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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

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

  • Κύριε Θεέ, σὺ ἤρξω δεῖξαι τῷ σῷ θεράποντι τὴν ἰσχύν σου καὶ τὴν δύναμίν σου καὶ τὴν χεῖρα τὴν κραταιὰν καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν ὑψηλόν. τίσ γάρ ἐστι Θεὸσ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἢ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὅστισ ποιήσει καθὰ ἐποίησασ σὺ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰσχύν σου̣ (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:24)
  • καὶ ἔκλαυσε Σαμψὼν πρὸσ Κύριον, καὶ εἶπεν. Ἀδωναϊὲ Κύριε, μνήσθητι δή μου νῦν καὶ ἐνίσχυσόν με ἔτι τὸ ἅπαξ τοῦτο, Θεέ, καὶ ἀνταποδώσω ἀνταπόδοσιν μίαν περὶ τῶν δύο ὀφθαλμῶν μου τοῖσ ἀλλοφύλοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 16:28)
  • καὶ εἶπαν. εἰσ τί, Κύριε Θεὲ Ἰσραήλ, ἐγενήθη αὕτη τοῦ ἐπισκεπῆναι σήμερον ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ φυλὴν μίαν̣ (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 21:3)
  • καὶ νῦν, Κύριέ μου Κύριε, τὸ ρῆμα, ὃ ἐλάλησασ περὶ τοῦ δούλου σου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ, πίστωσον ἕωσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ, Κύριε παντοκράτωρ Θεὲ τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. καὶ νῦν καθὼσ ἐλάλησασ, (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 7:25)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο ὅτε εἰσεπορεύετο ὁ βασιλεὺσ εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου, καὶ ᾖρον αὐτὰ οἱ παρατρέχοντεσ καὶ ἀπηρείδοντο αὐτὰ εἰσ τὸ θεὲ τῶν παρατρεχόντων. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 14:9)

Synonyms

  1. title of a ruler

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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