Godhead in Christianity


Godhead refers to the essence or substance of God in ChristianityGod the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Appearance in English Bibles

John Wycliffe introduced the term 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, the Geneva Bible, and King James Version. In that translation, the word was used to translate three different Koine Greek words:
VerseGreekRomanizationTypeTranslationVulgate 405Wycliffe 1395Tyndale 1525KJV 1611ESV 2001
Acts 17:29θεῖονadjective"divine, godly"divinumthat godli thinggodhedGodheadthe divine being
Romans 1:20θειότηςnoun"divinity, divine nature"divinitasgodhedgodhedGodheaddivine nature
Colossians 2:9θεότηςnoun"deity"divinitasthe Godhedthe godheedGodheaddeity