Gnat - GNAT, n. nat. A small insect, or rather a genus of insects, the Culex, whose long cylindric body is composed of eight rings.
They have six legs and their mouth is formed by a flexible sheath, inclosing bristles pointed like stings. The sting is a tube containing five or six spicula of exquisite fineness, dentated or edged. The most troublesome of this genus is the musketoe.
1. Any thing proverbially small.
Ye blind guides, who strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Mat 23.
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. Judg 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.
Exo 22. Psa 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.]
God-speed - GOD SPEED, n. Good speed, that is success. 2 John 10.
Godliness - GOD'LINESS, n. [from godly.] Piety; belief in God, and reverence for his character and laws.
1. A religious life; a careful observance of the laws of God and performance of religious duties,
proceeding from love and reverence for the divine character and commands; Christian
obedience.
Godliness is profitable unto all things. 1 Tim 4.
2. Revelation; the system of Christianity.
Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness;
God was manifest in the flesh. l Tim.3.
Godly - GOD'LY, a. [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, adv. Piously; righteously.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. 2 Tim 3.