What does θεῖον (theîon) mean in the Bible?
θεῖον (theîon) is a Greek word meaning "sulphur".
Greek · G2303
θεῖον
Sulphur
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θεῖονG2303
Pronunciationtheîon
What does θεῖον (theîon) mean in the Bible?
θεῖον (theîon) is a Greek word meaning "sulphur".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2303?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sulfur (7).
Where does θεῖον (theîon) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 17:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (6), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itsulfur7×Luke 17:29, Revelation 9:17, Revelation 9:18, Revelation 14:10
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Luke 17:29θεῖονtosulfurNoun - Accusative Neuter SingularRevelation 9:17θεῖονtosulfurNoun - Nominative Neuter SingularRevelation 9:18θείουtosulfurNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 14:10θείῳtosulfurNoun - Dative Neuter SingularRevelation 19:20θείῳtosulfurNoun - Dative Neuter SingularRevelation 20:10θείουtosulfurNoun - Genitive Neuter SingularRevelation 21:8θείῳtosulfurNoun - Dative Neuter Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 17:29
Aligned rows7
Books represented2
Luke1Revelation6
Source forms
θείῳ3xtheiōRevelation 14:10, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 21:8
θεῖον2xtheionLuke 17:29, Revelation 9:17
θείου2xtheiouRevelation 9:18, Revelation 20:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Neuter Singular3xRevelation 14:10, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 21:8
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular2xRevelation 9:18, Revelation 20:10
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1xLuke 17:29
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular1xRevelation 9:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. sulphur
Strong'sG2303
Lexical occurrences7 versesGreek text appearances7 timesWord forms4 forms7 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
sulphur
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 17:29Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
θεῖονqeion
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 9:17Noun Nominative Singular Neuter
θεῖον.qeion
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 9:18Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θείουqeiou
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 14:10Noun Dative Singular Neuter
θείῳqeiw
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 19:20Noun Dative Singular Neuter
θείῳ·qeiw
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 20:10Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
θείου,qeiou
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseRevelation 21:8Noun Dative Singular Neuter
θείῳ,qeiw
brimstone, sulfur
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns4Aligned forms7Case patternDative (3)Number patternSingular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · NeuterRev 9:171×
Genitive · Singular · NeuterRev 9:18 · Rev 20:102×
Dative · Singular · NeuterRev 14:10 · Rev 19:20 · Rev 21:83×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterLuke 17:291×
Word Origins
θεῖον is built from this root:
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