Divine Lexicon

Term

anthropomorphic language

Language that attributes human characteristics, body parts, or emotions to God to communicate truths in understandable terms.

Filed underTheology Proper

Definition

Language that speaks of God in human terms, attributing to God human characteristics, body parts, or emotions as a way of communicating truths about God that humans can understand.

Sources

  1. 1.Wayne A. Grudem Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed.. (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020). 11.2AOriginal citation: Grudem, Wayne A. Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2020, 11.2A.

Last revised August 14, 2026