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θεός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: θεός θεοῦ

Structure: θε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a deity, a god, God
  2. title of a ruler
  3. Sometimes feminine, (ἡ θεός): a goddess

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative θεός θεώ θεοί
Genitive θεοῦ θεοῖν θεῶν
Dative θεῷ θεοῖν θεοῖς
Accusative θεόν θεώ θεούς
Vocative θεέ θεώ θεοί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εὐηρέστησε δὲ Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαθουσάλα διακόσια ἔτη καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺσ καὶ θυγατέρασ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:22)
  • καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἐνὼχ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ οὐχ εὑρίσκετο, ὅτι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 5:24)
  • Αὗται δὲ αἱ γενέσεισ Νῶε. Νῶε ἄνθρωποσ δίκαιοσ, τέλειοσ ὢν ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ αὐτοῦ. τῷ Θεῷ εὐηρέστησε Νῶε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:9)
  • καὶ εὐλόγησε τὸν Ἅβραμ καὶ εἶπεν. εὐλογημένοσ Ἅβραμ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ ὑψίστῳ, ὃσ ἔκτισε τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:19)
  • καὶ ἐπίστευσεν Ἅβραμ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰσ δικαιοσύνην. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 15:6)

Synonyms

  1. title of a ruler

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