θεός

G2316 G:N-M/F

God

θεός , -οῦ, ὁ, ἡ ( Act.19:37 only; see M, Pr. , 60, 244), late voc., θεέ ( Mat.27:46; cf. Deu.3:24 , al.), [in LXX chiefly for אֱלֹהִים, also for אֵל and other cognate forms, יהוה, etc. ;] a god or deity, God . __1. In polytheistic sense, a god or deity : Act.28:6 , 1Co.8:4 , 2Th.2:4 , al.; pl., Ac. 14:11 19:26 , Gal.4:8 , al. __2. Of the one true God ; __(a) anarthrous : Mat.6:24 , Luk.20:38 , al.; esp. with prep. (Kühner 3, iii, 605), ἀπὸ θ., Jhn.3:2; ἐκ, Act.5:39 , 2Co.5:1 , Php.3:9 ; ὑπό, Rom.13:1; παρὰ θεοῦ, Jhn.1:6; παρὰ θεῷ, 2Th.1:6 , 1Pe.2:4 ; κατὰ θεόν, Rom.8:27 , 2Co.7:9, 10 ; also when in genitive dependent on an anarth. noun (Bl., §46, 6), Mat.27:43 , Luk.3:2 , Rom.1:17 , 1Th.2:13 ; as pred., Lk 20:38 , Jhn.1:1 , and when the nature and character rather than the person of God is meant, Act.5:29 , Gal.2:6 , al. (M, Th. , 14); __(b) more freq., with art.: Mat.1:23 , Mrk.2:7 , al. mult.; with prep., ἀπὸ τ. θ., Luk.1:26; ἐκ, Jhn.8:42 , al.; παρὰ τοῦ θ., Jhn.8:40; π. τῷ θ., Rom.9:14; ἐν, Col.3:3; ἐπὶ τῷ θ., Luk.1:47; ἐπὶ τὸν θ., Act.15:19; εἰς τ. θ., Act.24:15; πρὸς τ. θ., Jhn.1:2; with genitive of person(s), Mat.22:32 , Mrk.12:26, 27 , Luk.20:37 , Jhn.20:17 , al.; ὁ θ. μου, Rom.1:8 , Php 1:3 , al.; ὁ θ. καὶ πατήρ κ. τ. λ., Rom.15:6 , Eph.1:3 , Phi 4:20 , al.; with genitive of thing(s), Rom.15:5, 13, 33 , 2Co.1:3 , 1Th.5:23 ; τὰ τ. θεοῦ, Mat.16:23 , Mrk.12:17 , 1Co.2:11 ; τὰ πρὸς τὸν θ., Rom.15:17 , Heb.2:17 5:1 ; τ. θεῷ, as a superl. (LXX, Jos.3:3 ), Act.7:20 , 2Co.10:4 ; Hebraistically, of judges (Psa.81(82):6), Jhn.10:34 " (LXX), 35. (AS)