BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G2305
theiotēs — divinity
θειότης, -ητος, ἡ (θεῖος) [in LXX: Wis.18:9 * ;] divine nature, divinity: Rom.1:20 (for ex. from π., see MM, Exp., xv).† SYN.: θεότης, deity, godhead, divine personality. θει. = divine nature and properties, a summary term for the attributes of deity, differing from θεότης as quality or attribute from essence (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2320
theotēs — deity
θεότης, -ητος, ἡ deity, Godhead: Col.2:9† SYN.: θειότης, q.v (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →(Acts 17:29; Rom. 1:20; Col. 2:9), the essential being or the nature of God.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
