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Koine Greek wordlink #98015

SR GNT Acts 19:26 θεοί (theoi) ‘that not they are gods the ones by our hands’ Strongs=23160 Lemma=theos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=58 AD Event=Riot_in_Ephesus TimeSeries=Riot_in_Ephesus,Third_Missionary_Journey

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Other uses (4) of identical word form θεοί (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘θεοί’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘gods’.

Yhn (Jhn) 10:34 ‘of you_all I said gods you_all are’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:34 word 22

OET-LV: 34 The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) answered to _them: Is _it not having _been _written in the law of _you _all, that I said: You _all _are gods? (JHN_10:34)

OET-RV: 34 Yeshua answered, “Isn’t it written in your scriptures that God said, ‘You all are gods’? (JHN 10:34)

Acts 14:11 ‘in_Lukaonian saying the gods having_been likened to men came_downhill’ SR GNT Acts 14:11 word 18

OET-LV: 11 And the crowds having _seen what Paulos did, lifted _up the voice of _them In _Lukaonian saying: The gods having _been _likened to _men, came _down to us. (ACT_14:11)

OET-RV: 11 The crowd of people who saw what Paul had done began to shout out in Lycaonian, “These two look like men, but they’re really gods who have come down to us!” (ACT 14:11)

1 Cor 8:5 ‘if_indeed there are being called gods whether in heaven’ SR GNT 1 Cor 8:5 word 6

OET-LV: 5 For/Because even if _indeed there _are being _called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there _are gods many and masters many, (CO1_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 Even though there are many so-called ‘gods’ and ‘masters’ said to live in the heavens or earth, (CO1 8:5)

1 Cor 8:5 ‘earth as there are gods many and masters’ SR GNT 1 Cor 8:5 word 17

OET-LV: 5 For/Because even if _indeed there _are being _called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as there _are gods many and masters many, (CO1_8:5)

OET-RV: 5 Even though there are many so-called ‘gods’ and ‘masters’ said to live in the heavens or earth, (CO1 8:5)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘theos’ have 24 different glosses: ‘a god’, ‘the god’, ‘before god’, ‘between god’, ‘by god’, ‘for the god’, ‘for god’, ‘from god’, ‘in god’, ‘of a god’, ‘of god’, ‘of god is’, ‘to god’, ‘to god is’, ‘to god it_is’, ‘unto god’, ‘with god’, ‘god’, ‘god did’, ‘god is’, ‘god is_there’, ‘god there_is’, ‘goddess’, ‘gods’.

Greek words (3) other than θεοί (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘gods’

YHN 10:35 Θεούς (Theous) N-AMP ‘if those he called gods to whom the’ SR GNT Yhn 10:35 word 4

OET-LV: 35 If he _called those gods, to whom the message of_ the _god became (and not is _able to _be _broken the scripture), (JHN_10:35)

OET-RV: 35 Now the scriptures can’t be wrong, and if the ones who heard teaching from God were called gods, (JHN 10:35)

ACTs 7:40 θεούς (theous) N-AMP ‘to Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron) make for us gods who will_be going_before before us’ SR GNT Acts 7:40 word 6

OET-LV: 40 having _said to_ the _Aʼarōn/(ʼAhₐron): Make for _us gods who will _be _going _before before _us. For/Because the this Mōsaʸs, who led _out us from the_land of _Aiguptos/(Miʦrayim), we _have_ not _known what became to _him. (ACT_7:40)

OET-RV: 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make some gods for us to lead us because we’ve got no idea what happened to that Mosheh who led us out of Egypt.’ (ACT 7:40)

GAL 4:8 θεοῖς (theois) N-DMP ‘by nature not being gods’ SR GNT Gal 4:8 word 13

OET-LV: 8 But then on _one _hand not having _known god, you _all _served for _the ones by _nature not being gods, (GAL_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 When you didn’t know God, you served others who aren’t really gods at all. (GAL 4:8)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural