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Godhead

Godhead

5 9.9
The nature of God as the highest being
  • noun
  • /ˈɡɑːdˌhɛd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : divinidad
  • According to the apophatic theology common to all the Western religious traditions, the Godhead is unknowable and indescribable.
  • member of the Godhead
  • Light of the Godhead
  • language of the Godhead

These chains of being from Godhead down to us, right?

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Examples

  • Shankaradeva is one of these great teachers who felt that the Godhead was accessible to everyone.

  • Meister Eckhart's teaching makes the distinction clear with the label "Godhead" identifying Being Itself or what Whitehead redescribes as creativity.

    Academic text (2014)
  • And that is when they become a member of the Godhead.

  • But since the term "Godhead" is now preferred, one day she may well be included.

    Blog text (26)
  • There are three distinct persons in the Godhead who who are God.

  • Do you think the godhead could create a place other than Paradise?

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I am sending you a book called The Light of the Godhead.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Unicity is proper to God alone, in a Godhead that we may contemplate but not understand.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Humanity, rightfully at work, must model its activities on the energies within the Godhead.

    Academic text (2017)
  • In Judeo-Christian theology, the concept of the Godhead refers to the essential nature of God as the supreme being.

Synonyms

God
vsGodhead
384 2.0

A powerful being who knows everything that people worship as creator and ruler of the world

describes the essential nature of that being rather than the person itself
Lord
vsGodhead
  • Literature
197 5.5

God in Christianity and Judaism who people pray to

expresses its focus on inner sacred status rather than honorific use
Almighty
vsGodhead
  • Formal
159 8.4

A name for God used in some religions

refers to the essential status rather than focusing mainly on power
Creator
vsGodhead
123 7.0

A name people use for God, the being who made everything

is about essential nature rather than focusing on the role of making the universe
Maker
vsGodhead
88 9.5

God who created the world according to some religions

focuses on essential nature rather than the particular act of formation
deity
vsGodhead
62 7.4

A god or goddess that people worship and think has power over part of the world

uses the essential sacred nature idea, not the broader category of worshipped beings
Jehovah
vsGodhead
50 7.5

A name used for God in the Old Testament

refers to the essential nature rather than a particular personal name
Divine
vsGodhead
23 8.6

A being that people believe created the world and rules it

focuses on essential nature rather than naming the supreme being
God Almighty
vsGodhead
  • Formal
15 4.9

A name for the very powerful God in Jewish and Christian religions

centers on inner status or essence rather than emphasis on power
divinity
vsGodhead
14 7.9

A god worshipped as controlling a part of nature

is specific to the sacred being's essential status rather than any worshipped being
godhood
vsGodhead
6 7.8

The state of being powerful and worshiped by people

is about an essential inner nature rather than having powers
Holy Trinity
vsGodhead
5 7.0

A Christian belief that God is three persons in one

focuses on the general sacred essence rather than a three-person structure

How Powerful

Godhead
  • Specialized
5 9.9
Olympian
  • Literature
1 8.2
Greek deity
  • Literature
1 7.2
demigod
  • Literature
10 8.1
godlet
  • Literature
9.9

Surface Forms

Godhead singular
Godheads plural

Morphology

Godhead = god + head (opaque) = god + head

The combination of 'god' and 'head' does not transparently convey the theological meaning without specific cultural or religious knowledge.

Etymology

Godhead joins God and head, where head means the 'chief' or main part of something. So Godhead means the 'chief being' or the divine nature of God, which is why it names God's highest, essential being.