Ancient Greek word root · Knowledge & Belief

the-: god

the- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “god”. Learn its variants and explore 8 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: god

Root forms: the-, theo-

Source word: θεός — a deity; a god

Word family and examples

• theology

  the study of the nature of God and religious belief

• atheist

  a person who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods

• eleventh

  The ordinal form of the number eleven.

• theocracy

  Government under the control of a state religion.

• theism

  Belief in the existence of at least one deity.

• theocratic

  Pertaining to theocracy.

• apotheosis

  The fact or action of becoming or making into a god; deification.

• theosophy

  a philosophy holding that knowledge of God may be achieved through spiritual insight

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