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Strong's #2320 - θεότης
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- deity
- the state of being God, Godhead
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θεότης, ητος, ἡ,
divinity, divine nature, Colossians 2:9, Plu. 2.359d, Luc. Icar. 9, etc.; διὰ θεότητα for religious reasons, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.7.1.
θεότης, 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.]
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† θεότης , -ητος , ἡ ,
deity, Godhead: Colossians 2:9†
SYN.: θειότης G2305, q.v.
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