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Verse Greek Romanization Type Translation Vulgate 405 Wycliffe 1395 Tyndale 1525 ESV 2001 Acts 17:29 θεῖον: theion [4] adjective "divine, godly" divinum: that godli thing: godhed: the divine being Romans 1:20 θειότης: theiotēs [5] noun "divinity, divine nature" divinitas: godhed: godhed: divine nature Colossians 2:9 θεότης ...
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 ...
For example, God's omnipotence is his quality of having unlimited power. This attribute is not contingent upon something else other than God himself, and is therefore one of his eternal attributes. [8] God's sovereignty, as the right to exercise his ruling power over his creation, is contingent upon his creation. God's sovereignty only takes ...
The theological underpinnings of the attributes and nature of God have been discussed since the earliest days of Christianity. In the 2nd century, Irenaeus addressed the issue and expounded on some attributes; for example, Book IV, chapter 19 of Against Heresies [71] states: "His greatness lacks nothing, but contains all things". [21]
According to Wayne Grudem, "the God of the Bible is no abstract deity removed from, and uninterested in his creation". [16] Grudem goes on to say that the whole Bible "is the story of God's involvement with his creation", but highlights verses such as Acts 17:28, "in him we live and move and have our being". [16]
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 ...
At 2 Tim 3:16 (NRSV), it is written: "All scripture is inspired by God [theopneustos] and is useful for teaching". [3]When Jerome translated the Greek text of the Bible into the language of the Vulgate, he translated the Greek theopneustos (θεόπνευστος [4]) of 2 Timothy 3:16 as divinitus inspirata ("divinely breathed into").
The Tetragrammaton YHWH, the name of God written in the Hebrew alphabet, All Saints Church, Nyköping, Sweden Names of God at John Knox House: "θεός, DEUS, GOD.". The Bible usually uses the name of God in the singular (e.g. Ex. 20:7 or Ps. 8:1), generally using the terms in a very general sense rather than referring to any special designation of God. [1]