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gospel

/ˈɡɑspəl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
gos-pel
IPA
/ˈɡɑspəl/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).

Uncountable

noun

Gospel music.

Uncountable

verb

To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise.

Transitive verb

noun

Alternative form of gospel.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell (“gospel”), corresponding to God + spell (“talk, tale, story”), literally “the message of God”, believed to be an alteration of earlier *gōdspell (literally “good news”), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”) (English evangel). Compare Old Saxon gōdspel and godspell (“gospel”), Old High German and Middle High German gotspel (“gospel”), Icelandic guðspjall (“gospel”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *ǵʰew-, gospel, godspell, ēvangelium, εὐαγγέλιον, gospellen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈɡɑspəl/
  • British English: /ˈɡɒspəl/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

gospels (plural) gospels (present, singular) gospeling (US, participle) gospelling (UK, participle) gospeled (US, participle) gospeled (US, past) gospelled (UK, participle) gospelled (UK, past)

Derived Forms

antigospel gospeler gospelesque gospelize gospeller gospellike gospelly gospelmonger gospelphile gospely gospelypso nongospel

Phrases

bluegrass gospel contemporary gospel Gin and Gospel Gazette gospel bird gospel blues gospel-blues gospel-like gospel music

Synonyms

evangel gospels gospel truth religious doctrine church doctrine creed gospel singing

Questions

How do you pronounce gospel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɑspəl/.
What does gospel mean?
The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the birth, ministry, passion, and resurrection of Jesus.
Where does gospel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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