godfearing

See also: god-fearing and God-fearing

English

Etymology

From god +‎ fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

Adjective

godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)

Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
Devout; pious; very religious.

Derived terms

godfearingly
godfearingness

Translations

obedient to a deity

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: gudfrygtig
Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
Finnish: Jumalaa pelkäävä, jumalaa pelkäävä
German: gottesfürchtig (de)
Russian: богобоязненный (ru) (bogobojaznennyj)
Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
Ukrainian: богобоязли́вий (uk) (bohobojazlývyj), богобоя́зни́й (bohobojáznýj), богобоязки́й (uk) (bohobojazkýj)

religiously devout

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: gudfrygtig
Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
Finnish: harras (fi), hurskas (fi), uskonnollinen (fi)
German: gottesfürchtig (de)
Hungarian: istenfélő (hu)
Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
Vietnamese: ngoan đạo (vi)

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