Both Uses of
omnipotent
in
Jane Eyre
- We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence.†
Chpt 28
- I did wrong: I would have sullied my innocent flower — breathed guilt on its purity: the Omnipotent snatched it from me.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(omnipotent) all powerfuleditor's notes: note: "omni" means "all". It is often said that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent (all powerful, all knowing, and all present; i.e., present everywhere)