Quick Definition
θεά, ᾶς, ἡ n.f. a goddess
Strong's Definition
feminine of 2316; a female deity
KJV Usage: goddess
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ᾶς | θεός
12.25 · Supernatural Beings and Powers · Supernatural Beings
goddess a female deity In some languages it may seem quite strange to attribute female sex to a divine being. However, one can almost always say ‘a woman god’ or ‘a spirit like a woman’ or ‘a spirit thought of as being like a woman.’
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θεά thea 1x
a goddess, Acts 19:27*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* θεά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(fem. of θεός, q.v.),
a goddess: Ac 19:27.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θεά. Ἢ θεά (Ac 1937), and not ἡ θεός as generally in Attic prose (cf. Ac 1987), is the usual form in Ptolemaic papyri, e.g. P Par 3727 (B.c. 163) εἰσέλθοντες εἰς Td τῆς θεᾶς ἄδυτον, 76. 51° (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p. 20) θεὰ θεῶν (of Isis), P Grenf II. 15!° (B.c. 139) Κλεοπάτρας τῆς μητρὸς θεᾶς ἐπιφανοῦς, and other exx. in Mayser Gr. p. 254f.: cf. from Imperial times P Oxy VIII. 1117? (c. A.D. 178) ᾿Αθη[νᾶς] τῆς Kal Θοήριδος θεᾶς μεγίστης. The same form is also common in the inscrr., e.g. Magn 4713 (a decree of Chalcis—not after B.C. 199) τήν τε τῆς θεᾶς (sc. ᾿Αρτέμιδος Λευκοφρυηνῆς) ἐπιφάνειαν. On the other hand it is noteworthy that the classical ἡ θεός is frequently found in Magnesian inscrr. proper as a kind of technical term to describe this goddess as the great goddess of the city, e.g. 2b. 100 a°8 τὴν ἐπιβάλλουσαν τιμὴν Kal παρεδρείαν ποιούμενοι τῆς θεοῦ. Accordingly it is rightly put by Luke into the mouth of the town clerk in Ac 19%? (cf. ver. 27): see further Thieme, p. 10 f., Nachmanson, p- 126, and cf. Proleg. pp. 60, 244. , θεαομαι 2
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θεά (thea) — goddess. θεά, ἡ, in later Epic dialect θεή [Refs 3rd c.BC+], dative θεῇ [Refs 8th c.BC+], Laconian dialect σιά [Refs 5th c.BC+] in Epic dialect, Trag.(with imitations in Comedy texts, as [Refs 4th c.BC+] and later Prose: —goddess, opposed to γυνή, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with another substantive, θ. μήτηρ [Refs]; Παλλὰς θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ θεαί [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; αἱ σεμναὶ θ. the Erinyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δειναί, ἀνώνυμοι θ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. name of third τόπος, Vett.[Refs 5th c.BC+]