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'''God''' (A.S. ''God''; Germ. ''Gott''; akin to Persian ''khoda''; Hindu ''khooda''), '''is tbe proper name of tbe one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, tbe Creator and Ruler of tbe universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship.''' The root-meaning of tbe name (from Gothic root ''gheu''; Skt. ''hu'' or ''hu'', “to invoke or to sacrifice to”) is eitber “tbe one invoked” or “tbe one sacrificed to” <ref>see Murray, “New Dict. of tbe Engl.’ Language”, s.v.</ref>. From different Indo-Germanic roots (''div'', “to shine”, “give light”; ''tbes'' in ''tbessasthai'', “to implore”) come tbe Indo-Iranian ''deva'', Skt. ''dyaus''(gen. divas), Lat. ''dews'', Gr. ''Theos'', Irish and Gaelic, ''dia'', all of which are generic names; also Gr. ''Zeds''(gen. ''Dios''), [[Ancient Rome|Lat]]. Jupiter (''jovpater''), Old Teut. Tiu or Tiw (surviving in Tuesday), Lat. Janus, Diana, and otber proper names of pagan deities. The common name most widely used is ‘ilah in Arabic, etc.; and though scholars are not agreed on tbe point, tbe root-meaning most probably is “tbe strong or mighty one”.
'''God''' (A.S. ''God''; Germ. ''Gott''; akin to Persian ''khoda''; Hindu ''khooda''), '''is the proper name of the one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, the Creator and Ruler of the universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship.''' The root-meaning of the name (from Gothic root ''gheu''; Skt. ''hu'' or ''hu'', “to invoke or to sacrifice to”) is either “the one invoked” or “the one sacrificed to” <ref>see Murray, “New Dict. of the Engl.’ Language”, s.v.</ref>. From different Indo-Germanic roots (''div'', “to shine”, “give light”; ''thes'' in ''thessasthai'', “to implore”) come the Indo-Iranian ''deva'', Skt. ''dyaus''(gen. divas), Lat. ''dews'', Gr. ''Theos'', Irish and Gaelic, ''dia'', all of which are generic names; also Gr. ''Zeds''(gen. ''Dios''), [[Ancient Rome|Lat]]. Jupiter (''jovpater''), Old Teut. Tiu or Tiw (surviving in Tuesday), Lat. Janus, Diana, and other proper names of pagan deities. The common name most widely used is ‘ilah in Arabic, etc.; and though scholars are not agreed on the point, the root-meaning most probably is “the strong or mighty one”.




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God

God (A.S. God; Germ. Gott; akin to Persian khoda; Hindu khooda), is the proper name of the one Supreme and Infinite Personal Being, the Creator and Ruler of the universe, to whom man owes obedience and worship. The root-meaning of the name (from Gothic root gheu; Skt. hu or hu, “to invoke or to sacrifice to”) is either “the one invoked” or “the one sacrificed to” [1]. From different Indo-Germanic roots (div, “to shine”, “give light”; thes in thessasthai, “to implore”) come the Indo-Iranian deva, Skt. dyaus(gen. divas), Lat. dews, Gr. Theos, Irish and Gaelic, dia, all of which are generic names; also Gr. Zeds(gen. Dios), Lat. Jupiter (jovpater), Old Teut. Tiu or Tiw (surviving in Tuesday), Lat. Janus, Diana, and other proper names of pagan deities. The common name most widely used is ‘ilah in Arabic, etc.; and though scholars are not agreed on the point, the root-meaning most probably is “the strong or mighty one”.


references

  1. ↑ see Murray, “New Dict. of the Engl.’ Language”, s.v.
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