Meaning of god | Babel Free

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1. Typographical variant of God, particularly in English translations of the Bible.
2. A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe.
3. A deity or supreme being; a supernatural, typically immortal, being with superior powers, to which personhood is attributed.
4. The first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in monotheism.
   uncountable, usually
5. Alternative letter-case form of God.
   also, alt-of, derogatory, often
6. The first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in monotheism
7. An idol.
8. A representation of a deity, especially a statue or statuette.
9. religious. a godly man/life. vroom, godvrugtige تَقي، ورع религиозен santo zbožný fromm from; gudfrygtig θεοσεβής, θρήσκοςpiadoso vaga الهی؛ مذهبی hurskas pieux יְרֵא שָׁמַיִם धार्मिक božanski, božanstven istenfélő saleh guðhræddur, trúrækinn devoto, pio 神を敬う 신을 숭상하는 dievobaimingas, pamaldus dievbijīgs alim goddelijk gudfryktig, frompobożny هغه سړى چې دخداى عبادت په جدى توګه كوى، ديندار santo pios набожный pobožný pobožen pobožan gudfruktig, from ซึ่งศรัทธาในศาสนา dindar, sofu 虔誠的 благочестив...
10. God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son.
    uncountable, usually
11. God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son
12. The single male deity of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions.
    uncountable, usually
13. Something or someone particularly revered, worshipped, idealized, admired and/or followed.
    figuratively
14. godsvrug, vroomheid وَرَع، تَقْوى религиозност santidade zbožnost die Frömmigkeit guddommelighed; fromhed θεοσέβεια piedad vagadus خداترسی hurskaus piété יִראַת שָׁמַים धर्मनिष्ठा božanstvenost istenesség, vallásosság kesalehan guðhræðsla, trúrækni devozione, pietà 信心深さ 신앙심 깊음, 독실함 dievobaimingumas, pamaldumas dievbijība kesalihan goddelijkheid gudfryktighet, fromhet pobożność ديندارى santidade pietate набожность zbožnosť pobožnost pobožnost gudfruktan, fromhet ความเคร่งศาสนา dindarlık 虔誠 наб...
15. The single male deity of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions
16. The transcendent principle, for example the ultimate cause or prime mover, often not considered as a person.
    uncountable, usually
17. A person in a very high position of authority, importance or influence; a powerful ruler or tyrant.
    figuratively
18. a child who has a godparent or godparents. peetkind فَلْيون، إبن أو إبنة في المعموديَّه кръщелниче afilhado kmotřenec, kmotřenka das Patenkind gudbarn βαφτιστήριahijado; ahijada ristilaps, ristitütar, ristipoeg پسر خوانده یا دختر خوانده روحانی kummilapsi filleul, eule בֵּן סַנדקָאוּת धर्मपुत्र या धर्मपुत्री kumče keresztgyermek anak permandian guðsonur, guðdóttir figlioccio, figlioccia 名づけ子 대자(代子) krikštavaikis, krikštaduktė, krikštasūnis krustbērns; krustmeita; krustdēls anak pembaptisan pet...
19. The transcendent principle, for example the ultimate cause or prime mover, often not considered as a person
20. A person who is exceptionally skilled in a particular activity.
    figuratively, informal
21. a person who, at a child's baptism, promises to take an active interest in its welfare. peetoom عَرّاب، كفيل المُعَمَّد кръстник padrinho kmotr, kmotra der Pate/die Patin gudfar νουνός, νουνά padrino; madrina ristiisa, ristiema, vader پدر خوانده روحانی kummi parrain, marraineסנדק धर्म शिक्षक kum, kuma keresztapa, -anya, -szülő orangtua permandian guðfaðir, guðmóðir padrino, madrina 名づけ親 대부(代父) krikštatėvis, krikštamotė, krikštatėviai krusttēvs; krustmāte; krustvecāki bapa, ibu, pembaptisan pe...
22. A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe
23. An exceedingly handsome man.
    figuratively, informal
24. a very welcome piece of unexpected good luck. Your cheque was an absolute godsend. uitkoms, uitredding حَظ غير مُنْتَظَر божи дар dádiva dos deuses dar z nebe Geschenk des Himmels guds gave; sendt fra himlen μάννα εξ' ουρανού regalo llovido del cielo, bendición taevakink باد آورده taivaan lahja bénédiction מַתָּנָה מִשָמַיִם ईश्वर की भेजी हुई वस्तु neočekivana sreća váratlan szerencse kemujuran guðsgjöf, himnasending provvidenza, manna 天のめぐみ 뜻밖의 행운 Dievo dovana Dieva dāvana rahmat geschenk va...
25. Goda. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient originator and ruler of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheistic religions.
26. The person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon.
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27. A being of supernatural powers or attributes, believed in and worshiped by a people, especially a male deity thought to control some part of nature or reality.
28. An image of a supernatural being; an idol.
29. One that is worshiped, idealized, or followed: Money was their god.
30. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a supernatural being, who is worshipped as the controller of some part of the universe or some aspect of life in the world or is the personification of some force.

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Examples

“The most frequently used name for the Islamic god is Allah.”

“When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love.”

“Leo Messi is my god!”

“whose god is their belly”

“There was an order in the universe, but it was no longer the order of the past. There was only one God, whose name was steam and spoke in the voice of Malthus, McCulloch, and anyone who employed machinery.”

“In 1951 Stalin was a god and the official tone towards the West was one of total antagonism.”

“He is the god of soccer!”

“Lounging on the beach were several Greek gods.”

“Someone had said he'd look a god in kilts.”

“The gods usually have several wizards, or "immortals," to assist them in building the MUD.”

“The wizzes are only the junior grade of the MUD illuminati. The people who attain the senior grade of MUD freemasonry by starting their own MUD, with all due hubris, are known as gods.”

“And ſuch is to beare yͤ names of god with croſſes betwene ech name about them.”

““I say fuck it. Fuck god and fuck all the religions that praise him.””

“For if the necessity of events is bound up with god’s knowledge, if there is no necessity in events, the divine knowledge is abolished. And whose mind is so distorted by such an impious idea that he would dare to say this of god?”

“If I ask you if you believe in god, I just want to know if you have an imaginary omnipotent friend who you really believe lives outside of you in the real world.”

“Perhaps what is needed is just the right attitude: one’s heart should be open to god in order to hear his messages. […] It does not matter: such claims only prove my point about the communicative shortcomings of so-called divine signs.”

“This is the formulation of the moral end as ‘assimilation to god’, which would become standard in later Platonism.”

“Dawn believes in God, but Willow believes in multiple gods and goddesses.”

“Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue”

“God is loue, and hee that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him.”

“...God, the All-gracious, the All-good, the All-bountiful, the All-mighty, the All-merciful God...”

“The Muéddin: God is great, there is no God but God.”

“This is a sad time for all people. We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help — and God's.”

“He (n.b.: a Muslim) has told me that he will not allow one person’s actions to stop him from praying to his God.”

“All this will culminate in a final showdown in Israel between the true Lord (Jehovah) God of Israel and the false god (Allah) of Mecca (the center of pagan idolatry in Arabia, at the Kaaba) […]”

“God sent Jesus to earth to be the King of the Jews; that is, the one to tell them what they should do. […] I will tell you why God let Jesus die upon the cross.”

“The ancients represented this fundamental duality mythologically as God and Goddess. When Mystery looks at itself, God looks at Goddess.”

“This reduces the successful invocation of God to a function of the presence of male genitalia. Put another way, women have the wrong equipment to invoke God. Goddess and God flow throughout all of nature, through each and every man and woman, becoming fully present in the world.”

“God and Goddess watched as the finite universe continued to develop into a stable platform to sustain finite life and were pleased.”

“God (the great everlasting infinite First Cause from whom all things in heaven and earth proceed) [translating Chinese 道] can neither be defined nor named.”

“For Aristotle, God as the ultimate ground is the being that is responsible for the workings of the rational cosmos, but not for itself.”

“Now, if night, winter, hunger, and war, which describe the God’s appearance as the multiple world, are his ‘scents’ and ‘names’, the same must be true of the world’s several constituents: all created things are just transient ‘scents’, and their names misnomers, of the fiery God.”

“A God there is, that guyds the Globe, and framde the fyckle Spheare.”

“Perhaps this... must involve a relationship with a God of truth—and of love, of mercy, of justice.”

“Whoever said that there isn't a God is full of shit!”

“Surely the Lord God [Hebrew: אדני יהוה] does nothing without revealing his purpose to his servants the prophets.”

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