ΟΙΘΕΟΙ, οιθεοι
OITHEOI, oitheoi
Sounds Like: oy THEH-oy
Translations: the gods, the God
From the root: ΘΕΟΣ
Part of Speech: Definite Article, Noun
Explanation: This is a compound phrase combining the definite article 'the' (οἱ) with the plural form of the noun 'god' (θεοί). It refers to 'the gods' in a general sense, or 'the God' when referring to the one true God in a specific context. It is used to specify a particular group of deities or to refer to God in a plural sense, often in contrast to other entities.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s numbers: G3588 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2316 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:84
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΕΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΘΕΑ — godless, without God, unseen, invisible, ungodly, impious, Athaiah, a Godless woman
- ΘΕ — God, a God, (to) God, (to) a God
- ΘΕ? — God, a God, god
- ΘΕΓΡΙ — God, a God, (to) God, (to) a God
- ΘΕΕ — O God, God
- ΘΕΕΙΜ — Gods, the Gods
- ΘΕΟ — God
- ΘΕΟΘΕΝ — from God, by God, from God's side, from God's presence
- ΘΕΟΙ — gods
- ΘΕΟΙΣ — to gods, for gods, to the gods, for the gods
- ΘΕΟΝ — God, a God
- ΘΕΟΣ — God, a God, Lord
- ΘΕΟΣΔΕ — God, a God, but God, and God, God moreover, God on the other hand
- ΘΕΟΣΟ — to God, for God, God
- ΘΕΟΥ — of God, of a God
- ΘΕΟΥΣ — gods
- ΘΕΥ — of God, to God, God, of a God, to a God, a God
- ΘΕΥΣ — God, a God, Lord
- ΘΕΩ — (to) God, (for) God, a God
- ΘΕΩΝ — of God, of gods
- ΘΙΟΣ — God, a God, god, (of) God, (to) God
- ΘΙΟΥ — of God, God
- ΘΣ — God, a God, (of) God, (to) God
- Θ‾Υ‾ — (of) God, (of) a God
- ΟΘΕΟΣ — the God, God, a God, the Lord, Lord
- ΤΟΝΘΕΟΝ — the God, God
- ΤΟΥΘΕΟΥ — of God, of the God
- ΤΩΘΕΩ — to God, for God
- ‾ΘΕ‾ — God, a God, O God
- ‾ΘΝ‾ — God, a God
- ‾ΘΣ‾ — God, a God, Lord
- ‾ΘΥ‾ — of God, of a God
- ‾ΘΩ‾ — to God, for God, God
- ‾ΘΩ‾Ν — of gods, of the gods
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