LXX+5th c.BC+; as a natural product, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to πεπυρωμένον, Refs 1st c.AD+; compare θεάφιον, θέαφος. (Perh. cognate with θύω, θυμιάω, Latin suffire.)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | theiem1×θεῖον | theieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | theieu2×θείου | theieiu |
| to, for dative | theie3×θείῳ | theiei |
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
theie 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
theiem“sulfur”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Revelation 9:17… autoiu ekporeuotō purem kai kapnos kai theiem.… their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
theieu“sulfur”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Revelation 9:18… pureu kai tou kapnou kai teu theieu teu ekporeuorōnteu ek teiu stomeiu autoiu.… three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
Revelation 20:10… eis tan limnan teu pureu kai theieu, hopou kai tem thērem kai tos …… into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the …
theie“sulfur”to, fordative singular3×
Revelation 14:10… autou, kai basaniziti en pure kai theie enōpion angeloiu hagioiu kai enōpion teu …… will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy …
Revelation 19:20… limnan teu pureu tau kaiorōntau en theie.… into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Revelation 21:8… ta limna ta kaiorōnta pure kai theie, hem atō tos thanatos tos deuteros.… lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
theiem1×
Luke 17:29… Lōt apo Sodomeiu, brechata purem kai theiem apo ouranou kai apolata pantoin.… day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed …