God the Father

English

Etymology

See god and father.

Proper noun

God the Father

1. (Christianity theology) The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and Father of Jesus Christ
   • 1549, The booke of the common prayer and adminiſtracion of the Sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the Churche: after the vſe of the Churche of England:

     And aboue all thynges: ye muſt geue moſte humble and hartie thankes to God the father, the ſonne, and the holy ghoſt, for the redempcion of the worlde...

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:god

Related terms

• God the Son
• God the Holy Ghost, God the Holy Spirit

Translations

person of the Trinity

• Bulgarian: Бог Отец m (Bog Otec)
• Catalan: Déu Pare m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖父／圣父 (sing³ fu⁶)

  Mandarin: 聖父／圣父 (zh) (Shèngfù)

• Czech: Bůh Otec m
• Danish: Gud Fader c, Fadern c
• Dutch: God de Vader m
• Finnish: Isä (fi), Isä Jumala
• French: Dieu le Père (fr) m
• German: Gott der Vater m
• Hebrew: האל האב m (ha-El ha-Av)
• Italian: Dio Padre (it) m
• Latin: Deus Pater m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Gud Fader m

  Nynorsk: Gud Fader m

• Polish: Bóg Ojciec (pl) m, Pan Bóg (pl) m
• Portuguese: Deus Pai m
• Romani:

  Welsh Romani: dev'lesko dad

• Romanian: Dumnezeu Tatăl m
• Russian: Бог Оте́ц (ru) m (Box Otéc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Бог Отац m

  Roman: Bog Otac m

• Slovak: Boh Otec m
• Spanish: Dios Padre m
• Swedish: Gud Fader c, Fadern (sv) c
• Ukrainian: Бог Оте́ць m (Boh Otécʹ)
• Welsh: Duw Dad m

God or God the Father

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖父／圣父 (zh) (shèngfù)

• Finnish: Pyhä Isä
• French: Dieu le Père (fr) m
• Japanese: 父なる神 (ちちなるかみ, chichi naru kami)
• Korean: 성부(聖父) (seongbu)
• Portuguese: Deus Pai m
• Russian: Бог Оте́ц (ru) m (Box Otéc) (usual term), Свято́й Оте́ц m (Svjatój Otéc)
• Vietnamese: Chúa Cha
• Welsh: Duw Dad m