GODLINESS: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
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| | Definition: | | [n] piety by virtue of being a godly person |
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| | Antonyms: | | godlessness, ungodliness | | |
| | See Also: | | piety, piousness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \God"li*ness\, n. [From {Godly}.]
Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the
state or quality of being godly; piety.
Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv.
8.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | the whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). "It supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence, submission, gratitude, and obedience." In 1 Tim. 3:16 it denotes the substance of revealed religion. |
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| | Related Terms: | | angelicalness, awesomeness, awfulness, beauty of holiness, blessedness, Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, deity, divineness, divinity, Fatherhood, fear of God, godhead, godhood, godlikeness, godly-mindedness, godship, goodness, hallowedness, heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness, ineffability, inenarrability, inexpressibility, inviolability, inviolableness, moral rectitude, morale, morality, numinousness, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, probity, pureness, pureness of heart, purity, rectitude, right conduct, righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, sacrosanctness, sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude, sanctity, seraphicalness, spirituality, spiritual-mindedness, unearthliness, unspeakability, unutterability, unworldliness, venerability, venerableness, virtue, virtuousness |
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