Friedrich Schelling coined the term henotheism, from the Greek heis or heno which literally means "single, one". The term refers to a form of theism focused on a single god. Related terms are monolatrism

While Greek and Roman religion began as polytheism, during the Classical period, under the influence of philosophy, differing conceptions emerged.

Paul the Apostle, in his First Epistle to the Corinthians, writes that "we know that an idol is nothing" and "that there is none other God but one" He argues in verse 5 that "for though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth", "but to us there is but one

Ahura Mazda is the supreme god, but Zoroastrianism does not deny other deities. Ahura Mazda has yazatas ("good agents") some of which include Anahita, Sraosha,

Henotheism was the term used by scholars such as Max Müller to describe the theology of Vedic religion. Müller noted that the hymns of the

Second Temple Judaism and Rabbinical Judaism are emphatically monotheistic. However, its predecessor—the cult of Yahweh as it was practiced in ancient Israel during the 8th and 7th centuries BCE (Yahwism)—has been described as henotheistic or

• Comparative religion
• Henosis, mystical "oneness", "union", or "unity" in classical Greek
• King of the gods, a tendency for one divinity, usually male, to achieve preeminence.