What does ὁδός · θεός mean in the Bible?
ὁδός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "way of God".
Greek · G3598, G2316
ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ
Road · God
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ὁδός G3598 road
Pronunciation hodós
Metaphorically denotes a course of conduct or way of life, especially God's approved pathway or the Christian faith itself.
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θεός G2316 God
Pronunciation theós
The definite article marks God as the one true God; anarthrous form emphasizes His divine nature or character.
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What does ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ (hodon tou theou) mean in the Bible?
ὁδός · θεός is a Greek phrase meaning "way of God".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3598, G2316?
G3598, G2316 is connected to 101 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. way of God
Source Gloss
way of God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 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 patterns 8 Aligned forms 101 Case pattern Accusative (59) Number pattern Singular (87)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 7:13 · Matt 7:14 · John 14:6 · 2 Pet 2:2 · Rev 16:12 5×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rom 11:33 · Rev 15:3 2×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:12 · Matt 8:28 · Matt 21:19 · Luke 11:6 · Acts 9:2 · Acts 19:23 · Acts 24:22 · Jas 5:20 8×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 22:9 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:25 · Matt 15:32 · Matt 20:17 · Matt 21:8 · Matt 21:32 · Mark 8:3 · Mark 8:27 · Mark 9:33 · Mark 9:34 · Mark 10:32 · Mark 10:52 · Luke 9:57 · Luke 10:31 · Luke 12:58 · Luke 19:36 · Luke 24:32 23×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Acts 14:16 · Rom 3:16 · Jas 1:8 3×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 3:3 · Matt 4:15 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 10:10 · Matt 11:10 · Matt 13:4 · Matt 13:19 · Matt 20:30 · Matt 22:16 · Mark 1:2 · Mark 1:3 · Mark 2:23 · Mark 4:4 · Mark 4:15 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 10:17 51×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 22:10 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 3:5 · Luke 14:23 · Acts 2:28 · Acts 13:10 · 1 Cor 4:17 · Heb 3:10 8×
Word Origins
ὁδὸν τοῦ θεοῦ is a primary word - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain