Consult the footnotes for how these numerous words were translated
The KJV Nonsensical Godly
This nonsensical word “godly” occurs 15 times in 15 verses:
| Psalms | 3 Verse(s) | 3 Match(s) |
| Malachi | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 2 Corinthians | 5 Verse(s) | 5 Match(s) |
| 1 Timothy | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 2 Timothy | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| Titus | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| Hebrews | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 2 Peter | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 3 John | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
The KJV Nonsensical Ungodly
The nonsensical “ungodly” occurs 27 times in 24 verses:
| 2 Samuel | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| Job | 2 Verse(s) | 2 Match(s) |
| Psalms | 8 Verse(s) | 8 Match(s) |
| Proverbs | 2 Verse(s) | 2 Match(s) |
| Romans | 2 Verse(s) | 2 Match(s) |
| 1 Timothy | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 1 Peter | 1 Verse(s) | 1 Match(s) |
| 2 Peter | 3 Verse(s) | 3 Match(s) |
| Jude | 3 Verse(s) | 6 Match(s) |
The Hebrew & Greek Words Behind godly & ungodly
| Strongs | Word | Translated as “godly” |
|---|---|---|
| H2623 | חָסִיד | châsı̂yd, khaw-seed’ From H2616; properly kind, that is, (religiously) pious (a saint): – godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, [un-] godly. |
| — | — | The verse in Malachi is the word Elohim, restored. |
| G2124 | εὐλάβεια | eulabeia, yoo-lab’-i-ah From G2126; properly caution, that is, (religiously) reverence (piety); by implication dread (concretely): – fear (-ed). |
| G2152 | εὐσεβής | eusebēs, yoo-seb-ace’ From G2095 and G4576; well reverent, that is, pious: – devout, godly. |
| G2153 | εὐσεβῶς | eusebōs, yoo-seb-oce’ Adverb from G2152; piously: – godly. |
| G2316 | θεός | theos, theh’-os Of uncertain affinity; a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively a magistrate; by Hebraism very: – X exceeding, God, god [-ly, ward]. |
| Strongs | Word | Translated as “ungodly” |
|---|---|---|
| H1100 | בְּלִיַּעַל | belı̂ya‛al, bel-e-ya’-al From H1097 and H3276; without profit, worthlessness; by extension destruction, wickedness (often in connection with H376, H802, H1121, etc.): – Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked. |
| H2623 | חָסִיד | châsı̂yd, khaw-seed’ From H2616; properly kind, that is, (religiously) pious (a saint): – godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, [un-] godly. |
| H5760 | עֲוִיל | ăvı̂yl, av-eel’ From H5765; perverse (morally): – ungodly. [epv note – ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH WORD EVIL] |
| H7563 | רָשָׁע | râshâ‛, raw-shaw’ From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person: – + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. |
| G763 | ἀσέβεια | asebeia, as-eb’-i-ah From G765; impiety, that is, (by implication) wickedness: – ungodly (-liness) |
| G764 | ἀσεβέω | asebeō, as-eb-eh’-o From G765; to be (by implication act) impious or wicked: – commit (live, that after should live) ungodly. |
| G765 | ἀσεβής | asebēs, as-eb-ace’ From G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G4576; irreverent, that is, (by extension) impious or wicked: – ungodly (man). |
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