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God-fearing
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English
Alternative forms
en godfearing god-fearing
Etymology
From en God fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier en enm goddfrihti, enm gode-frigti god-fearing, variants of en enm godfriht, enm gode-friht, enm godfruht, enm god-furht, from en ang godfyrht, ang godefriht god-fearing. Cognate with got 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 god-fearing, devout.
Pronunciation
en
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Adjective
God-fearing
en religion Following the precepts of a religious practice; respecting and revering God and his authority.
en Margie married Bill, a good, God-fearing Christian.
10 The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
Derived terms
en God-fearingness
Translations
following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
Arabic: ar وَرِع m, ar تَقِيّ m
Belarusian: be богабая́зны
Dutch: nl godvrezend
Finnish: fi jumalaapelkäävä
French: fr religieux, fr craignant Dieu
German: de gottesfürchtig
Greek: el θεοφοβούμενος
Hebrew: he יְרֵא אֱלקִים y’re elqim
Hungarian: hu istenfélő
Italian: it timorato di Dio
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb خواترس
Northern Kurdish: kmr xwedêtirs
Latin: la pius, la sanctus
Macedonian: mk богобојазлив
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb gudfryktig
Polish: pl bogobojny, pl pobożny
Portuguese: pt pio, pt devoto, pt temente a Deus
Russian: ru богобоя́зненный, ru богобоязли́вый
Southern Altai: alt кудайлу
Spanish: es pío, es devoto, es temeroso de Dios
Swedish: sv gudfruktig
Tagalog: tl may takot sa Diyos
Ukrainian: uk богобоязли́вий, uk богобоя́зний, uk богобоязки́й
See also
en god goddess God Goddess gods-fearing