Θεὸς (Theos) in Romans 3:4: Noun Nominative Singular Masculine

Noun: this form names a person or reality, and here it identifies God as the one being described in the clause.

Nominative: this form commonly marks a subject or a predicate position, and here it fits the clause about God becoming true.

Singular: this form is grammatically singular in this occurrence, pointing to one referent in the immediate sentence.

Masculine: this is the noun's grammatical class in this form, but it does not by itself make a theological or biological claim.

ὁ Θεὸς

It is framed by the imperative and stands in a nominative position with the article, so it functions as the clause's subject or subject-like topic in this sentence.

It identifies the one being spoken of as true, so the grammar supports the assertion that God is the one whose truthfulness is being affirmed.

It does not itself create the meaning of truthfulness, and it does not require a different lexical sense than the noun already has.

High: The nominative noun identifies God in the assertion that God is true, a key contrast with human falsehood.

Nominative subject in a truthfulness assertion. marks God as the one affirmed to be true in contrast with every man. Attached to γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής. Governed by the imperative expression γινέσθω. The nominative identifies the subject; the predicate adjective and context supply the truthfulness claim.

Who is being affirmed as true? The nominative noun identifies God as the one whose truthfulness is asserted.

Direct: The nominative directly supports translating God as the subject in the assertion.

The truthfulness claim comes from the predicate and context, not from the noun case alone. The form does not redefine God but identifies who the assertion concerns. The imperative expression should not be turned into a claim that God becomes true in a temporal sense.

γινέσθω means God becomes true as though he was not: The clause functions as an assertion of God's truthfulness in contrast with human falsehood. nominative case supplies the whole theological contrast: The case identifies the subject; the predicate and quotation context carry the contrast.

The witness reads Θέος in Romans 3:4 within the line, 'γινέσθω δὲ ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής,' which places the noun in a clear clause about God's truth.

The lemma is θεός, a noun that can denote God or a deity, and in this context the article and verse setting point to the one true God.

The nominative form works with the article and the predicate adjective to present God as the clause's grammatical focus, while context supplies the theological reference.

The verse contrasts God's truth with human falsehood, so the form contributes to the sentence by marking God as the one whose truth is affirmed.

This fits the broader biblical pattern of God's reliability, and the wording here reinforces that divine truth stands over against human lying.

For readers and teachers, the form supports a straightforward rendering: God is the one being spoken of as true in the contrast of the verse.

Do not derive a separate doctrine from nominative case alone, and do not let the form override the sentence's actual contrast between God and every human.