theias

Strong’sG2304

divine

stem thei-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.

θεῖος, -εία, -εῖον

(< θεός), [in LXX: Ex 31:3 35:31, Jb 27:3 33:4, Pr 2:17 (אֵל, אֱלוֹהַּ, אֱלֹהִים), Si 6:35, II Ma3, III Mac1, IV Mac25*;]

divine: δύναμις, II Pe 1:3; φύσις (for parallel in π., v. MM, Exp., xv), II Pe 1:4; τὸ θ., the Deity (so in cl.; of God, in Philo and FlJ), Ac 17:29.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2304 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidthi'-os

godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)

Fromfrom G2316;

King Jamesdivine, godhead.

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

θεῖος, α, ον:

Alate Epic dialect θέειος Refs 5th c.AD+; θεήϊος Refs 2nd c.BC+; late Aeolic dialect θήϊος Refs; Laconian dialect σεῖος (see. below 1.3): comparative and superlative θειότερος, -ότατος, frequently in Refs 5th c.BC+: (θεός):
1 of or from the gods, divine, γένος Refs 8th c.BC+; ὌνειροςRefs 5th c.BC+, of a dust-storm, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. τινὶ μοίρᾳ by divine intervention, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. κἀπόνῳ τύχῃ, of an easy death, Refs 5th c.BC+; φύσις θ. NT; appointed of God, βασιλῆες Refs 8th c.BC+; σκῆπτρον given by God, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 belonging or sacred to a god, holy, ἀγών, χορός, Refs 8th c.BC+; under divine protection, πύργος, δόμος, Refs 8th c.BC+; of heralds and bards, Refs 8th c.BC+; so perhaps, of kings,Refs
3 morethan human, of heroes, Ὀδυσσεύς Refs 8th c.BC+; ὦ θεῖε (in the mouth of a Spartan) Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b of things, excellent, θεῖον ποτόν Refs 8th c.BC+; θ. πρήγματα marvellous things, Refs 5th c.BC+
4 = Latin divinus (or sacer), Refs 2nd c.AD+; θ. ὅρκος oath by the Emperor, Refs 4th c.AD+; θειότατος, of living Emperors, Refs 1st c.BC+
4.b = Latin divus, of deified Emperors, θ. Σεβαστός Edict.Claud. cited in Refs 1st c.AD+
II as substantive, θεῖον, τό, the Divinity, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡμαρτηκότα εἰς τὸ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in an abstract sense, divinity, κεκοινώνηκε.. τοῦ θ. Refs; ἢ μόνον μετέχει τοῦ θ..., ἢ μάλιστα [ἄνθρωπος] Refs 4th c.BC+; κατὰ θεῖον or κατά τι θ., Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 θεῖα, τά, the acts of the gods, course of providence, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.b matters of religion, ἔρρει τὰ θ. religion is no more, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3.c inquiries concerning the divine, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ φανερὰ τῶν θείων, i.e. the heavenly bodies, Refs 4th c.BC+
III adverb θείως by divine providence, θ. πως Refs 5th c.BC+; θειοτέρως by special providence, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 divinely, excellently, εὖ γε καὶ θ. Refs 5th c.BC+

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.

divine3×

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	theios	theias	theiem1×θεῖον	theiois	theiais	theieim
object accusative	theion	theian		theioin	theiain
direct address vocative	theior	theiar		theioir	theiair
of, belonging to genitive	theiou	theiau2×θείας	theieu	theioiu	theiaiu	theieiu
to, for dative	theio	theia	theie	theioi	theiai	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

theistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

thei 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.

theiem — θεῖον, brimstone, sulfur

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

theiau“divine”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

2 Peter 1:3Hōs panteim ni tau theiau dunamiau autou teim pros zōan kai …His divine power has given us everything we …

2 Peter 1:4… epangelmeim dōrotē, hina dia houteiu geneveia theiau koinōnois fusiau, apofugarantois tau en to …… you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped …

theiem“divine”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Acts 17:29… charagme technau kai enthumēsiau anthrōpou, tem theiem arō homoiem.… we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver …