Word Summary
theotēs: deity
Original Word: θεότηςTransliteration: theotēs
Phonetic Spelling: (theh-ot'-ace)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: deity
Meaning: deity
Strong's Concordance
godhead, deity
From theos; divinity (abstractly) -- godhead.
see GREEK theos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2320: θεότηςθεότης,
θεότητος,
ἡ (deitas,
Tertullian,
Augustine (de civ. Dei 7, 1)),
deity i. e. the state of being God,
Godhead:
Colossians 2:9. (
Lucian, Icar. 9;
Plutarch, de defect. orac. 10, p. 415 c.)
[SYNONYMS: θεότης, θειότης: θεότης deity differs from θειότης divinity, as essence differs from quality or attribute; cf. Trench, § ii.; Lightfoot or Meyer on Colossians, the passage cited; Fritzsche on Romans 1:20.]