STRONGS NUMBER G2203


Word Summary
Zeus: Zeus, the greatest of the pagan Gk. gods
Original Word: Ζεύς
Transliteration: Zeus
Phonetic Spelling: (dzyooce)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: Zeus, the greatest of the pagan Gk. gods
Meaning: Zeus -- the greatest of the pagan Greek gods
Strong's Concordance
Jupiter.

Of uncertain affinity; in the oblique cases there is used instead of it a (probably cognate) name; Dis (deece), which is otherwise obsolete; Zeus or Dis (among the Latins, Jupiter or Jove), the supreme deity of the Greeks -- Jupiter.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2203: Διά

[Διά, see Ζεύς.]

STRONGS NT 2203: Διός [Διός, see Δίσ.]

STRONGS NT 2203: Δίσ῟Δίσ῟, an unused nominative for Ζεύς, genitive Διός, accusative Διά (Διαν, Acts 14:12 Tdf. edition 7; see in ἄρρην. and Buttmann, 14 (373)), Zeus, Jupiter, the supreme divinity in the belief of Greeks and Romans; the father of gods and men: Acts 14:12f. (2 Macc. 6:2.) (Cf. Ζεύς.)

STRONGS NT 2203: ΖεύςΖεύς (but genitive, Διός (dative Διι<), are. Διά (or Διαν) (from old nominative Δίσ῟), Zeus, corresponding to Latin Jupiter (A. V.): Acts 14:12 (see Δίσ῟); ἱερεύς τοῦ Διός τοῦ ὄντος πρό τῆς πόλεως, the priest of Zeus whose temple was before the city, Acts 14:13 (cf. Meyer at the passage)). See Δίσ῟.