God
- noun
- /ɡɑd/
- In the sermon, the pastor spoke about how God created the universe.
- creator God
- powerful God
Thank you, God bless you and May God bless America.
- Thank you, God bless you and May God bless America.
- So there wasn't any before God created the world.
- And that's where I find God, man, right there.
- And you would think, oh, that God got this person.
- So now looking back, I'm like God has your plan.
- And that's Evan Bartels, the devil, God and me.
- So you can kill God, but you can't.
- And God, God luck, God luck to you.
- Some of you even say God doing things to me.
Examples
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When the ultimate control of the universe is referred to, Mawu is the god usually named.
Academic text (2008) -
My problem is that I don't believe in your god.
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You have to know that God got you some kind of way.
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The question is not so much whether people believe in God, but in which god they believe.
Academic text (2008) -
Thank you, God bless you and May God bless America.
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I'm, I'm, I believe in God, so I pray.
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So there wasn't any before God created the world.
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Kadesa: Go tell him to speak to the god of rain if he has the tongue to do so.
Fiction book (1991) -
The multifarious aspects of this god are shown by his more than one hundred documented names.
Academic text (1990) -
And in the words of her god, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
God in Christianity and Judaism who people pray to
A name for God used in some religions
The name of God used by Muslims and Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews
A name people use for God, the being who made everything
A perfect, all-powerful, all-knowing creator and ruler of the universe worshipped in religions that believe in one god
Idioms
A strong feeling of being afraid and respectful of someone who could punish you
- Informal
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
Compounds
- Formal
Sacred writings and teachings believed to come from God that give guidance for living
- Specialized
A natural event like a flood or earthquake that cannot be prevented by people
- Literature
A spiritual rule of God where people follow his will on earth and in heaven
A worldwide group of Christian churches that practice lively worship and send missionaries
- Literature
A countryside spirit who looks after fields and sheep with goat legs and horns
- Literature
A name for Attila the Hun, the king who attacked the Roman Empire in the 400s
Surface Forms
Etymology
God comes from an old German word for a being people 'called on' or asked for help, and you can see the same root in goddess. That's why God means the all-powerful being people pray to and worship.