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Goddess
god'-es ('elohim, thea): There is no separate word for "goddess" in the Old Testament. In the only instance in which the word occurs in English Versions of the Bible (1Ki 11:5,3...
Godhead
god'-hed: The word "Godhead" is a simple doublet of the less frequently occurring "Godhood." Both forms stand side by side in the Ancren Riwle (about 1225 AD), and both have sur...
Godless
god'-les: This word is not found in the text of the King James Version. It is found, however, in Apocrypha (2 Macc 7:34, "O godless (the Revised Version (British and American) "...
Godliness; Godly
god'-li-nes, god'-li (eusebeia, eusebes, eusebos): In the Old Testament the word rendered "godly" inPs 4:3;32:6(chacidh) is literally, "kind," then "pious" (the Revised Version,...
Gods
('elohim; theoi):I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT1. Superhuman Beings (God and Angels)2. Judges, Rulers3. Gods of the Nations4. Superiority of Yahweh to Other Gods5. Regulations Regardin...
Godspeed
god'-sped (chairo): "Godspeed" occurs only in 2Joh 1:10,11the King James Version as the translation of chairein, the infin. of chairo, and is rendered in the Revised Version (Br...
Goel
go'-el (go'el, "redeemer"): Goel is the participle of the Hebrew word gal'al ("to deliver," "to redeem") which aside from its common usage is frequently employed in connection w...
Gog
gog (gogh; Goug):(1) A son of Joel, and descendant of the tribe of Reuben (1Ch 5:4).(2) The prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal (Eze 38:2f; 39:1-16). His territory was known as th...
Goiim
goi'-yim (goyim): This word, rendered in the King James Version "nations," "heathen," "Gentiles," is commonly translated simply "nations" in the Revised Version (British and Ame...
Going; Goings
go'-ing, go'-ingz: Besides, occasionally, forms of the common words for "go" (see Go), for "going" and "goings," the Hebrew has 'ashshur ('ashur, 'ashur), "step," motsa', totsa'...
Golan; Gaulonitis
go'-lan (golan), (Gaulanitis): Golan was a city in the territory allotted to Manasseh in Bashan, the most northerly of the three cities of refuge East of the Jordan (De 4:43;Jos...
Gold
gold (zahabh; chrusos):1. Terms:No metal has been more frequently mentioned in Old Testament writings than gold, and none has had more terms applied to it. Among these terms the...
Golden Calf
gold'-'-n: Probably a representation of the sun in Taurus.See ASTROLOGY, 7; CALF, GOLDEN.
Golden City
gold'-'-n: The translation "golden city" (Isa 14:4) is an attempt to render the received text (madhhebhah), but can hardly be justified. Almost all the ancient versions read (ma...
Golden Number
gold'-'-n num'-ber: Used in the regulation of the ecclesiastical calendar, in the "Metonic cycle" of 19 years, which almost exactly reconciles the natural month and the solar ye...
Goldsmith
gold'-smith (tsreph): Goldsmiths are first mentioned in connection with the building of the tabernacle (Ex 31:4;36:1). Later, goldsmiths' guilds are mentioned (Ne 3:8,32). The a...
Golgotha
gol'-go-tha (Golgotha, from "a skull"): In three references (Mt 27:33;Mr 15:22;Joh 19:17) it is interpreted to mean kraniou topos, "the place of a skull." InLu 23:33the King Jam...
Goliath
go-li'-ath (golyath; Goliath):(1) The giant of Gath, and champion of the Philistine army (1Sa 17:4-23;21:9;22:10;2Sa 21:19;1Ch 20:5). He defied the armies of Israel, challenging...
Gomer (1)
go'-mer (gomer): Given inGe 10:2f;1Ch 1:5f as a son of Japheth. The name evidently designates the people called Gimirra by the Assyrians, Kimmerians by the Greeks. They were a b...
Gomer (2)
go'-mer (gomer; Gamer): Wife of Hosea. Hosea married Gomer according to Divine appointment, and this was the beginning of God's word to him (Ho 1:3;3:1-4). She was to be a wife ...
Gomorrah
go-mor'-a (`amorah; Septuagint and New Testament Gomorra, or Gomorra; Arabic Ghamara, "to overwhelm with water"): One of the CITIES OF THEPLAIN(which see) destroyed by fire from...
Good
good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible.(1) In the Old Testament the c...
Good, Chief
What this consisted in was greatly discussed in ancient philosophy. Varro enumerated 288 answers to the question. By Plato "the good" was identified with God.In the Old Testamen...
Goodliness
good'-li-nes: This word is found inIsa 40:6as the translation of checedh, commonly translated "mercy," "kindness," etc.: "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness (beauty, cha...
Goodly
good'-li Tobh; kalos, lampros): In the Old Testament various words are translated "goodly," the most of them occurring only once; Tobh (the common word for "good") is several ti...
Goodly Trees
(peri`ets hadhar, "the fruit (the King James Version "boughs") of goodly (= beautiful or noble) trees"): One of the four species of plants used in the Feast of Tabernacles (Le 2...