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n.
  1. Divinity; godhood.
  2. Godhead
    1. The Christian God, especially the Trinity.
    2. The essential and divine nature of God, regarded abstractly.

[Middle English godhode, godhede, from Old English godhād : god, god; see god + -hād, -hood.]


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WordNet: Godhead
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the Judeo-Christian God
  Synonyms: Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah

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In Christianity, Godhead is a form of the word godhood, and denotes the divine character of the Christian God. Godhead is also a title for God, or the Trinity.

Though somewhat archaic, the term survives in modern English because of its use in three places of the Authorized King James Version of the Bible. In that translation, the word was used to translate three different Greek words.

Verse Greek English Type Translation Reference
Acts 17:29 θεῖον theion adjective "divinity, deity" [1]
Romans 1:20 θειότης theiotēs noun "divinity, divine nature" [2]
Colossians 2:9 θεότητος theotētos noun "deity" [3]

In the later Neoplatonic mystical tradition (in Pseudo-Dionysius, for example), the term θεαρχία thearchia is used.[4]

In Mormon theology, the term is used in place of Trinity to refer to God the Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The substitution reflects the fact that though Mormonism is nontrinitarian, in that the three persons of the Trinity are not considered to have one substance, yet they are considered "one God" in the sense of their united purpose, will, and attributes. See Godhead (Latter Day Saints). This usage is rare within Trinitarian Christianity.

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  1. ^ "Strong's G2304 - theios". Blue Letter bible. http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=2304&language=G. 
  2. ^ "Strong's G2305 - theiotēs". Blue Letter Bible. http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=2305&language=G. 
  3. ^ "Strong's G2320 - theotēs". Blue Letter Bible. http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/strongs.pl?strongs=2320&language=G. 
  4. ^ "The Catholic Primer's Reference Series: Divine Names and Mystical Theology of Pseudo-Dionysius" (PDF). Catholic Primer. http://www.catholicprimer.org/early_theologians/dionysius_areopagite_divine_names_mystical_theology.pdf. 

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gud

Nederlands (Dutch)
godheid

Français (French)
n. - divinité

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gottheit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - η Θεότητα

Italiano (Italian)
divinità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - divindade (f), deidade (f), ente (m) supremo

Русский (Russian)
божественность, божество

Español (Spanish)
n. - deidad, divinidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gudanatur

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
神性, 神格

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 神性, 神格

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신, 신성

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 神格, 神性, 神, 神であること

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الالوهيه, الربوبيه, الله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלוהות, טבע אלוהי‬

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