God-given

[god-giv-uhn]

adjective

1. given by, or coming directly from, God.

   the God-given laws.

2. welcome; propitious; opportune.

Word History and Origins

Origin of God-given¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

“What he has, that’s just God-given.”

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In 2023, Kirk sat on the stage of Awaken Church in Salt Lake City and said: “I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the 2nd Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

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The comments were an apparent reference to comments Kirk made in 2023 when he said, “I think it’s worth to have a cost of unfortunately some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”

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“I think it’s worth it to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the 2nd Amendment to protect our other God-given rights,” he said.

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“This is a God-given signal,” Adolph Hitler said.

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