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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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θεῖον

Strong’s: G2303

Associated OET lemmas: θεῖον

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: θεῖον; -ου

Related lemmas: θειώδης

Sense 1: sulfur, brimstone

Semantic entry: 2.26

Semantic domains: Natural Substances

Subdomains: Earth, Mud, Sand, Rock

Definition: a chemical found in pale yellow mineral form; burns readily in air and is found in regions of vulcanic activity such as the Dead Sea area; causes land to be infertile; associated with punishment from God

Notes: In the NT θεῖον is always associated in some way with fire and refers to the kinds of burning hot rocks involved in volcanic eruptions. The closest equivalent in a number of languages is ‘burning stones’ or ‘fiery hot stones’ or ‘fiery red stones.’

LUK 2:4: RV LUK 2:4 · LV LUK 2:4 · Read together LUK 2:4

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OET-RV LUK 2:4

4 Because Yosef (Joseph) was a descendant of King David, he left the town of Nazaret (Nazareth) in the Galil region and went down to David’s town of Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) in Yehudah (Judea)

OET-LV LUK 2:4

4 And Yōsaʸf/(Yōşēf) went_up also, from the Galilaia/(Gālīl) out_of the_city of_Nazaret, to the Youdaia to the_city of_Dawid/(Dāvid), which is_being_called Baʸthleʼem/(Bēyt-leḩem), because_of that him to_be from the_household and family of_Dawid,

LUK 17:29: RV LUK 17:29 · LV LUK 17:29 · Read together LUK 17:29

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OET-RV LUK 17:29

29 but on the day that Lot walked out of Sedom, fire and sulfur rained down from the sky and destroyed everything.

OET-LV LUK 17:29

29 but in_that day Lōt/(Lōţ) came_out from Sodoma/(Şədom), fire and brimstone rained from the_sky and destroyed all.
All 8 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 2:4 · RV LUK 17:29 · LV LUK 2:4 · LV LUK 17:29 · Read together LUK 2:4 · Read together LUK 17:29

REV: RV REV 9:17–18 · RV REV 14:10 · RV REV 19:20 · RV REV 20:10 · RV REV 21:8 · LV REV 9:17–18 · LV REV 14:10 · LV REV 19:20 · LV REV 20:10 · LV REV 21:8 · Read together REV 9:17–18 · Read together REV 14:10 · Read together REV 19:20 · Read together REV 20:10 · Read together REV 21:8