God-fearing

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From God + fearing, likely a continuation (in altered form) of earlier Middle English goddfrihti, gode-frigti (“god-fearing”), variants of Middle English godfriht, gode-friht, godfruht, god-furht, from Old English godfyrht, godefriht (“god-fearing”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (gudafaurhts, “god-fearing, devout”).

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَرِع (wariʕ) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Arabic: تَقِيّ (taqiyy) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Belarusian: богабая́зны (bohabajázny) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Dutch: godvrezend — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Finnish: jumalaapelkäävä — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• French: religieux — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• French: craignant Dieu — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• German: gottesfürchtig — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Greek: θεοφοβούμενος (theofovoúmenos) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Hebrew: יְרֵא אֱלקִים (y’re elqim) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Hungarian: istenfélő — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Italian: timorato di Dio — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Central Kurdish: خواترس (xwatris) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Northern Kurdish: xwedêtirs — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Latin: pius — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Latin: sanctus — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Macedonian: богобојазлив (bogobojazliv) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Norwegian Bokmål: gudfryktig — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Polish: bogobojny — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Polish: pobożny — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Portuguese: pio — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Portuguese: devoto — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Portuguese: temente a Deus — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Russian: богобоя́зненный (bogobojáznennyj) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Russian: богобоязли́вый (bogobojazlívyj) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Southern Altai: кудайлу (kudaylu) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Spanish: pío — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Spanish: devoto — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Spanish: temeroso de Dios — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Swedish: gudfruktig — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Tagalog: may takot sa Diyos — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Ukrainian: богобоязли́вий (bohobojazlývyj) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Ukrainian: богобоя́зний (bohobojáznyj) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority
• Ukrainian: богобоязки́й (bohobojazkýj) — following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority