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Godhead is a church word. Christians use it for God as one, even while they speak of three: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Godhead is a church wordGodhead是教會用語 Christians use it for God as one基督徒用它指合一的上帝 even while they speak of three即使他們同時講三位 the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit也就是聖父、聖子、聖靈
They do not mean three gods. They mean one God in three persons — and “the Godhead” is a way of naming that whole divine being, the “God-ness” of God.
They do not mean three gods他們不是指三個神 They mean one God in three persons他們指的是三個位格、一位神 and "the Godhead" is a way of naming that whole divine being而「the Godhead」就是為那整個神性存在命名的方式 the "God-ness" of God也就是上帝的「神性本身」
You will meet it in sermons, hymns, and theology books, often with a capital G. It is not a casual name, like calling someone “God” in daily chat, and it is not a person’s family name.
You will meet it in sermons, hymns, and theology books你會在講道、聖詩和神學書裡看到它 often with a capital G常常字首大寫 It is not a casual name它不是隨口叫的名字 like calling someone "God" in daily chat像日常聊天喊人「God」那樣 and it is not a person's family name也不是某人的姓
Ordinary conversation almost never needs it; people just say God.
Ordinary conversation almost never needs it日常對話幾乎用不到它 people just say God大家就直接說God
Though actually, the ending is an old piece meaning “the state of being,” the same idea as -hood in words like childhood. So Godhead is, piece by piece, “the state of being God.” There is also a lowercase godhead with the same history.
Though actually不過其實 the ending is an old piece meaning "the state of being,"這個字尾是古老的字根，意思是「……的狀態」 the same idea as -hood in words like childhood跟childhood裡的-hood是同樣的概念 So Godhead is, piece by piece所以Godhead一個字一個字拆開來看 "the state of being God."就是「身為上帝的狀態」 There is also a lowercase godhead也有小寫的godhead with the same history來源相同
For , the useful sense is the Christian one: the one God who is Father, Son, and Spirit together.
For learners對學習者來說 the useful sense is the Christian one有用的意思是基督教的這個 the one God who is Father, Son, and Spirit together也就是同時是聖父、聖子、聖靈、合而為一的那位獨一上帝
組成God + -head, an old ending meaning “-hood,” the state of being. So: the state of being God. Same idea as godhood.
同家族的字
- godhoodthe same idea: the state or quality of being God
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Godheadname
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The Trinity.
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The divine nature of God as an abstract entity.
- House and tenant go to ground, / Lost in God, in Godhead found.
godheadnoun/ˈɡɒd.hɛd/
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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:
- 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.
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God.
- For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily.
- when at the holy mount / Of Heav'ns high-ſeated top, th' Impereal Throne / Of Godhead, fixed for ever firm and ſure,
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rareAny 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,
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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."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。