CategoryTheological Term / Doctrine of Humanity
Modern EquivalentImago Dei; the likeness of God in which humans are created.
KJV Word TypeNoun phrase
DefinitionThe biblical teaching that humans alone among all creatures are made in the image and likeness of God (Latin: Imago Dei). This establishes humanity's unique dignity, moral capacity, rational nature, and capacity for relationship with God. Though marred by the Fall, the image is not destroyed — and is being renewed in believers through Christ.
Key Verses"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." (Genesis 1:26); "And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." (Colossians 3:10)