θεότης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

θειότης (theiótēs)

Etymology

From θεός (theós) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ó.tɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈo.te̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θeˈo.tis/

Noun

θεότης • (theótēs) f (genitive θεότητος); third declension

(Koine) divinity, divine nature, Godhead
- 55 CE – 57 CE, Epistle to the Romans 1:20:
  τὰ γὰρ ἀόρατα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ κτίσεως κόσμου τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα καθορᾶται, ἥ τε ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ δύναμις καὶ θειότης, εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἀναπολογήτους·
  tà gàr aórata autoû apò ktíseōs kósmou toîs poiḗmasi nooúmena kathorâtai, hḗ te aḯdios autoû dúnamis kaì theiótēs, eis tò eînai autoùs anapologḗtous;
  Translation by KJV
  For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
- 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle to the Colossians 2:9:
  ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς
  hóti en autōî katoikeî pân tò plḗrōma tês theótētos sōmatikôs
  Translation by KJV
  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Declension

Third declension of ἡ θεότης; τῆς θεότητος (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεότης hē theótēs	αἱ θεότητες hai theótētes
Genitive	τῆς θεότητος tês theótētos	τῶν θεοτήτων tôn theotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ θεότητῐ tēî theótētĭ	ταῖς θεότησῐ / θεότησῐν taîs theótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν θεότητᾰ tḕn theótētă	τᾱ̀ς θεότητᾰς tā̀s theótētăs
Vocative	θεότης theótēs	θεότητες theótētes
Notes:	Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster -τς (-ts).

Descendants

Greek: θεότητα (theótita)
→ Old Church Slavonic: божьство (božĭstvo) (calque)
- Belarusian: бажаство́ (bažastvó)
- > Bulgarian: божество́ (božestvó) (inherited)
- → Russian: божество́ (božestvó)
- → Ukrainian: божество́ (božestvó)
→ Old Swedish: guþdomber (calque)
- Swedish: gudom

Further reading

θεότης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“θεότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
θεότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
θεότης in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
G2320 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible