God-fearer
One who reveres
A God-fearer was a Gentile in the ancient world who worshipped the Jewish God and followed Jewish ethical teachings without fully converting to Judaism—attending synagogue and observing moral laws but not undergoing circumcision or keeping all dietary restrictions.
The term appears in the New Testament and historical texts describing these sympathetic outsiders: Many God-fearers became early Christian converts.
Sometimes used more broadly for anyone who reveres God without formal religious affiliation.
One who accepts something
- piousFaithfully devoted to worship
- faithfulConsistently loyal and true
- religiousOf faith or worship
- prayerfulGiven to worship
churchgoer · theist · pilgrim · worshipper · observant · reverent · disciple · devotee
Traditional masculine given name
- centurionRoman army officer
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- proselyteReligious convert, especially Jewish
- gentileOf non-Hebrew peoples
convert · Acts · Torah · commandments · Sabbath · kosher · observance · covenant
Address to deity
- praiseExpression of approval
- adorationProfound loving regard
- venerationProfound admiring respect
- supplicationHumble plea for help
prostration · kneeling · genuflection · hymns · psalms · offerings · sacrifice · incense
Trust without proof
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
reverence · sanctity · humility · obedience · penitence · contrition · repentance · atonement
believer
One who accepts something
prayerful · churchgoer · theist · pilgrim · worshipper · observant · reverent · disciple · devotee · righteous
Cornelius
Traditional masculine given name
- centurionRoman army officer
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- proselyteReligious convert, especially Jewish
gentile · convert · Acts · Torah · commandments · Sabbath · kosher · observance · covenant · monotheist
prayer
Address to deity
- praiseExpression of approval
- adorationProfound loving regard
- venerationProfound admiring respect
supplication · prostration · kneeling · genuflection · hymns · psalms · offerings · sacrifice · incense · altar
faith
Trust without proof
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- holinessSacred spiritual purity
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
virtue · reverence · sanctity · humility · obedience · penitence · contrition · repentance · atonement · submission
God-fearerblasphemer
One who insults deity
scoffer · apostate · heretic · desecrator · reprobate
God-feareratheist
One denying gods exist
unbeliever · infidel · nonbeliever · godless · disbeliever
God-fearersinner
Violator of moral law
worldling · libertine · hedonist · sensualist · profligate
God, gods, godly, godliness, ungodly, godhead, godhood, goddess, godforsaken