godhead
/ˈɡɒd.hɛd/
godhead noun: divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
Noun
godhead (countable and uncountable, plural godheads)
- Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
- For the inuisible things of him from the Creation of the world, are clearely seene, being vnderstood by the things that are made, euen his eternall Power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 1:20
- It was at Fort Yukon that White Fang saw his first white men. As compared with the Indians he had known, they were to him another race of beings, a race of superior gods. They impressed him as possessing superior power, and it is on power that god-head rests.1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter 1, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods), page 195
- God.
- For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 2:9
- when at the holy mount / Of Heav'ns high-ſeated top, th' Impereal Throne / Of Godhead, fixed for ever firm and ſure,1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
- Any deity or idol.
- Adoring firſt the Genius of the Place, / Then Earth, the Mother of the Heav'nly Race, / The Nymphs, and native Godheads yet unknown, / And Night, and all the Stars that gild her ſable Throne,1697, Virgil, “The Seventh Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 405, lines...
- An admired or influential person or entity.
- He pauses, as if hesitant to mention the godhead of computer design aloud, and adds, "Maybe even something Apple would be interested in."2007 June, Gregory Mone, “Invention: A New Breed of Mouse”, in Popular Science, volume 270, number 6, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2011, page 56
Proper noun capitalized: Godhead
Godhead
godhead meaning in Tamil and Sanskrit
godhead in Tamil
- godhead, divine nature
- உயர்நிலை uyarnilai
godhead in Sanskrit
- godhead, divinity
- देवता devátā
Forms of godhead
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Origin of godhead
Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Wisse (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.
From Middle English Godhede, equivalent to God + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of godhead.
Questions about godhead
- What does godhead mean?
- Godhead means divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
- What is godhead in Tamil?
- Godhead in Tamil is உயர்நிலை (uyarnilai). See Godhead meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is godhead?
- Godhead can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce godhead?
- Godhead is pronounced /ˈɡɒd.hɛd/.
- What is the plural of godhead?
- The plural of godhead is godheads.
Words near godhead in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: godhead (page history and authors); Godhead (page history and authors); உயர்நிலை (Tamil) (page history and authors); देवता (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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