Word Summary
theion: brimstone
Original Word: θεῖονTransliteration: theion
Phonetic Spelling: (thi'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: brimstone
Meaning: brimstone
Strong's Concordance
brimstone.
Probably neuter of theios (in its original sense of flashing); sulphur -- brimstone.
see GREEK theios
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2303: θεῖονθεῖον,
θείου,
τό (apparently the neuter of the adjective
θεῖος equivalent to divine incense, because burning brimstone was regarded as having power to purify, and to ward off contagion (but
Curtius, § 320 allies it with
θύω; cf. Latin
fumus, English
dust)),
brimstone:
Luke 17:29;
Revelation 9:17;
Revelation 14:10;
Revelation 19:20; (
); . (Genesis 19:24; Psalm 10:6 (); Ezekiel 38:22; Homer, Iliad 16, 228; Odyssey 22, 481, 493; (Plato) Tim. Locr., p. 99 c.; Aelian v. h. 13, 15 (16); Herodian, 8, 4, 26 (9 edition, Bekker).)