Psalms 4:3
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
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Godly
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3 John 1:6
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
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θεός
theós · theh'-os
4 times translated as this KJV form1,359 total Strong's occurrences
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very
Strong's KJV usage: :--X exceeding, God, god(-ly, -ward).
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:12Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:4
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eusebōs · yoo-seb-oce'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
piously
Strong's KJV usage: :--godly.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 3:12Strong's last: Titus 2:12
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châçîyd · khaw-seed'
2 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
Strong's KJV usage: godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.
Strong's first: Psalms 4:3Strong's last: Psalms 32:6
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eusebḗs · yoo-seb-ace'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
well-reverent, i.e. pious
Strong's KJV usage: :--devout, godly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:9Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:9
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ʼĕlôhîym · el-o-heem'
1 times translated as this KJV form2,604 total Strong's occurrences
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Strong's KJV usage: angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.
Strong's first: Malachi 2:15Strong's last: Malachi 2:15
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G2316
For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
no direct Strong's tag
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
G2316
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
no direct Strong's tag
For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
G2316
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
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godly
GOD'LY, adjective [god-like] Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws.
1. Living in obedience to God's commands, from a principle of love to him and reverence of his character and precepts; religious; righteous; as a godly person.
2. Pious; conformed to God's law; as a godly life.
GOD'LY, adverb Piously; righteously.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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