The most
popular deifying title - Reverend which is derived from Latin reverendus. Greeks rendered the word,
Augustus - Acts 25:21; 25:25 - by Sebastos,
literally reverend.
"He sent redemption unto His
people; He hath commanded His covenant for ever, holy and reverend is His name" Psalm 111:9. The word, reverend, is found only one time in the entire
Bible of the King James Version and then it was attributed to
God; and it is derived from the Hebrew word, Yare, which occurs several hundred times in the original Bible.
It has been rendered by such words as fearful, terrible and dreadful. The thought intended by the Psalmist is that
God is holy and deserved to be worshiped. It is a staunch belief of every Christian that there is only one
God and He is the Reverend.