Reverent vs Godly - What's the difference?
reverent | godly | Related terms |
Of or pertaining to a god
Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians vii. 10
* 1809 , Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
Gloriously good.
In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
Reverent is a related term of godly.
As a verb reverent
is .As an adjective godly is
of or pertaining to a god.As an adverb godly is
in a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.godly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- her godly powers = her superhuman powers
- For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
- If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, ''[...]'' he is doubtless a godly''' man ''[...]'' if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to , he is not a '''godly man ...
Adverb
(en adverb)- All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.