Bible Dictionary
Explore biblical people, places, events, objects, ideas, and other terms. Search the dictionary directly, browse alphabetically, or narrow the list by category or Testament.
Glorify
Worship & Prayer - Both
To glorify means to honor, praise, or make glorious. People glorify God by worship and obedience, while God glorifies His people or His Son by displaying His favor and majesty.
Glory
God - Both
Glory refers to honor, majesty, splendor, or wealth, and supremely to the manifested presence and perfection of God. Scripture also uses it for the honor given to Christ and for the future blessedness of God’s people.
Glutton
Sin & Judgment - Both
A glutton is a person who habitually overindulges in food and wastes resources through self-indulgence. Scripture associates gluttony with disorderly or wasteful living.
Gnash
Sin & Judgment - Both
To gnash the teeth is to grind them in rage, grief, pain, or frustrated disappointment. In the Gospels, gnashing of teeth describes the misery of those facing judgment and lost hope.
Gnat
Agriculture & Daily Life - New Testament
A gnat is a small biting or stinging fly. Jesus used it in the proverb about straining out a gnat while swallowing a camel, exposing the inconsistency of emphasizing minor matters while neglecting weightier obligations.
GNOSTICISM
Doctrine & Theology - New Testament
Gnosticism was a collection of speculative religious systems that claimed a secret higher knowledge and often treated matter as evil. Its denial of Christ’s true humanity and its distortion of redemption made it a serious threat to the early church.
GO
Christian Life - Both
To go means to move, depart, enter, proceed, or pursue a way. Scripture also uses it figuratively for living according to a way, turning aside into sin, or going forward in obedience.
Goad
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
A goad was a long pointed instrument used by a farmer to direct oxen. It could also serve as a weapon, and Scripture uses it figuratively for correction and for the futility of resisting God’s direction.
Goat
Agriculture & Daily Life - Both
Goats were common domesticated animals used for milk, meat, skins, hair, and sacrifice. In Scripture, goats could represent sin-bearing offerings, leaders, or the wicked separated from the righteous in judgment.
Goat, Scape
Law & Covenant - Old Testament
The scapegoat was the goat sent into the wilderness on the Day of Atonement after the people’s sins were symbolically placed upon it. It represented the removal of Israel’s iniquities from the camp.
Goath
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Goath was a place near Jerusalem mentioned in the prophecy describing the future measurement and rebuilding of the city.
GOATS' HAIR
Temple & Tabernacle - Old Testament
Goats’ hair was spun into durable cloth for curtains and other practical articles. It was used in the tabernacle court furnishings and in the tents, ropes, rugs, and bags of nomadic life.
GOATSKINS
Agriculture & Daily Life - New Testament
Goatskins are animal skins used as clothing or coverings. In Hebrews, wearing goatskins represents the poverty and hardship endured by faithful servants of God.
Gob
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Gob was the site of two battles between David’s warriors and the Philistines. The parallel account identifies the place as Gezer, though the name is uncertain in the textual tradition.
Goblet
Objects & Symbols - Old Testament
A goblet was a bowl, basin, or drinking vessel. Similar vessels were used for wine and for holding sacrificial blood.
God
God - Both
God is the one true, eternal, almighty, and sovereign Creator and Lord. Scripture reveals Him by names such as God, Lord, and Jehovah, and teaches His holiness, righteousness, mercy, wisdom, and covenant faithfulness.
GOD, IMAGE OF
Doctrine & Theology - Both
The image of God is the resemblance to God in which humanity was created. It involves rational, moral, and personal qualities, gives human life dignity, is marred by sin, and is renewed through Christ’s redemption.
GOD, NAMES OF
God - Both
The names of God reveal His character, authority, covenant faithfulness, and relationship with His people. Biblical names include titles such as God, Lord, Almighty, Holy One, Rock, and the personal covenant name Yahweh.
GODDESS
Other - Both
A goddess is a female deity in pagan religion. Scripture uses the term for Ashtoreth, worshiped by the Sidonians, and for Diana of Ephesus.
Godhead
Doctrine & Theology - New Testament
Godhead means deity or the essential nature and fullness of God. In Christian doctrine it may refer to the one divine essence shared by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; Scripture especially declares that the fullness of deity dwells bodily in Christ.
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