Definition of god in English English dictionary
- The single deity of various monotheistic religions
- The single male deity of various duotheistic religions
- An impersonal and universal spiritual presence or force
- An omnipotent being, creator of the universe (as in deism)
- The (personification of the) laws of nature
- to idolize
Godded him up ... It's the fear of discerning journalists: Does coverage of athletic stars, on field and off, approach beatification of the living?.
- A person in a high position of authority; a powerful ruler or tyrant
- A deity:
A supreme being; God, typically in some particular view or aspect.
- (notably in Greek/young God) An exceedingly handsome man
- An idol
Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
- to deify
She is so lately godded that she is still a rather poor goddess, Stranger.
- {v} to make a god, deity, adore
- {n} the supreme being, a ruler, an idol
- The single male god of various duotheistic religions
- In the New Age community, god is referred to as the spirit, higher power, light, universe, higher self, force, source, cosmic intelligence, and inner guidance
- {i} Supreme Being, creator and ruler of the universe (according to the tenets of monotheistic religions)
- The single god of various monotheistic religions
- a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol
- The word which is used to describe the supreme Being, the Creator and Sustainer of the universe and all there is
- If you say God willing, you are saying that something will happen if all goes well. God willing, there will be a breakthrough
- The higher consciousness or force within us The collective consciousness of all That aspect of the higher consciousness that resides within our soul God is the collective thought of all creation
- The supreme divine being, called Elohim by the Israelites, who was also known as Yahweh
- A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard
- The supreme being of the universe He is the creator of all things (Is 44: 24) He alone is God (Is 45: 21,22; 46: 9; 47: 8) There have never been any Gods before Him nor will there be any after Him (Is 43: 10) God is God from all eternity (Ps 90: 2) In Exodus 3: 14, God revealed His name to His people The name commonly known in English is Jehovah This comes from the four Hebrew consonants that spell the name of God (See Tetragrammaton ) God is a Trinity, knows all things (1 John 3: 20), can do all things (Jer 32: 17,27 - except those things against His nature like lie, break His word, cheat, steal, etc ), and is everywhere all the time (Ps 139: 7-12)
- the First Person in the Trinity; the Creator, the Source of all being or life; the Father, Whose Fatherhood is established by the existence of His Son, Christ; the First Cause, Whose Son is His Effect; God's essence is spirit, which is shared with all creation, whose unity is the state of Heaven
- The term a man of God is sometimes used to refer to Christian priests or ministers
- Obviously, this is an impossible word to define After all, to "define" a thing means putting boundaries around it, and God is Infinity, the very absence of boundaries Further, being Infinite, God is by definition (!) beyond the capacity of our egoic minds ("I am me, and you aren't") to understand That is, despite our protestations to the contrary, most of us perceive God as being "out there" (or "up there", even "in here"), as somewhere or something other than ourselves And that's the problem! In Truth, there is no such thing as a "God out there" Once again, being Infinite, God is everywhere and no where, everything and no thing God is our very Self which itself is The Very Self Thus, at TZF we often say: There is no God but God, and God is All There Is See also God's Gender, Christ, Realization, Teacher
- n 1 All that is born, grows and dies Animal and plant life Sometimes the sun is considered to be the God because every year it grows bright in summer, fades, dies, and is reborn The qualities of the God are those of plants, such as growth, vitality, reaching maturity, rising and falling and animals, such as wildness, freedom, vulnerability, innocence, ecstasy in nature 2 A particular deity from any of many religious traditions, ancient and modern See deity
- The source of all That which is revealed by Creation
- one of a group of supernatural male beings in some religions, each of which is worshipped as the personification or controller of some aspect of the universe Used in monotheistic religions as a proper noun to describe the alleged controller of the universe
- any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
- God - God (masculine nominative singular)
- A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc
- The male aspect of the creative, divine force that is present in every aspect of the universe The God can take on many forms and have many names, but he is always in balance with, and complementary to, the Goddess
- a material effigy that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"
- In many religions, a god is one of the spirits or beings that are believed to have power over a particular part of the world or nature. Pan, the God of nature. Zeus, king of the gods
- -"God is an actual entity, and so is the most trivial puff of existence in far-off empty space But, though there are gradations of importance, and diversities of function, yet in the principles which actuality exemplifies all are on the same level The presumption that there is only one genus of actual entities constitutes an ideal of cosmological theory to which the philosophy of organism endeavours to conform" [PR 28, 168] There is difference of opinion among experts as to exactly how well Whitehead's account of God conforms to this ideal, but it is clear that Whitehead intends that in his philosophy "God is not to be treated as an exception to all metaphysical principles, invoked to save their collapse He is their chief exemplification" [PR 521]
- Deity, infinite being of power, influence, knowledge, and immortality
- A deity
- Masculine aspect of deity Goddess: Feminine aspect of deity Great Rite: Symbolic sexual union (also sacred marriage) of the Goddess and God that is enacted at Beltane in many traditions, and other Sabbats in other traditions It symbolizes the primal act of creation from which all life comes Green Man: Another name for the God
- The one Supreme Being who created and sustains all things
- The supreme being of the universe He is the creator of all things (Isaiah 44: 24) He alone is God (Isaiah 45: 21,22; 46: 9; 47: 8) There have never been any Gods before Him nor will there be any after Him (Isaiah 43: 10) God is God from all eternity (Psalm 90: 2) In Exodus 3: 14, God revealed His name to His people The name commonly known in English is Jehovah This comes from the four Hebrew consonants that spell the name of God (See Tetragrammaton ) God is a Trinity, knows all things (1 John 3: 20), can do all things (Jer 32: 17,27 - except those things against His nature like lie, break His word, cheat, steal, etc ), and is everywhere all the time (Psalm 119: 7-12)
- emphasis If someone says God knows in reply to a question, they mean that they do not know the answer. `Where is he now?' `God knows.'
- {i} being conceived to have supernatural powers and authority
- The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah
- The one and only Presence both invisible and visible The All in all Infinite Good
- I use this term in a androgynous way In a universal oneness way Great Spirit That which is and is within all things
- emphasis You can say God knows, God only knows, or God alone knows to emphasize that you do not know something. Gunga spoke God knows how many languages God alone knows what she thinks
- (one masculine name of the creator of our universe)
- feelings If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen. If, God forbid, something goes wrong, I don't know what I would do
- The term "God" is often used to describe any being evolved to a close contact with the cosmic Flame of Life, the spirit of divine unconditional love which was the primal stuff of creation More properly, the term should also include the spark of that Flame which exists in the Spirit of every being It has been said that "All the Gods are one God All the Goddesses are one Goddess And the Two are One " Thus, a Pantheist who truly understands that all existence is part of the Divine, is, perhaps, the only true Monotheist
- emphasis You can use God in expressions such as I hope to God, or I wish to God, or I swear to God, in order to emphasize what you are saying. I hope to God they are paying you well I wish to God I hadn't met you
- Someone who is admired very much by a person or group of people, and who influences them a lot, can be referred to as a god. To his followers he was a god. see also act of God
- disapproval If someone plays God, they act as if they have unlimited power and can do anything they want. You have no right to play God in my life!
- The great Cosmic Being Who ensouls this planet, embodying all the Laws and all the energies governed by those Laws, which make up everything that we see and cannot see
- emphasis If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are. What in God's name do you expect me to do? Why in God's name did you have to tell her?
- An exceedingly handsome man
- a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"
- Genus: A being Differentia: Omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omnipresent, unlimited creator of the universe Comment: It's defined by it's lack of characteristics and limits Invalid concept Link: Article
- the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
- honest to God: see honest in the lap of the gods: see lap for God's sake: see sake thank God: see thank. Deity or Supreme Being. Each of the major monotheistic world religions worships a Supreme Being, who is the sole god of the universe, the maker of all things, omniscient and all-powerful. God is also good. In ancient Israel God was named Yahweh. The God of the Hebrew Bible also became the God of Christianity, but generic words, such as theos in Greek or Deus in Latin, were often used to refer to him. In Islam the term is Allah. See also monotheism. Party of God Assemblies of God god and goddess kingdom of God work of God Peace of God Truce of God Great Mother of the Gods
- The name God is given to the spirit or being who is worshipped as the creator and ruler of the world, especially by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. He believes in God God bless you
- A being of the god realm There are many different types of god Some are desire realm gods, while others are form or formless realm gods
- To treat as a god; to idolize
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- emphasis People sometimes use God in exclamations to emphasize something that they are saying, or to express surprise, fear, or excitement. This use could cause offence. God, how I hated him! Oh my God he's shot somebody
- Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power
- {n} eternal
- the Eternal
- DIA
- God Almighty
- Oh no! I don't want this burden. I wish I didn't have to put up with this
- God Almighty
- almighty God
- God Almighty
- How annoying! That's enough!
- God Almighty
- an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
- God Save the King
- An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in his presence
- God Save the King
- The national anthem of the United Kingdom
- God Save the Queen
- The national anthem of the United Kingdom
- God Save the Queen
- An expression of one’s patriotism and hope for the long life of the monarch, especially in her presence
- God Save the Queen
- A formal statement at the end of many proclamations issued by the Queen or in her name
- God bless you
- Short for May God bless you; said as a short prayer for the recipient
- God bless you
- Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response. (see also bless you)
- God botherer
- A military chaplain
- God botherer
- A person who insists on promoting his or her religious beliefs on others, whether they want it or not
- God botherer
- An excessively pious person
- God botherer
- a religious preacher who calls homes to promote his or her beliefs
- God botherers
- plural form of God botherer
- God boy
- A pious male Christian
OK, God boy, I'll be in church tomorrow, front row and centre!.
- God boys
- plural form of God boy
- God complex
- A narcissistic personality disorder
- God damn
- An expression of anger, frustration, or surprise
- God helps those who help themselves
- Fortune comes to those who make a genuine effort to accomplish things
- God in heaven
- expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
- God knows
- I don't know; nobody knows; it is unclear
God knows what the headlines will say after the president's recent comments.
- God of the gaps
- A God whose existence is put forward as an explanation for anything as yet unexplained by science
With every new discovery, the 'god of the gaps' has fewer places to hide.
- God particle
- The Higgs boson
- God willing
- Used to indicate acceptance of God's will when expressing an intention or hope
- God willing
- Barring unforeseen circumstances
- God works in mysterious ways
- Expressing that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run
Person B: Well, God works in mysterious ways - maybe it'll be the kick you need to apply to university.
- God works in mysterious ways
- Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent
- God's acre
- A Christian place of burial; a churchyard
- God's algorithm
- The optimal solution that uses the fewest moves
- God's green earth
- The world
And with regard to the Toad Island bridge, junior, there's not a damn thing you or anyone else on God's green earth can do to stop it.
- God's honest truth
- Unquestionable, absolute truth
- God's number
- The maximum number of moves needed to solve a puzzle using God's algorithm
- God-fearing
- One who follows the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres God and His authority
Margie married Bill, a good, God-fearing Christian.
- God-given
- Given or sent by God or appearing so
They have no God-given right to come whenever they want to.
- God-wottery
- An affected or over-elaborate style of gardening or attitude towards gardens
- God-wottery
- Affectedly archaic or elaborate speech writing
- god forbid
- A child
- god forbid
- Don't let it be
- god mode
- A version of play where the player character is invulnerable to damage, typically activated by entering a cheat code
- god modes
- plural form of god mode
- god-awful
- A superlative form of the adjective awful
Your roast beef was the most god-awful tough piece of meat I ever ate.
- god-forsaken
- Abandoned by a deity or god
- god-forsaken
- pejorative term for a non-believer in a god or deity; an atheist
- god-forsaken
- In desperate circumstances
No matter how much fertilizer we use on this god-forsaken acre of dirt, nothing grows.
- god-king
- : Jargon in open source and collaborative projects communities meaning an owner/operator of a project who behaves as a tyrant
- god-king
- A statesman who holds all state's powers and has religious significance to constituency
- God bless you
- may God bestow grace on you; gesundheit, to your health (said after a person sneezes)
- God's will
- The omnipotence of God
- god-forsaken
- Devoid of all merit, dismal
- God Almighty
- God, Lord, Our Father
- God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
- a religious carol (=traditional song) sung at Christmas
- God Save the Queen
- the national anthem (=the official national song) of the UK. The title of the song changes to 'God Save the King' when the monarch is a king
- God bless
- may God protect and be gracious to you
- God bless!
- may God bestow a blessing on -!
- God consciousness
- Known also as refined cosmic consciousness-it is the state in which a person, through meditation, can comprehend the infinity of creation. A step above cosmic consciousness, it is the state of awareness that angels continuously maintain
- God defend!
- God forbid! (said to ward off evil or misfortune)
- God fearing
- pious, religious, devout
- God forbid
- Heaven forbid! (said to ward off evil or misfortune)
- God helps those who help themselves!
- God will not help the people who refuse to try; we must make efforts if we wish to succeed
- God in heaven!
- good God! (exclamation of astonishment, grief or exasperation)
- God is my witness
- God hears and sees my actions
- God is one
- there is only one God (often said as part of a prayer)
- God knows
- I have no idea (expression of a lack of knowledge on the part of the speaker)
- God only knows
- no one knows, who knows?
- God rest his soul
- may he rest in peace, may he lay in rest after death
- God save the King
- may God protect and guard the King (phrase from the English national anthem)
- God save the Queen
- phrase from the English national anthem
- God speed you!
- may God protect you!, have a successful journey!
- God speed!
- may you have a prosperous journey!, may you be successful! (said to wish success to one setting out on a journey or undertaking)
- God squad
- the God squad an insulting way of describing Christians who try to persuade other people to become Christians
- God the Lord of Hosts
- God is the supreme leader of the entire universe (Biblical)
- God willing
- if God wills it, if it is according to God's desire (expresses the hope that a certain event will occur)
- God works in mysterious ways
- God works in a divine manner which is not always clear to human beings
- God's acre
- A churchyard or burial ground
- God's mercy
- God's compassion
- God's name
- the name of God
- God's truth
- the absolute truth
- God-fearing
- A God-fearing person is religious and behaves according to the moral rules of their religion. They brought up their children to be God-fearing Christians. leading a good life and following the rules of the Christian religion
- God-fearing Jews
- nickname for ultra-Orthodox Jews
- God-forsaken
- forgotten by God, abandoned by God
- God-given
- received from God
- God-given
- given by God, bestowed by God, provided by God
- god almighty
- terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
- god and goddess
- Generic terms for the many deities of ancient and modern polytheistic religions. There may be deities of earthly and celestial phenomena as well as deities related to human values, pastimes, and institutions, including love, marriage, hunting, war, and the arts. They may be capable of being killed but are often immortal and always more powerful than humans, though they are often described in human terms, with all the flaws, thoughts, and emotions of humans. See also polytheism
- god child
- godson or goddaughter
- god knows how
- by some means not understood by the speaker; "God knows how he did it, but he did climbed that steep wall
- god's acre
- graveyard of a church, cemetery
- god's will
- the omnipotence of a divine being
- god's wisdom
- the omniscience of a divine being
- god-awful
- emphasis If someone says that something is god-awful, they think it is very unpleasant. This word could cause offence. very bad or unpleasant. Some Christian people find this word offensive
- god-awful
- very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful racket"
- god-fearing
- devoutly religious; "a god-fearing and law-abiding people" H L Mencken
- Act of God
- Alternative spelling of act of God
- Acts of God
- plural form of Act of God Alternative spelling of acts of God
- Assemblies of God
- A Christian denomination
- Assemblies of God
- plural form of Assembly of God
- Assembly of God
- The singular of Assemblies of God
Welcome to the webpage of the Urbana Assembly of God.
- Gawd
- Eye dialect respelling of God
- Hand of God
- Famous goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup by Maradona
- Holy Mother of God
- expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
- Lamb of God
- Jesus, symbolized as a sacrifice
- Mother of God
- A name for the Virgin Mary, as mother of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe to be God
- Mother of God's plant
- A vernacular name for the flowering herb Salvia
- Son of God
- Jesus Christ
- act of God
- an unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster
- acts of God
- plural form of act of God
- but for the grace of God
- Were it not for God's help, someone could have suffered that outcome
- by God
- Used to add emphasis, as if swearing an oath
By God, the stairs are only half the height of the storey!.
- by God
- Exclamation of surprise
By God! That chicken has no head!.
- by the Grace of God
- By divine right
- chief god
- The highest and mightiest of (all, in one polytheist system) gods, typically the patriarch of a pantheon
Jove was the chief god in Roman polytheism, like his Greek -equated- alterego Zeus ruled Mount Olympus.
- co-creating with God
- A situation wherein one is capable of comprehending and modifying the universe to create new things, as God creates as well
- co-creating with God
- A situation wherein a spiritual practitioner feels he or she has attained a type of communication with God and is therefore able to work with God to bring into the practitioner's life that which is desirable for the practitioner
- do you believe in God
- Used to ask whether the interlocutor believes in God
- for God's sake
- An exclamation showing surprise, impatience, or some other emotion
Jesus.. For God's sake put some pants on!.
- for the love of God
- Expresses exasperation; for Pete's sake; for crying out loud; for fuck's sake; sakes
- gawd
- Eye dialect spelling of god
- godlike
- Having the characteristics of a god
- godly
- Devoted to a god
- godly
- Gloriously good
- good God
- Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration
Good God, sir, exclaimed the officer, is it possible? And the next moment his eye lighted up with professional ambition. This will make a deal of noise, he said.
- honest to God
- absolutely truthfully
- household god
- Alternative name of household deity
- in God's name
- Used as an intensifier
In God's name what does this mean? Harker cried out. Dr. Seward, Dr. Van Helsing, what is it? What has happened? What is wrong? Mina, dear what is it? What does that blood mean? My God, my God! Has it come to this! And, raising himself to his knees, he beat his hands wildly together. Good God help us! Help her! Oh, help her!.
- let go and let God
- to consciously surrender one's free will to the will of God
- man of God
- any godly man
- man of God
- a prophet
- man of God
- a minister or priest
- man proposes, God disposes
- Things don't always work out as they were planned
- momentary god
- A deity who exists for a specific purpose, and at a specific time at a special place. It has no existence except for such purpose, time, and place.(1)
- my God
- Alternative form of oh my God
- oh God
- Oh my God
- oh my God
- Said in excitement, shock, awe, dismay, or supplication
- porcelain god
- A commode; a toilet
She is deeply religious; he worships the porcelain god.
- pray to the porcelain god
- To vomit into a toilet
- sweet Mary mother of God
- Used to add emphasis, particularly by Catholics
- thank God
- Used to express gratitude or relief
- there but for the grace of God go I
- Man's fate is in God's hands
- there but for the grace of God go I
- A recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine
- there but for the grace of God go I
- More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands
- tin god
- An individual that abuses or exceeds his authority over others, frequently in petty ways; for example a low-level manager in situational comedies and other entertainment
- what in God's name
- used to add emphasis to "what" when beginning question
What in God's name are you doing with that pizza?.
- why in God's name
- used to add emphasis to "why" when beginning question
Why in God's name have you got my pizza?.
- with God
- Dead; deceased
- word of God
- A message from God
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 'Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in.'.
- word of God
- the Scriptures; the Bible
Just as it would be utterly vain to lay natural reasons of comfort to him who hath no wit, so would it undoubtedly be frustrate to lay spiritual causes of comfort to him who hath no faith. For unless a man first believe that holy scripture is the word of God, and that the word of God is true, how can he take any comfort in that which the scripture telleth him?.
- godless
- {a} irreligious, profane, very wicked, vile
- godlike
- {a} divine, heavenly, holy, pious, excellent