θεῖον

See also: θείο and θείον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰêː.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθi.on/

Etymology 1

Substantivized neuter form of θεῖος (theîos, “divine”).

Noun

θεῖον • (theîon) n (genitive θείου); second declension

divinity
- New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 17:29:
  γένος οὖν ὑπάρχοντες τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ὀφείλομεν νομίζειν χρυσῷ ἢ ἀργύρῳ ἢ λίθῳ, χαράγματι τέχνης καὶ ἐνθυμήσεως ἀνθρώπου, τὸ θεῖον εἶναι ὅμοιον.
  génos oûn hupárkhontes toû theoû ouk opheílomen nomízein khrusōî ḕ argúrōi ḕ líthōi, kharágmati tékhnēs kaì enthumḗseōs anthrṓpou, tò theîon eînai hómoion.
  Therefore, since we are God's offspring, we should not consider things of gold or silver or stone, being made by human skill and ingenuity, to be similar to the divine.
(in the plural) the acts of the gods

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θεῖον; τοῦ θείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θεῖον tò theîon	τὼ θείω tṑ theíō	τᾰ̀ θεῖᾰ tằ theîă
Genitive	τοῦ θείου toû theíou	τοῖν θείοιν toîn theíoin	τῶν θείων tôn theíōn
Dative	τῷ θείῳ tōî theíōi	τοῖν θείοιν toîn theíoin	τοῖς θείοις toîs theíois
Accusative	τὸ θεῖον tò theîon	τὼ θείω tṑ theíō	τᾰ̀ θεῖᾰ tằ theîă
Vocative	θεῖον theîon	θείω theíō	θεῖᾰ theîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“θεῖος (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

From earlier θέειον (théeion), *θέϝειον (*théweion). Usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, haze”), implying an original meaning of "fumigant", the same root as θῡμιάω (thūmiáō, “to burn, smoke”).

Alternative forms

θέειον (théeion), θήϊον (thḗïon) — Epic

Noun

θεῖον • (theîon) n (genitive θείου); second declension

(chemistry) sulfur
- 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 17:29:
  ᾗ δὲ ἡμέρᾳ ἐξῆλθεν Λὼτ ἀπὸ Σοδόμων, ἔβρεξεν πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἀπ’ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀπώλεσεν πάντας.
  hēî dè hēmérāi exêlthen Lṑt apò Sodómōn, ébrexen pûr kaì theîon ap’ ouranoû kaì apṓlesen pántas.
  And on the day that Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from the heavens and destroyed everyone.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ θεῖον; τοῦ θείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ θεῖον tò theîon	τὼ θείω tṑ theíō	τᾰ̀ θεῖᾰ tằ theîă
Genitive	τοῦ θείου toû theíou	τοῖν θείοιν toîn theíoin	τῶν θείων tôn theíōn
Dative	τῷ θείῳ tōî theíōi	τοῖν θείοιν toîn theíoin	τοῖς θείοις toîs theíois
Accusative	τὸ θεῖον tò theîon	τὼ θείω tṑ theíō	τᾰ̀ θεῖᾰ tằ theîă
Vocative	θεῖον theîon	θείω theíō	θεῖᾰ theîă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

θέεινος (théeinos)

References

“θεῖον (A)”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“θεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
θεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2303 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brimstone idem, page 99.
- sulphur idem, page 837.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

θεῖον • (theîon)

neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of θείων (theíōn)