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Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Gods and Goddesses, Pagan
King James Dictionary
• Goddess
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Gods, Goddess
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Goddess
Webster Dictionary
• Sea Goddess
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Rhea (Goddess)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Mother Goddess
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Discord, the Goddess of
• Reason, Goddess of
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• ܐܰܠܳܗܬ݁ܳܐ
• θεά
• אֱלֹהִים

god´es ( אלהים , 'ĕlōhı̄m , θεά , theá ): There is no separate word for "goddess" in the Old Testament. In the only instance in which the word occurs in English Versions of the Bible ( 1 Kings 11:5 , 1 Kings 11:33 ), the gender is determined by the noun - "Ashtoreth, the god (goddess) of the Sidonians." In the New Testament the term is applied to Diana of Ephesus (Acts 19:27 , Acts 19:35 , Acts 19:37 ).