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Definition: God Almighty |
God AlmightyNoun1. The Judeo-Christian God. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: God AlmightySynonyms: Almighty (n), Creator (n), Divine (n), Godhead (n), Jehovah (n), Lord (n), Maker (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg) The whole world, God almighty, and now you. (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; writing credit: Ethan Coen) Oh my God Almighty! Someone has sent me a bowel movement (Pink Flamingos; writing credit: John Waters) God Almighty, General Mead has his own son as his aid in camp (Gettysburg; writing credit: Ronald F. Maxwell) | |
Movie/TV Titles | God Almighty (2003) | |
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Books | |
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | We will speed the day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing ... "Free at last, Free at last, Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last." |
Francis Bacon | God Almighty first planted a garden. |
John Selden | Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us. |
Samuel Fessenden | God Almighty hates a quitter. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And therefore God almighty when he would express his gentle dealing with the Israelites, he tells them, that though he chastened them, he chastened them as a man chastens his son, Deut. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1959) |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | God Almighty! I wisht I had five hundred jalopies |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
blessed be the lord god almighty | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "God Almighty"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | боже всемогущий. (various references) | |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 48, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eipen iakwb tw iwshf o qeoV mou wfqh moi en louza en gh canaan kai euloghsen me |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ingresso ad se ait Deus omnipotens apparuit mihi in Luza quae est in terra Chanaan benedixitque mihi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And to Joseph comun in to him, seith, God Almyyti aperyde to me in Luza, that is in the loond of Chanaan, and he blisside to me, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And sayde vnto Ioseph: God all mightie appeared vnto me at lus in the lande of Canaan ad blessed me |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz, in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing, |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 48, Verse 3 |
| Cebuano | Ug si Jacob miingon kang Jose: Ang Dios nga Makagagahum sa ngatanan mitungha kanako didto sa Luz sa yuta sa Canaan, ug siya nanalangin kanako. |
| Croatian | Reèe Jakov Josipu: "Bog Svemožni, El Šadaj, objavi mi se u Luzu, u zemlji kanaanskoj; blagoslov mi dade, |
| Danish | Jakob sagde til Josef: "Gud den Almægtige åbenbarede sig for mig i Luz i Kana'ans Land og velsignede mig; |
| Dutch | Daarna zeide Jakob tot Jozef: God de Almachtige, is mij verschenen te Luz, in het land Kanaan, en Hij heeft mij gezegend; |
| Finnish | Ja Jaakob sanoi Joosefille: "Jumala, Kaikkivaltias, ilmestyi minulle Luusissa Kanaanin maassa ja siunasi minut |
| French | Jacob dit à Joseph: Le Dieu tout puissant m`est apparu à Luz, dans le pays de Canaan, et il m`a béni. |
| German | und sprach zu Joseph: Der allmächtige Gott erschien mir zu Lus im Lande Kanaan und segnete mich |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kata Yakub kepada Yusuf, "Allah Yang Mahakuasa telah menampakkan diri kepadaku di Lus, di tanah Kanaan, dan telah memberkati aku." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Yakub kepada Yusuf: Bahwa Allah yang Mahakuasa telah kelihatan kepadaku di Luz dalam negeri Kanaan, diberkatinya aku, |
| Italian | Giacobbe disse a Giuseppe: «Dio onnipotente mi apparve a Luz, nel paese di Canaan, e mi benedisse |
| Maori | Na ka mea a Hakopa ki a Hohepa, I puta mai te Atua Kaha Rawa ki ahau i Rutu, i te whenua o Kanaana, i manaaki i ahau, |
| Norwegian | Og Jakob sa til Josef: Den allmektige Gud åpenbarte sig for mig i Luz i Kana'ans land og velsignet mig |
| Rumanian | Iacov a zis lui Iosif: ,,Dumnezeul Cel Atotputernic mi S`a arqtat la Luz, kn yara Canaan, wi m`a binecuvkntat. |
| Swedish | Och Jakob sade till Josef: "Gud den Allsmäktige uppenbarade sig för mig i Lus i Kanaans land och välsignade mig |
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Misspellings | |
"God Almighty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: godalmighty. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-g-g-h-i-l-m-o-t-y" | |
-3 letters: almighty, daylight, modality. | |
-4 letters: aliyoth, amyloid, halidom, hidalgo, holiday, hyaloid, hyoidal, maggoty. | |
-5 letters: algoid, alight, aliyot, amidol, daimyo, daylit, dialog, diatom, digamy, diglot, galiot, gamily, giglot, glioma, haloid, homily, latigo, loggia, maggot, maloti, mighty, milady, mythoi, otalgy, thymol. | |
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