noun · countable / uncountable · rare

godhead

godhead · godheads

Divinity or godhood, divine essence or natureDivinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.

/ˈɡɒd.hɛd/

» Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Krishna ist die Höchste Persönlichkeit Gottes.

Крiшна - Верховний Бог-Особа.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature.
(capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually)God.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
(countable, rare, uncountable)Any deity or idol.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)An admired or influential person or entity.

Examples

2 sentences

Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Крiшна - Верховний Бог-Особа.
deKrishna ist die Höchste Persönlichkeit Gottes.
CC BY · Tatoeba · rmdas · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Human love is a metaphor for the perfect and eternal union of the masculine and feminine aspects of the Godhead.
CC BY · Tatoeba · carlosalberto · B2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Origin

Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + -head (“-hood”). First attested

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.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source