Bible Dictionary - Letter G

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Gall
The Word Gall means something something bitter or severe or bile, especially that of an animal.

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Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD." - Jeremiah 8:14

Gentiles
The word Gentiles means a non-Jewish person. Gentiles are referred to any nation that was not Jewish.

"For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth." - Acts 13:47

Ghost, Holy
The word Holy Ghost refers to the third person of the trinity. God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Ghost, He is also known as the Holy Spirit.
"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. " - Matthew 28:19

Gird
The word Gird means to get yourself ready for a battle, conflict or vigorous activity.
"Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;" - I Peter 1:13

Give
The word Give means to hand something over to another.
"Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart" - Psalm 37:4

Glean
The word Glean means to gather slowly and laboriously, bit by bit or to learn, discover, or find out, usually little by little or slowly.

"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets." Jeremiah 6:9

Godhead
The word Godhead means the essential being or the nature of God also referred to as the Holy Trinity.
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse." - Romans 1:20

Godliness
The word Godliness means devoted to God.
"For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty." - I Timothy 2:2

Gospel
The word Gospel means the teachings of Jesus Christ, it is the true teachings of Jesus Christ and the story of his birth, death, burial, and resurrection.
"The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them." - Matthew 11:5

Graven Image
A Graven Image refers to a statue or carving resembling heaven or hell that is used for worship.
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth." - Exodus 20:4


Grace
The word Grace means the infinite love, mercy, favor, and goodwill shown to humankind by God and the condition of being free of sin, through repentance of Jesus Christ.
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Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began" - II Timothy 1:9

Grove
The word Grove refers to a wooden image placed in a tree orchard used to represent a false god.
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And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal." - II Kings 17:16

Guile
The word Guile means to be cunning and deceptive, a cunning, deceitful, or treacherous quality.
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Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile." - Psalm 32:2

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