- θειότης
- θειότης, ητος, ἡ (s. prec. entry; of a divinity: the term in such description is not tautologous but usually refers to performance that one might properly associate w. a divinity: Plut., Mor. 398a; 665a; Lucian, Calumn. 17; Herm. Wr. 9, 1c; SIG 867, 31 of Artemis, who made Ephesus famous διὰ τῆς ἰδίας θειότητος, i.e. through manifestations of her power, s. ln. 35; POxy 1381, 165 πληρωθεὶς τ. σῆς [Imouthes-Asclepius] θειότητος namely manifestations of healing; PGM 7, 691; Wsd 18:9; EpArist 95; ApcSed 14:8; 15:2; Philo, Op. M. 172 v.l.; Just., D. 3:5.—Of persons who stand in close relation to a divinity: Heraclit. Sto. 76 p. 102, 4 Homer; Jos., Ant. 10, 268 Daniel; ins, pap, princes and emperors. So of Augustus, e.g. SEG XXVI, 1392, 31 [18–19 A.D.].—Of the Christian proclamation θ. τοῦ παρʼ ἡμῖν λόγου Theoph. Ant. 3, 29 [p. 264, 16]) the quality or characteristic(s) pert. to deity, divinity, divine nature, divineness Ro 1:20.—HNash, θειότης-θεότης Ro 1:20, Col 2:9: JBL 18, 1899, 1–34.—New Docs 3, 68. DELG s.v. θεός. Lampe s.v. M-M. TW. Sv.
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