God-man
noun
Jesus Christ.
God-man
American
[god-man, -man]
/ ˈgɒdˈmæn, -ˌmæn /
noun
plural
God-men-
Jesus Christ.
-
(lowercase) a being who possesses the combined attributes of a deity and of a human; demigod.
God man
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of God-man
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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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
He thinks to himself: What this God-man says is indeed perfectly true.
From Appearances Being Notes of Travel by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)
He occasionally hears from the pulpit the phrase "God-man"; but it is a mere phrase to him; it is not translated for him into a language that he can understand.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)
It is, in a word, the belief that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in a sense that cannot be predicated of any human being, the truth that Christ is God-man being presupposed.”
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.
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