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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

  • πάντα, ὅσα εἴρηκα πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ, φυλάξασθε. ̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀ν̀ρ̀νΚαὶ ὄνομα θεῶν ἑτέρων οὐκ ἀναμνησθήσεσθε, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀκουσθῇ ἐκ τοῦ στόματοσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:13)
  • τούσ βωμοὺσ αὐτῶν καθελεῖτε καὶ τάσ στήλασ αὐτῶν συντρίψετε καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν ἐκκόψετε, καὶ τὰ γλυπτὰ τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν κατακαύσετε ἐν πυρί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:13)
  • μή ποτε θῇσ διαθήκην τοῖσ ἐγκαθημένοισ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐκπορνεύσωσιν ὀπίσω τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν καὶ θύσωσι τοῖσ θεοῖσ αὐτῶν, καὶ καλέσωσί σε, καὶ φάγῃσ τῶν αἱμάτων αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:15)
  • καὶ λάβῃσ τῶν θυγατέρων αὐτῶν τοῖσ υἱοῖσ σου καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων σου δῷσ τοῖσ υἱοῖσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκπορνεύσωσιν αἱ θυγατέρεσ σου ὀπίσω τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐκπορνεύσωσιν οἱ υἱοί σου ὀπίσω τῶν θεῶν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:16)

Synonyms

  1. title of a ruler

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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