godhead

See also: Godhead

English

Etymology

From Middle English godhede, equivalent to god +‎ -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Riwle (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdhɛd/

Noun

godhead (countable and uncountable, plural godheads)

Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Colossians 2:9:
  
  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
God.
(rare) Any deity or idol.
An admired or influential person or entity.
- 2007 June, Gregory Mone, “Invention: A New Breed of Mouse”, in Popular Science‎, volume 270, number 6, page 56:
  He pauses, as if hesitant to mention the godhead of computer design aloud, and adds, "Maybe even something Apple would be interested in."

Translations

divinity, godhoood

Chinese:
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Finnish: jumaluus (fi)
Latin: dīvīnitās f
Macedonian: божество (božestvo)

God — see God

deity — see deity

admired or influential person or entity

Chinese:
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Finnish: auktoriteetti (fi), asiantuntija (fi)

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