Definition
θεῖον, -ου, τό
[in LXX; Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Job 18:15, Psalm 11:7, Isaiah 30:33; 34:9, Ezekiel 38:22 (גׇּפְרִית), 3Ma.2.5 * ;]
brimstone: Luke 17:29 (LXX), Revelation 9:17-18; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θεῖον:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Luke 17:29θεῖον · sulfurBut on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Revelation 9:17θεῖον · sulfurNow the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.
- Revelation 9:18θείου · sulfurA third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.
- Revelation 14:10θείῳ · sulfur…he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
- Revelation 19:20θείῳ · sulfurBut the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Revelation 20:10θείου · sulfurAnd the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- Revelation 21:8θείῳ · sulfurBut to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”