God

== English == === Alternative forms === od (archaic, regional, euphemistic) god (as proper noun, often derogatory or in philosophy) gawd, Gawd, g-d, G-d === Etymology === Derived from Middle English God. See god. === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: gŏd, gôd, IPA(key): /ɡɒd/, /ɡɔːd/ (African-American Vernacular) IPA(key): /ɡɑ(d)/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡɑd/ Rhymes: -ɒd Homophone: gaud (cot–caught merger) === Proper noun === God (usually uncountable, plural Gods) The first deity of various theistic religions, and the only deity in monotheism. 1911, Katharine Harris Bradley as Michael Field, Accuser, page 158: The Muéddin: God is great, there is no God but God. Paragraph 73, R v Brenton Harrison Tarrant (Sentencing remarks) ([2020] NZHC 2192) He (n.b.: a Muslim) has told me that he will not allow one person’s actions to stop him from praying to his God. (Trinitarian Christianity) God the Father as distinguished from Jesus Christ, God the Son. The single male deity of various bitheistic or duotheistic religions. (philosophy) The transcendent principle, for example the ultimate cause or prime mover, often not considered as a person. ==== Usage notes ==== The word "God" is capitalized in reference to the Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths almost without exception, even when preceded by various qualifiers. The term is frequently, but not always, capitalized in vaguer deistic references to a single deity as well. It is also capitalized in Sikhism. Monotheistic Gods are traditionally referenced in English with masculine pronouns and (when depicted) anthropomorphized in the form of adult men, but also traditionally held by theologians to be beyond human sex or gender. Like other languages employing Latin script, English pronouns referring to a God traditionally begin with a capital letter as a sign of respect: He, Him, His, and Himself in the third person and Thee, Thou, Thy, Thine, Thyself or You, Your, and Yourself in direct address. However, this use is not universal and the King James Version of the Bible, as well as other modern translations, employ standard uncapitalized pronouns. See also: LORD. Some Jews consider the English word "God" to fall under the Hebrew khumra concerning the avoidance of blasphemy, preferring to use the form G-d or alternatives such as Hashem, Lord, etc. According to Trinitarian branches of Christianity (e.g., Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, most Protestant denominations), God and the Holy Trinity are one and the same, with three distinct persons: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are all God, but none of the three are one or both of the other persons. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:God. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:god ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Pohnpeian: Koht ==== Translations ==== === Noun === God (plural Gods) A being such as a monotheistic God: a single divine creator and ruler of the universe. 1563, Barnabe Googe, Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonettes, sig. Cviiiv: A God there is, that guyds the Globe, and framde the fyckle Spheare. 1911, Katharine Harris Bradley as Michael Field, Accuser, p. 158: The Muéddin: God is great, there is no God but God. 1960 April 25, advertisement in Life, p. 125: Perhaps this... must involve a relationship with a God of truth—and of love, of mercy, of justice. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === God Ellipsis of oh God: expressing annoyance or frustration. === See also === === References === “god, n. and int.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. === Anagrams === Dog, OGD, DOG, 'dog, ODG, dog == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch God. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χɔt/ === Proper noun === God God == Dutch == === Etymology === See god. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɔt/ Hyphenation: God Rhymes: -ɔt === Proper noun === God m God God, neem me mee naar een plek hier ver vandaan. -- Kempi & Willy - Hier Ver Vandaan 2009 [2] ==== Derived terms ==== (See also the derived terms at god.) ==== Descendants ==== Skepi Creole Dutch: Godt ==== See also ==== god == Middle English == === Noun === God alternative form of god === Proper noun === God alternative form of god == Old English == === Etymology === See god. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡod/ === Proper noun === God m God ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: God English: God == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Frisian god, from Proto-West Germanic *god. Cognates include West Frisian god and German Gott. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣɔd/ Hyphenation: God Rhymes: -ɔd === Proper noun === God m God === Noun === God m (plural Gode) god === References === Piet Kramer (1961), “God”, in Seelter Woudebouk (Paat Seeltersk-Düütsk)‎[4], Leeuwarden Marron C. Fort (2015), “God”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN == Scots == === Etymology === Inherited from Old English god. === Proper noun === God God == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === Inherited from English God. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡod/ === Proper noun === God God (Abrahamic monotheistic deity) == Volapük == === Etymology === Borrowed from English God. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡod/ === Proper noun === God God == West Frisian == === Etymology === See god. === Proper noun === God God == Yola == === Proper noun === God alternative form of Gud === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 90