Godhead in Christianity

Godhead (or godhood) refers to the essence or substance (ousia) of God in Christianity — God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godhead Godhead] at merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/godhead Godhead] at dictionary.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

Appearance in English Bibles

John Wycliffe introduced the term {{lang|enm|godhede}} into English Bible versions in two places, and, though somewhat archaic, the term survives in modern English because of its use in three places of the Tyndale New Testament (1525), the Geneva Bible (1560/1599), and King James Version (1611). In that translation, the word was used to translate three different Koine Greek words:{{Cite news |last=Broyles |first=Stephen E. |date=October–December 1978 |title=What do we mean by "Godhead"? |volume=50 |pages=223–229 |work=The Evangelical Quarterly |issue=4 |url=https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/eq/1978-4_223.pdf |access-date=October 23, 2023 }}

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Verse ! Greek ! Romanization ! Type ! Translation ! Vulgate 405 ! Wycliffe 1395 ! Tyndale 1525 ! ESV 2001
2 Peter 1:4 ( Applies to resurrected Christians) \|Acts 17:29 \|{{lang\|grc-x-biblical\|θεῖον}} \|{{Transliteration\|grc\|theion}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2304 \|title=Strong's G2304 - theios \|publisher=Blue Letter Bible }} \|adjective \|"divine, godly" \|{{lang\|la\|divinum}} \|{{lang\|enm\|that godli thing}} \|{{lang\|en-emodeng\|godhed}} \|the divine being
Romans 1:20 \|{{lang\|grc-x-biblical\|θειότης}} \|{{Transliteration\|grc\|theiotēs}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2305 \|title=Strong's G2305 - theiotēs \|publisher=Blue Letter Bible}} \|noun \|"divinity, divine nature" \|{{lang\|la\|divinitas}} \|{{lang\|enm\|godhed}} \|{{lang\|en-emodeng\|godhed}} \|divine nature
Colossians 2:9 \|{{lang\|grc-x-biblical\|θεότης}} \|{{Transliteration\|grc\|theotēs}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2320 \|title=Strong's G2320 - theotēs \|publisher=Blue Letter Bible }} \|noun \|"deity" \|{{lang\|la\|divinitas}} \|{{lang\|enm\|the Godhed}} \|{{lang\|en-emodeng\|the godheed}} \|deity

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Verse

! Greek

! Romanization

! Type

! Translation

! Vulgate 405

! Wycliffe 1395

! Tyndale 1525

! ESV 2001

2 Peter 1:4 ( Applies to resurrected Christians)

|Acts 17:29

|{{lang|grc-x-biblical|θεῖον}}

|{{Transliteration|grc|theion}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2304 |title=Strong's G2304 - theios |publisher=Blue Letter Bible }}

|adjective

|"divine, godly"

|{{lang|la|divinum}}

|{{lang|enm|that godli thing}}

|{{lang|en-emodeng|godhed}}

|the divine being

Romans 1:20

|{{lang|grc-x-biblical|θειότης}}

|{{Transliteration|grc|theiotēs}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2305 |title=Strong's G2305 - theiotēs |publisher=Blue Letter Bible}}

|noun

|"divinity, divine nature"

|{{lang|la|divinitas}}

|{{lang|enm|godhed}}

|{{lang|en-emodeng|godhed}}

|divine nature

Colossians 2:9

|{{lang|grc-x-biblical|θεότης}}

|{{Transliteration|grc|theotēs}}{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2320 |title=Strong's G2320 - theotēs |publisher=Blue Letter Bible }}

|noun

|"deity"

|{{lang|la|divinitas}}

|{{lang|enm|the Godhed}}

|{{lang|en-emodeng|the godheed}}

|deity