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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Divinity

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Divinity

DIVINITY, noun [Latin]

1. The state of being divine; Deity; Godhead; the nature or essence of God. Christians ascribe divinity to one Supreme Being only.

2. God; the Deity; the Supreme Being.

Tis the divinity that stirs within us.

3. A false God; a pretended deity of pagans.

Beastly divinities, and droves of gods.

4. A celestial being, inferior to the Supreme God, but superior to man. Many nations believe in these inferior divinities.

5. Something supernatural.

They say there is divinity in odd numbers.

6. The science of divine things; the science which unfolds the character of God, his laws and moral government, the duties of man, and the way of salvation; theology; as the study of divinity; a system of divinity


Naves Topical Index
Divinity of Christ

See Jesus, The Christ, Divinity of
Jesus, The Christ, Divinity of