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θεῖος

Strong’s: G2304

Associated OET lemmas: θεῖος

Other spellings: θεῖον

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: θεῖος; -α, -ον

Related lemmas: θεός

Sense 1: divine, of God

Semantic entry: 12.14

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: pertaining to having the nature of God

Forms: θεῖον (ου n)

PE2 1:3: RV PE2 1:3 · LV PE2 1:3 · Read together PE2 1:3

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OET-RV PE2 1:3

3 He has given us everything necessary for life and godliness through his divine power as we know the one who called us to his own glory and moral excellence.

OET-LV PE2 1:3

3 As having _granted all things to _us of _the divine power of _him, the things to life and devoutness, through the knowledge of _the one having _called us, to_his_own glory and virtue,

PE2 1:4: RV PE2 1:4 · LV PE2 1:4 · Read together PE2 1:4

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OET-RV PE2 1:4

4 Through these things, he has given us precious and very great promises that you will become participants of the divine nature after escaping the corruption in the world of lust.

OET-LV PE2 1:4

4 through which has _granted his precious and greatest promises to _us, in _order _that through these things you _all _may _become partners of_the_divine nature, having _escaped _from from _the corruption in the the_world by lust.

Sense 2: deity, divine nature, divine being

Semantic entry: 12.13

Semantic domains: Supernatural Beings and Powers

Subdomains: Supernatural Beings

Definition: (derivative of θεός[a] ‘God,’ 12.1: θεός) the nature or state of being God

Notes: The expression ‘divine nature’ may be rendered in a number of languages as ‘just what God is like’ or ‘how God is’ or ‘what God is.’ In RV ROM 1:20 · LV ROM 1:20 · Read together ROM 1:20 ‘deity’ may sometimes be expressed as ‘the fact that he is God’ or ‘… is truly God.’|In RV PE2 1:4 · LV PE2 1:4 · Read together PE2 1:4 ‘to share in the very being of God,’ one may speak of ‘to share in what God is like’ or ‘to become in a measure like God.’ It is important, of course, to avoid the implication that people can become completely God.

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

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OET-RV ACT 17:29

29 So since we are God’s offspring, we shouldn’t be putting gold or silver or stone craftsmanship in the same class as the divine.

OET-LV ACT 17:29

29 Therefore being descent of_ the _god, we _ought not to _be _thinking about _gold or silver or a_stone mark of_the_craft and thoughts of _human _origin, to _be similar the divine.