What does θεῖος (theîos) mean in the Bible?
θεῖος (theîos) is a Greek word meaning "godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)".
Greek · G2304
θεῖος
Godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
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θεῖοςG2304
Pronunciationtheîos
What does θεῖος (theîos) mean in the Bible?
θεῖος (theîos) is a Greek word meaning "godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2304?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include divine (1), Divine Being (1), of [the] divine (1).
Where does θεῖος (theîos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 17:29. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (2), Acts (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 Itdivine1×2 Peter 1:3
Divine Being1×Acts 17:29
of [the] divine1×2 Peter 1:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 17:29
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Acts12 Peter2
Source forms
θείας2xtheias2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 1:4
Θεῖον1xTheionActs 17:29
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular2x2 Peter 1:3, 2 Peter 1:4
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular1xActs 17:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
Strong'sG2304
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 17:29Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
θεῖονqeion
divine
Read verse2 Peter 1:3Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
θείαςqeiav
divine
Read verse2 Peter 1:4Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
θείαςqeiav
divine
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 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine2 Pet 1:3 · 2 Pet 1:42×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterActs 17:291×
Word Origins
θεῖος is built from this root:
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