Godhead in Christianity


Godhead refers to the divinity or substance of the Christian God, especially as existing in three persons — the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Appearance in English Bibles

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 1525ESV 2001
Acts 17:29θεῖονtheionadjective"divine, godly"divinumthat godli thinggodhedthe divine being
Romans 1:20θειότηςtheiotēsnoun"divinity, divine nature"divinitasgodhedgodheddivine nature
Colossians 2:9θεότηςtheotēsnoun"deity"divinitasthe Godhedthe godheeddeity