God-fearer

See also: Godfearer

English

Alternative forms

• Godfearer

Noun

God-fearer (plural God-fearers)

1. (historical, Christianity) A member of a class of non-Jewish sympathizers to Second Temple Judaism, mentioned in the New Testament and other contemporary sources.

Related terms

• God-fearing
• fear of God
• put the fear of God into
• rub the fear of God into (uncommon)

Translations

God-fearer

• German: Gottesfürchtiger m, Gottesfürchtige f
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