"Theotokos" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /θiːˈɒtəˌkɒs/, /ˌθeɪoʊˈtoʊkoʊs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “the God-bearer”), from Ancient Greek Θεός (Theós, “God”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”). First attested in 3rd–4th century. Cf. Christotokos. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|grc-koi|Θεοτόκος||the God-bearer}} Borrowed from Koine Greek Θεοτόκος (Theotókos, “the God-bearer”), {{der|en|grc|Θεός||God}} Ancient Greek Θεός (Theós, “God”), {{etydate|r|3rd|4th century}} First attested in 3rd–4th century Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=(the) Theotokos}} (the) Theotokos
  1. (Christianity, chiefly Orthodoxy) Synonym of Mary, mother of Jesus, in particular reference to her role giving birth to God. Wikipedia link: Theotokos Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Christianity, Eastern Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Individuals Synonyms: Deipara, Mother of God, Mary [synonym, synonym-of], mother of Jesus [synonym, synonym-of], in particular reference to her role giving birth to God [synonym, synonym-of], Theotocos Derived forms: Intercession of the Theotokos Translations (Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God Note: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean "God-bearer" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.): Hyjlindëses [feminine] (Albanian), والدة الإله (Wālidatu l-ʔIlāhi) [feminine] (Arabic), ام الاله (ʔUmmu l-ʔIlāhi) [feminine] (Arabic), ܝܳܠܕܰܬ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ (Yoldath Aloho) [Classical-Syriac] (Aramaic), Багаро́дзіца (Baharódzica) [feminine] (Belarusian), Маці Божая (Maci Bóžaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), Богоро́дица (Bogoródica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Jumalasünnitaja (Estonian), Jumalansynnyttäjä [singular] (Finnish), Théotokos [feminine] (French), Gottesgebärerin [feminine] (German), Θεοτόκος (Theotókos) (Greek), Istenszülő (Hungarian), Theotokosz (Hungarian), Teotoco [feminine] (Italian), Teotoca [feminine] (Italian), Deipara [feminine] (Latin), Dei Genitrix [feminine] (Latin), Theotocus (Latin), Богородица (Bogorodica) [feminine] (Macedonian), Богородица (Bogorodica) [feminine] (Old Church Slavonic), Bogurodzica [feminine] (Polish), Bogarodzica [feminine] (Polish), Teótoco [feminine] (Portuguese), Deípara [feminine] (Portuguese), Богоро́дица (Bogoródica) [feminine] (Russian), Бого̀родица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bogòrodica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bohorodička [feminine] (Slovak), Bogorodnica [feminine] (Slovene), Deípara [feminine] (Spanish), Tanrı'yı Doğuran (Turkish), Tanrı'nın Anası (Turkish), Богоро́диця (Bohoródycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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          "text": "It is then an integral portion of the Faith fixed by Ecumenical Council, a portion of it which you hold as well as I, that the Blessed Virgin is Theotocos, Deipara, or Mother of God; and this word, when thus used, carries with it no admixture of rhetoric, no taint of extravagant affection,—it has nothing else but a well-weighed, grave, dogmatic sense […]",
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Hyjlindëses"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "والدة الإله"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʔUmmu l-ʔIlāhi",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ام الاله"
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      "roman": "Yoldath Aloho",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ܝܳܠܕܰܬ ܐܰܠܳܗܳܐ"
    },
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      "roman": "Baharódzica",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Багаро́дзіца"
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      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Маці Божая"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Bogoródica",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Богоро́дица"
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    {
      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Jumalasünnitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
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      "word": "Jumalansynnyttäjä"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Théotokos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Gottesgebärerin"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Theotókos",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Θεοτόκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Istenszülő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Theotokosz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teotoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teotoca"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Deipara"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Dei Genitrix"
    },
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Theotocus"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Bogorodica",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Богородица"
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      "code": "cu",
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      "roman": "Bogorodica",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Богородица"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogurodzica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogarodzica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teótoco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Deípara"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Bogoródica",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Богоро́дица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Бого̀родица"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogòrodica"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Bohorodička"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogorodnica"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Deípara"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Tanrı'yı Doğuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "word": "Tanrı'nın Anası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Bohoródycja",
      "sense": "Mary, mother of Jesus, as God-bearer — see also Mary, Mother of God\nNote: Only titles directly borrowed from the Greek or that literally mean \"God-bearer\" should go here. Translations that simply mean in the language in question should go at that entry.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Богоро́диця"
    }
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  "word": "Theotokos"
}

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