God-man

American  

[god-man, -man] / ˈgɒdˈmæn, -ˌmæn /

noun

plural

God-men

1. Jesus Christ.

2. (lowercase) a being who possesses the combined attributes of a deity and of a human; demigod.

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God man British  

noun

1. a person, such as Jesus Christ, who unites humanity with God

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Etymology

Origin of God-man

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

Miles said Christians believe that this points to the idea that the covenant was made "spiritually" between the "Father and the God-man Jesus Christ — rather than Abram himself," although Abram benefited from it.

From Fox News • Mar. 13, 2022

If Lawrence was the last colonial God-man, he was also the movie epic's first moody hero, father to countless sacred screen madmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turn to the other side, and instead of your compassionate goddess, it offers you Jesus, the God-man, able to succour them that are tempted, in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted.

From Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow by Holt, Emily Sarah

He further decreed that this atonement should be effected by the suffering and death of his Son, who, for the purpose of effecting this atonement, should assume our nature, and become God-man.

From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)

And thus the antagonism between the "God-man" and the "man-God" of Hellenic paganism expresses itself more strongly than ever before.

From Contemporary Russian Novelists by Persky, Serge