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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν. μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναί με. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:13)
  • καὶ ἐπάρασ Λὼτ τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ αὐτοῦ, ἐπεῖδε πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὅτι πᾶσα ἦν ποτιζομένη πρὸ τοῦ καταστρέψαι τὸν Θεὸν Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα, ὡσ ὁ παράδεισοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ὡσ ἡ γῆ Αἰγύπτου, ἕωσ ἐλθεῖν εἰσ Ζόγορα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:10)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἅβραμ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα Σοδόμων. ἐκτενῶ τὴν χεῖρά μου πρὸσ Κύριον τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ὕψιστον, ὃσ ἔκτισε τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:22)
  • καὶ δώσω σοι καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σὲ τὴν γῆν, ἣν παροικεῖσ, πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Χαναάν, εἰσ κατάσχεσιν αἰώνιον καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖσ εἰσ Θεόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:8)
  • εἶπε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ πρὸσ τὸν Θεόν. Ἰσμαὴλ οὗτοσ ζήτω ἐναντίον σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:18)

Synonyms

  1. title of a ruler

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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