Theion means “brimstone” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2303 — chaddud (“sharp”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2303 θεῖον (theion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. theion (thei`-on) n. 1. sulphur [probably neuter of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing)] It has 9 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include brimstone. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
theion (thei`-on) n. 1. sulphur [probably neuter of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing)] KJV: brimstone Root(s): G2304
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2303. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
sulfur
Usage: θεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX; Gen.19:24, Deu.29:23 Job.18:15, Psa.11:7, Isa.30:33 34:9, Eze.38:22 (גׇּפְרִית), 3Ma.2:5 * ;] brimstone: Luk.17:29 (LXX), Rev.9:17-18 14:10 19:20 20:10 21:8.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render theion, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2303 (θεῖον) appears 2 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: His excellency shall be sown with brimstone.
First 9 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2303.
And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: His excellency shall be sown with brimstone.
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2303, grouped by book.
Theion (Strong's G2303) is a Greek word most simply glossed "brimstone". theion (thei`-on) n. 1. sulphur [probably neuter of G2304 (in its original sense of flashing)]
This page currently indexes 9 linked usages for Strong's G2303 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2303 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as brimstone. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G2303, with linked reader references where each row is available.