"brimstone, sulphur, Lk. 17:29; Rev. 9:17; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8*"
Definition and meaning
brimstone, sulphur, Lk. 17:29; Rev. 9:17; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8*
In the original Greek the word is written: θεῖον
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of theion (G2303) across the King James Bible.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G2303 (theion) is a Greek word that means: brimstone, sulphur, Lk. 17:29; Rev. 9:17; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word theion (G2303) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G2303 is theion, a Greek word defined as: brimstone, sulphur, Lk. 17:29; Rev. 9:17; 14:10; 19:20; 20:10; 21:8*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
theion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.