A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious.
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God-fearing
Synonyms for "god-fearing" (19 found)
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33 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَقِيّ adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- وَرِع adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Belarusian
1 entries- богабая́зны adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خواترس adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Dutch
1 entries- godvrezend adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Finnish
1 entries- jumalaapelkäävä adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
French
2 entries- craignant Dieu adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- religieux adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
German
1 entries- gottesfürchtig adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Greek
1 entries- θεοφοβούμενος adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Hebrew
1 entries- יְרֵא אֱלקִים adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Hungarian
1 entries- istenfélő adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Italian
1 entries- timorato di Dio adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Latin
2 entries- pius adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- sanctus adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Macedonian
1 entries- богобојазлив adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- xwedêtirs adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gudfryktig adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Polish
2 entries- bogobojny adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- pobożny adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Portuguese
3 entries- devoto adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- pio adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- temente a Deus adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Russian
2 entries- богобоя́зненный adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- богобоязли́вый adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Spanish
3 entries- devoto adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- pío adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- temeroso de Dios adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Swedish
1 entries- gudfruktig adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Tagalog
1 entries- may takot sa Diyos adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Ukrainian
3 entries- богобоя́зний adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- богобоязки́й adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
- богобоязли́вий adj (following the precepts of a religious practice and respects and reveres god and his authority)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom described himself in the lonely hearts' column as a dependable, dedicated, God-fearing 40-year-old who was seeking a like-minded female for companionship.
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I'm a God-fearing man.
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He is not a God-fearing man.
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