God. Who is God? In Spanish the word for God is Dios. In French: Dieu. In Portuguese: Deus. In Italian: Dio. In Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish: Gud. In Croatian, Bosnian, and Slovenian: Bog. In Estonian: Jumal and in Finnish: Jumala. In German: Gott. There are many others. According to Wycliffe.org there are about 7,000 different languages in use today in the world. (https://www.wycliffe.org/about/why)
In Greek, the word for god is theos. Theos can mean God or a god, just like in English. I will quote biblehub.com here: “Long before the NT was written, 2316(theos) referred to the supreme being who owns and sustains all things”. http://biblehub.com/greek/2316.htm (2316 is the Strong’s number)
So, who is God? This is a difficult question to answer, because He is so much more than we can even comprehend. The whole Bible is about God and though we read it again and again, we still discover more about God as He reveals more of Himself to us. He is the one true God, the creator of heaven and earth, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God who sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for the sins of this world so that we, the men and women on earth, might have a way to spend eternity with Him. With He who is compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, sovereign, jealous, merciful, our refuge and strength, sun and shield, flawless, spirit and so much more. (Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 4:24,31, Deuteronomy 33:27, Psalm 46:1, Psalm 84:11, John 4:24)
Theos occurs over 1000 times in the New Testament, so it is a little difficult to choose which verses to list. I tried to choose those that talk about who God is. I’m going to share one verse from each book.
Matthew 22:31b-32 NIV have you not read what God said to you, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.
Mark 10:18 ESV And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
Luke 18:27 KJV And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
John 4:24 NASB God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
Acts 17:24 NIV The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
Romans 6:23 KJV For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
2 Corinthians 13:11 NASB Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
Galatians 6:7 NIV Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Ephesians 4:6 ESV one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Philippians 4:7 KJV And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Colossians 3:12 NASB So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience;
1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 NIV He will oppose and will exalt himself over everything that is called God or is worshiped, so that he sets himself up in God‘s temple, proclaiming himself to be God. (This ‘he’ is the man of lawlessness or sin from previous verse.)
1 Timothy 1:17 ESV To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
2 Timothy 1:7 NASB For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.
Titus 1:2 BLB in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time eternal.
Philemon 1:3 KJV Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 3:4 NASB For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
James 2:19 NIV You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that–and shudder.
1 Peter 4:11 NIV If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.
2 Peter 1:21 ESV For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
1 John 1:5 KJV This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
2 John 1:3 NASB Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
3 John 1:11 NIV Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.
Jude 1:21 KJV Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Revelation 1:8 NIV “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
The G/K number for theos is 2536.
The Strong’s number for theos is 2316.
