KJV Dictionary Definition: god

god

GOD, n.

1. The Supreme Being; Jehovah; the eternal and infinite spirit, the creator,and the sovereign of the universe.

God is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4.

2. A false god; a heathen deity; an idol.

Fear not the gods of the Amorites. Judges 6.

3. A prince; a ruler; a magistrate or judge; an angel. Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Ex. 22. Ps.97.

Gods here is a bad translation.

4. Any person or thing exalted too much in estimation, or deified and honored as the chief good.

Whose god is their belly. Phil.3.

GOD, v.t. To deify. Not used.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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