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# deity

noun (a deity, deities)

«deity» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A deity is a god or goddess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#m1)

### In the lessons

In religion and history lessons (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Hindu deities), myths and stories.

### Examples

- Zeus was the chief deity of the Greeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x1)
- The Egyptians had many deities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x2)
- Ganesh is a Hindu deity with an elephant head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x3)
- The temple was built for a sea deity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x4)
- Christians believe there is one God, not many deities. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x5)
- Thor was a Norse deity of thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x6)
- The incensed deities now combined to punish the offender. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced DAY-i-ty or DEE-i-ty. Plural: deities. Respect: say «Hindus worship…» not «fake gods».

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Writers on Sefer Yetzirah say the book pictures the Deity as the One who made everything from nothing. In the primary lessons: In religion and history lessons (Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Hindu deities), myths and stories.

### Examples

- "The Deity, it is thought by some, was distinguished by the P3'thagoreans as absolute unity, from unity conceived." {A (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deity/#x1)
- Thus, the Sefer Yetzirah may have believed two di- bits, 0 and j , a tilting symbolization of the creation, out of chaos or nothing, of the universe, by the power of the Deity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deity/#x2)

### Note

Pronounced DAY-i-ty or DEE-i-ty. Plural: deities. Respect: say «Hindus worship…» not «fake gods».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «deity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deity» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/deity.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «deity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/deity/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«deity» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/deity.html) on Mova free.