Editing Godhead in Christianity

{{Short description|Essence or substance of God}}
'''Godhead''' (or ''[[wiktionary:godhood|godhood]]'') refers to the [[essence]] or [[wikt:substance|substance]] (''[[ousia]]'') of [[God in Christianity|God]] in [[Christianity]] — [[God the Father]], [[God the Son|Son]], and [[Holy Spirit (Christianity)|Holy Spirit]].<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godhead ''Godhead''] at merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.dictionary.com/browse/godhead ''Godhead''] at dictionary.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.</ref>

==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 Bible|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:<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="0"
|-
! Verse
! Greek
! Romanization
! Type
! Translation
! [[Vulgate]] 405
! [[Wycliffe's Bible|Wycliffe]] 1395
! [[Tyndale Bible|Tyndale]] 1525
! [[English Standard Version|ESV]] 2001
|- 2 Peter 1:4 ( Applies to resurrected Christians)
|Acts 17:29
|{{lang|grc-x-biblical|θεῖον}}
|{{Transliteration|grc|theion}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G2304 |title=Strong's G2304 - theios |publisher=Blue Letter Bible }}</ref>
|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}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2305 |title=Strong's G2305 - theiotēs |publisher=Blue Letter Bible}}</ref>
|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}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=G2320 |title=Strong's G2320 - theotēs |publisher=Blue Letter Bible }}</ref>
|noun
|"deity"
|{{lang|la|divinitas}}
|{{lang|enm|the Godhed}}
|{{lang|en-emodeng|the godheed}}
|deity
|}

{{wiktionary|Godhead}}

==See also==
* [[God in Christianity]]
* [[Godhead in Judaism]]
* [[Trinity]]

==References==
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[[Category:God in Christianity]]
[[Category:Trinitarianism]]
[[Category:Conceptions of God]]
[[Category:Nature of Jesus Christ]]


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