God-man
noun
Jesus Christ.
God-man
American
[god-man, -man]
/ ˈgɒdˈmæn, -ˌmæn /
noun
God-men
plural
-
Jesus Christ.
-
(lowercase) a being who possesses the combined attributes of a deity and of a human; demigod.
God man
British
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of God-man
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 is finding it more often through his own contact and relations with the Man of Nazareth—for him the God-man.
From The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit by Trine, Ralph Waldo
The "God-man" may be "discovered" in nature; but the "Man-god" must be "created" by man.
From The Complex Vision by Powys, John Cowper
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
