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Name of God’s Son

DEI, dei

Sounds Like: DEH-ee

Translations: of God, of a God

From the root: DEUS

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: DEI is the genitive singular form of the Latin noun DEUS, meaning 'God' or 'a god'. It is used to indicate possession, origin, or relationship, similar to the English 'of God' or 'God's'. For example, it might be used in phrases like 'filius Dei' (son of God) or 'templum Dei' (temple of God).

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Instances

Josephus' Against Apion
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 12:2
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, DEUS.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

  • DEO — to God, for God, God, a God
  • DEOS — gods
  • DEUM — God, a God
  • DEUS — God, a God, Lord
  • DII — gods

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