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Koine Greek wordlink #117001

SR GNT 1Cor 8:5 θεοὶ (theoi) ‘if_indeed there are being called gods whether in heaven’ Strongs=23160 Lemma=theos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
Referred to from Word #117000

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Other uses (3) of identical word form θεοὶ (N-NMP) in the Greek originals

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

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

Acts 19:26 ‘that not they are gods the ones by our hands’ SR GNT Acts 19:26 word 34

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

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 (4) other than θεοὶ (N-NMP) with a gloss related to ‘gods’

YHN 10:34 θεοί (theoi) N-NMP ‘of you_all I said gods you_all are’ SR GNT Yhn 10:34 word 23

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

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

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

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