θεός

See also Θεός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• θεύς (Doric)
• θιός (Boeotian, Arcadocypriot)
• σιός (Laconian)
• 𐀳𐀃 (te-o) (Mycenaean)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(e)h₁s-. Cognate with Phyrigian δεως (deōs, “to the gods”) and probably Old Armenian դիք (dikʿ, “pagan gods”) and Latin fēriae (“festival days”), fānum (“temple”) and fēstus (“festive”).

Alternative suggestions connect it to *dʰewh₂- (“to rise in smoke”), whence also Ancient Greek θυμός (thumos).

Despite the superficial similarity, the word is not related to Latin deus.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /tʰe.ós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /tʰɛós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /θeós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /θeós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /θeós/

Adjective

θεός

1. divine (used only in comparative: θεώτερος (theōteros))

Noun

θεός (genitive θεοῦ) m, second declension; (theos)

1. a deity, a god, God
2. title of a ruler
3. Sometimes feminine, (ἡ θεός): a goddess

Inflection

Second declension of θεός, θεοῦ

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	θεός	θεώ	θεοί
Genitive	θεοῦ	θεοῖν	θεῶν
Dative	θεῷ	θεοῖν	θεοῖς
Accusative	θεόν	θεώ	θεούς
Vocative	θεέ	θεώ	θεοί

Classical Greek used no vocative singular, while later Greek allowed for both θεός (theos) and θεέ (thee)

Derived terms

• θεά (thea)

Descendants

Greek: θείον, θεϊσμός

English: theism, atheism, neurotheology

See also

• deus

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2316

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA: [θɛˈɔs]
• Hyphenation: θε‧ός

Noun

θεός (theós) m,   plural θεοί,  feminine θεά

1. god

Declension

declension of θεός

	singular (ενικός)	plural (πληθυντικός)
nominative (ονομαστική)	θεός	θεοί
genitive (γενική)	θεού	θεών
accusative (αιτιατική)	θεό	θεούς
vocative (κλητική)	θεέ	θεοί

Related terms

• αθεϊσμός m (atheïsmós, “atheism”)
• θεϊσμός m (theïsmós, “theism”)