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  • God-man
    God-man
    noun
    Jesus Christ.
  • God man
    God man
    noun
    a person, such as Jesus Christ, who unites humanity with God

God-man

American  
[god-man, -man] / ˈgɒdˈmæn, -ˌmæn /

noun

  • God-men
    plural
  1. Jesus Christ.

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


God man British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of God-man

First recorded in 1550–60

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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

When He, the God-man Mediator, with the refined sensibilities of His tender heart, beheld the poignancy of that grief, the pent-up torrent of His own human sympathies could be restrained no longer.

From Memories of Bethany by John R. (John Ross) Macduff

Yes, it is the God-man who does the things that appear supernatural, the man who by virtue of his realization of the higher powers transcends the majority and so stands out among them.

From In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Ralph Waldo Trine

Inasmuch as he recognised Christ as the Redeemer, this Christ, the God-man, could not but be as many-sided as redemption is.

From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan

The Beethoven biographer Jan Swafford put it this way: “ ‘Missa Solemnis’ is Beethoven talking to God, man to man.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2026

On April 23, 1851, Henry David Thoreau spoke at the Concord Lyceum about the interrelationship of God, man and nature.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2017

My, God, man, what a great steward you’d make!”

From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2015

He encompasses, unslavishly, all the possible explanations here: God, man, nature, we all seem to be woven together, collaborating together in a great and mysterious enterprise.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2013

Good God, man, something very crucial is going on in this house.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

God-men and brawny dudes take a break from killing or defending millions, and decide the fate of planets in a cage match, without the cage.

From Time ● Jul. 10, 2013

Lord, fill us with Thyself, and let us be God-men and good men, and so represent Thy goodness.

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by A. B. (Albert B.) Simpson

Both God-men and god-men are used in the text.

From The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith by W.P. Livingstone

"Let no man go," he said, observing the disposition of the gathering to melt away, "for this is a great palaver, and I come to speak for these God-men."

From The Keepers of the King's Peace by Edgar Wallace

When we come into the realization of the fact that we are God-men, then again we live accordingly, and have the powers of God-men.

From In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Ralph Waldo Trine

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