GODLY is used both as an adj. and as an ad- verb. The adj. occurs only four times in OT : (1) thrice as tr" of "i"cn, which is properly 'kind,' but from the prominence of this quality in God, and in them that are like Him, comes to mean ' pious,' ' godly ' ; so Ps 4^ 32*, and as subst. ' the godly man ' Ps 12' ; and (2) once as tr" of c.iSs ' Goil,' Mai 2" 'a godly seed,' lit., as AVm 'a seed of God.' The proper eqidvalent of 'godly' in Gr. is eicre^-fis, which in Sirach is one of the characteristics of the ' wise man ' (6 iroipoi), as dis- tingtiished from the ' fool' (6 fii^pis) who is d<re(3))s 'godless' ; and in the plur. this practically becomes a ^subst. equivalent to ' the Wise.' Thus Sir 3926. 27 < The principal things for the whole use of man's life are water, fire, iron, and salt, flour of wheat, honey, milk, and the blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing. All these things are for good to the godly (tois euae^iaiv) ; so to the sinners (roh aiiaprruiXoh) they are turned into evil.' This word, -which occurs thrice in NT, is only once tr'' ' godly ' 2 P 2» ' The Lord knoweth how to deliver
the godly out of temptation ' (tiuf^ch) ; in Ac 10'-' it is tr'' ' devout ' by both AV and KV, the word being applied to Cornelius and ti) one of hia soldiers. The Til gives tuat^i]^ in Ac 22'* in re- ference to Ananias, but edd. after the best M.SS prefer ei'\a^i;s, which elsewhere (Lk 2^, Ac 2' 8'^) is tr'' by EV 'devout,' as here. In He 12* the subst. eiJXd/Scio is tr'' ' gi>dly fear,' for which KV gives ' reverence,' RVm ' godly fear.' But in ,5' (the only other occurrence of the Greek word) KV tr. dTro r^s euXa/Jfias, 'for his godly fear,' AV ' in that he feared.' (See this passage discussed in Expos. Times, vi. 434, 5'22 ; vii. 4, 118, 502). In 2 Co 1'* IP, 1 Ti 1* ' godly ' is the tr° of Otis ' God ' (cf. Mai 2"' above) ; thus 2 Co l'' ' in simplicity and godly sincerity ' (ii/ air\dT7jTi[edd. ayidrTiTi] nal elXiKpiveli^ir Wll -iq.] Ofou [edd. ToCflfou], KV'in holiness and sincerity of (lod'); 11* ' 1 am jealous over you with godly jealousy' (Oeov fvjXv, KV ' with a godly jealousy,' KVm ' Gr. n jealousy of God') ; ITi H' Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions rather than godly edifying (oUo&otilav) whicli is in faith ' (KV 'a dispensation of God,' oUovoixiav OfoS, RVm 'a stewardship of God'). The AVof IGll omits ' godly ' from the last passage (evidently by an oversight, for it is found in all the versions from Tindale to the Bishops), and it was not inserted till 1038. Wye. has ' editicacioun of god,' and Kliem. ' the edifj-ing of God,' after Vulg. ' a>dilieationum Dhi.'* Elsewhere 'godly 'as an adj. is the tr" of some attributive phrase in the original. In 2 Co 7* ' after a godly manner,' 7'° ' godly,' and 7" ' after a godly sort,' all represent Karh 9tbv ' according to God ' as AVm (RV changes 7" into ' after a godly sort ') ; and in 3 Jn " 'after a godly sort' stands for dfiws Tov Bcov, lit. 'worthily of God,' as RV.
As an adverb ' godly' was once in common use, as Tindale, Pent. 'A prologe' (Mombert's ed. p. 12), 'Every man must worke godly and truly to the uttermoste of the power that god hath geveu him : and yet not truste therein ' ; and Preface to A (■', 1611, p. 5, ' The godly-learned were not content to have the Scriptures m the Language which them- selves understood.' 'Ungodly' was used in the same way, as Mt 22° Tind. ' The remnaunt toke his servantes and intreated them ungodly and slewe them'; and T.- Lever, Sermons (Arber's ed. p. 118), ' Do ye not se how that prebendes whiche were godly founded as moste convenient and ncces- sarye lyvyngs for preachers to healp the byshoppcs and the persons too enstructe the people, be now ungodly abused to corrupte the byslioppes ? ' But there was a feeling against using the same form as adj. and adverb. Hence 'godlily' was sometimes used, as Knox, Hist. 136, ' That by his grave counsell, and godly exhortation, he would animate her Majestic constantly to follow that which godlily she had begun ' ; and sometimes the word was avoided. In Pr. Bk., Collect for Good Friday, 'That every member . . . may truly and godly serve thee ' is found in all edd. from 1549 to 1062, but in the Scotch Liturgy 'godly' was changed into 'worthily.' 'Godly' is used as an adv. tlirice in AV, 2 Mac 12" 'there was great favour laid up for those that died godly ' (^er' evaejiiai, RV ' in godliness,' RVm 'on the side of godliness') ; 2 Ti 3'^ Tit 2"' (ei)irtj3<3s)- J- HASTINGS.
GOD, SON OF See SoK of God.
GOD, SONS OF.— See God, Children of.
GOEL (Avenger of Blood).— 'Goel' (Heb. SxJ (jd^al) is an important technical term of Hebrew jurisprudence. The primary meaning of the root