Gabe der Heilung	gift of healing	God-given ability to bring healing of illness through prayer
Gabe des/der …	gift of …	Geistesgaben spiritual gifts
Garten Eden	garden of Eden	sometimes known as "paradise"
Gastfreundschaft	hospitality
Gastgeber/in	host
Gebet	prayer	method of speaking to God, can be aloud or silent, alone or in public
Gebetsanliegen	prayer request
Gebetskette	prayer chain	arrangement to pass on prayer requests to others so that several people can pray for a situation
Gebiet	territory, region
Gebot	commandment
Gebundenheit	bondage	sometimes denotes slavery to negative thoughts, habits etc.
Gedächtnis	memory
Gedränge	crush
Geduld	patience
geduldig	patient
Gefährte	companion
gefallen	give pleasure to
Gefangene/r	prisoner
Gefängnis	prison
gefühlsmäßig	emotional
Gegenwart Gottes	presence of God	a sense that God is near
gegenwärtig	present
gehässig	spiteful
Geheimnis	secret
geheimnisvoll	mysterious
gehorchen	obey
Gehorsam	obedience
Geist	spirit
Geistesgabe	spiritual gift	supernatural ability given by the Holy Spirit
Geisteskrankheit	mental illness	geisteskrank mentally ill
geistig	mental	sometimes (wrongly) used to mean spiritual
geistlich	spiritual
geistliche Kampfführung	spiritual warfare	the struggle against supernatural forces that oppose God
geistliche Nahrung	spiritual food
geistlicher Hunger	spiritual hunger	longing for an experience of God
Geistlichkeit	clergy	general term for ordained ministers
gelähmt	paralysed, paralytic
Gelehrte/r	scholar
gelobtes Land	promised land	especially the land of Canaan for the Israelites under Moses
Gelübde	vow
gemäßigt	temperate
Gemeindegründung	church planting	new local churches in an existing denomination or to independent new churches
Gemeindestunde	church meeting
Gemeindewachstum	church growth	growth in the quality of church life or the number of church members
Gemeindezucht	church discipline	means used to enforce the church’s standards of morals or faith;in extreme cases exclusion from the church
gen Himmel fahren	ascend to heaven	cf. Acts, chapter 1
Generation	generation
gerade	straight; upright
gerecht	righteous
Gerechtigkeit	justice, righteousness
gerettet	saved	used especially of people who have experienced "conversion"
Gericht	judgement
Gericht: das Jüngste Gericht	the Last Judgement	final judgement of human beings after death/after the end of the world
Gerichtsverhandlung	trial
geschaffen	created
Geschäftsleute des vollen Evangeliums	Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship	Pentecostal/charismatic organization
Geschlecht	generation	antiquated
geschlechtlich	sexual
Gesetz	law
Gesetzestafeln	tablets of the law	the stone tablets received by Moses
Gespenst	ghost
gesund	healthy
Gesundheit	health
gewaltfrei	non-violent
Gewaltfreiheit	non-violence
gewalttätig	violent
Gewalttätigkeit	violence
Gewand	robe
Gewicht	weight
Gewissen	conscience
Gewitter	thunderstorm
gießen	pour	sometimes used for God's generosity in giving gifts
Gift	poison
Gitarre	guitar
Glanz	splendour
glänzen	shine
Gläserrücken	ouija board	occult method of communicating with spirits
Glaubensbekenntnis	creed	short statement of the most important elements of the faith
Glaubensbewegung	faith movement	a movement that emphasises belief in miracles through prayer
Glaubenstaufe	believer’s baptism
gläubig:	believer:	er/sie ist gläubig = he/she is a believer
glaubwürdig	credible
Glaubwürdigkeit	credibility
gleich	equal
gleichfalls	likewise
gleichgültig	indifferent
Gleichgültigkeit	indifference
Gleichheit	equality
Gleichnis	parable	story with a deeper meaning told by Jesus
Gnadauer Verband		conservative evangelical movement in Germany
Gnade	grace	undeserved forgiveness and love
gnadenlos	ruthless
Golgatha	Calvary	place where Jesus was executed
Gott	God
Gottesdienst	church service
gottesfürchtig	God-fearing
Gottheit	deity, divinity, godhead
göttlich	divine
göttliche Fügung	divine dispensation
gottlos	ungodly
Gottvater	God the Father
Götze	idol, false god
Götzenbild	graven image
Götzendienst	idolatry
Grab	grave, tomb
Greuel	abomination
Groll	grudge	einen Groll hegen f= harbour a grudge
großzügig	generous
Grube	pit
Grundsatz	principle
Gruppe	group
Grußwort	word of greeting
Güte	goodness
Haare (pl.)	hair (sing.)
Habgier	greed
habgierig	greedy
Hafen	harbour
Haltung	attitude
Händler/in	trader
Harfe	harp
harmlos	harmless
hart	hard
Hass	hate
hassen	hate
Hausbibelkreis	home Bible study
Hausgemeinde	house church	small, informal fellowship of Chiristians meeting in a home
Hauskreis	home group, house group	group of Christians who meet regularly in a home to pray, read the Bible together and share together
Hefe	yeast
Heide/Heidin	heathen, pagan	originally a non-Jewish person; now sometimes used for non-believers
Heidentum	paganism
Heil	salvation	refers to the fact that Christians are accepted by God
heil	whole, healthy	in mind and body
heilen	heal
heilig	holy	the purity and perfection of God, which we are called to follow
Heilige Schrift	Holy Scripture, Bible	i.e. the Bible
Heilige/r	saint	often used posthumously of people with special spiritual merit; used in the New Testament as a general term for Christians
heiligen	sanctify
Heiliger Geist	Holy Spirit	person within the trinity who gives us power to live as God wants us to
Heiligkeit	holiness
Heiligtum	sanctuary	specially consecrated section of a church or other consecrated building
Heiligung	sanctification	progressive improvement of the spiritual quality of a Christian’s life
Heilsarmee	Salvation Army
Heilung	healing
Heilung durch den Glauben	faith healing	reliance on supernatural healing as an answer to prayer
Heilungsdienst	healing ministry
Heimgang	death	antiquated
heimlich	secret
heimzahlen	repay, pay back	in punishment
heiraten	marry
Helm des Heils	helmet of salvation
herabsteigen	descend
Herausforderung	challenge
Herde	flock	often a symbol of the church
Herr	Lord	title used for God
Herrschaft	rule, dominion
herrschen	rule, reign
Herz	heart
Heuchler/in	hypocrite
Heuschrecke	locust
Hexe	witch
Hexerei	witchcraft
Hilfe	help
Himmel	heaven
Himmelfahrt	ascension, Ascension Day
Himmelreich	kingdom of heaven
himmlisch	heavenly
himmlischer Vater	heavenly Father	term used for God the Father
Hindernis	obstacle
Hingabe	commitment
hingeben	surrender
Hinterlist	trickery
hinterlistig	deceitful
hinzufügen	add
Hirte	shepherd
Hirtendienst	shepherding	responsibility for other Christians
Hochamt	high mass	service in the Catholic church
Hochmut	pride
höchste Priorität	top priority
Hochzeit	wedding
Hoffnungslosigkeit	hopelessness
Höhepunkt	climax
Höhepunkt	culmination
Hoher Priester	high priest	leader in the Jewish religious hierarchy at the time of Jesus
hohl	hollow
Höhle	cave
Hohn	scorn
Hölle	hell	place of condemnation and eternal separation from God
Holz	wood
Honig	honey
hören	hear	often a symbol of obedience to God
Horn	horn
hungrig	hungry
Hure	prostitute
Ichsucht	selfishness
Identität	identity
Ihr Lieben	Dear friends	often used to start a sermon, especially in free churches
immerdar	for ever and ever
in Ewigkeit	for ever and ever
innere Heilung	inner healing	healing of emotional wounds
innere Reinheit	inward purity
innig(lich)	with intensely personal devotion	antiquated
inwendig	inner, subjective	antiquated
irdenes Gefäß	earthen vessel	metaphor for our imperfect nature as Christians
irdisch	earthly
Irre: in die Irre gehen	go astray
irregeleitet	misled
Irrlehre	false teaching
Irrlehrer	false teacher, heretic
Israelit/in; israelitisch	Israelite
Jahresgemeindestunde	AGM (annual general meeting)
Jahreszeit	season
Jähzorn	bad/hot temper
Jakobus	James
Jammertal	miserable earthly life	antiquated, implies that this life is a sad prelude to life in heaven
jemals	ever
Jesus	Jesus
Joch	yoke	nimm mein Joch auf dich = take my yoke upon you
Jubeljahr	year of Jubilee	Old Testament arrangement to cancel old debts
Judas Ischariot	Judas Iscariot
Jude/Jüdin	Jew
jüdisch	Jewish
Jugendarbeit	youth work
Jugendgruppe	youth fellowship
Jugendpastor/in	youth minister
Jungfrau	virgin
Jungfrau Maria	Virgin Mary
Jüngstes Gericht	Last Judgement	final judgement after death/after the end of the world