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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

  • ᾔδει γὰρ ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ φάγητε ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ, διανοιχθήσονται ὑμῶν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ἔσεσθε ὡσ θεοί, γινώσκοντεσ καλὸν καὶ πονηρόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:5)
  • οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πλὴν ἐμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:3)
  • καὶ ἐδέξατο ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν καὶ ἔπλασεν αὐτὰ ἐν τῇ γραφίδι καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὰ μόσχον χωνευτὸν καὶ εἶπεν. οὗτοι οἱ θεοί σου, Ἰσραήλ, οἵτινεσ ἀνεβίβασάν σε ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:4)
  • παρέβησαν ταχὺ ἐκ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ ἐνετείλω αὐτοῖσ. ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ μόσχον καὶ προσκεκυνήκασιν αὐτῷ καὶ τεθύκασιν αὐτῷ καὶ εἶπαν. οὗτοι οἱ θεοί σου, Ἰσραήλ, οἵτινεσ ἀνεβίβασάν σε ἐκ γῆσ Αἰγύπτου. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:8)
  • οὐκ ἔσονταί σοι θεοὶ ἕτεροι πρὸ προσώπου μου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 5:7)

Synonyms

  1. title of a ruler

Similar forms

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