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The word translated as either "deity", "Godhead", or "divinity" in the Greek New Testament is also the Greek word θεότητος (theotētos), and the one verse that contains it is this: Colossians 2:9 "Quia in ipso inhabitat omnis plenitudo divinitatis [divinity] corporaliter." (Vulgate) "For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead ...
Akashic Records: (Akasha is a Sanskrit word meaning "sky", "space" or "aether") In the religion of theosophy and the philosophical school called anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life ...
The literal meaning of the word Ahura is "mighty" or "lord" and Mazda is wisdom. [215] Zoroaster , the founder of Zoroastrianism, taught that Ahura Mazda is the most powerful being in all of the existence [ 216 ] and the only deity who is worthy of the highest veneration. [ 216 ]
A third notable title is El Elyon, which means 'The High God'. [127] Also noted in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles is the name "I Am that I Am". [128] [11] God is described and referred in the Quran and hadith by certain names or attributes, the most common being Al-Rahman, meaning 'Most Compassionate', and Al-Rahim, meaning 'Most Merciful'. [129]
The word is used to denote the Supreme Divinity/Supreme Soul. Isvara ( ईश्वर ) shortened as Isha ( ईश ) is applied to mean 'God' in both religious and secular context (for example in the Gita , Arjuna is referred to as Manujeshvara which is a compound of the two words manuja , 'human' and Ishvara , thus the word means 'God of ...
Elohim (Hebrew: אֱלֹהִים, romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning "gods" or "godhood". Although the word is grammatically plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity, particularly the God of ...
A basic classification of the types of gods as based on the Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, by Stith Thompson: [1]. A0 Creator; A100—A199. The gods in general A101. Supreme God
Greek divination is the divination practiced by ancient Greek culture as it is known from ancient Greek literature, supplemented by epigraphic and pictorial evidence.. Divination is a traditional set of methods of consulting divinity to obtain prophecies (theopropia) about specific circumstances defined be