fire and brimstone
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Referencing or emphasizing the power and wrath of God.
Example Sentences
- "And the third Angel followed them, ſaying with a lowd voice, If any man worship the beaſt and his image, and receiue his marke in his forehead, or in his hand, / The ſame ſhall drinke of the wine of the wrath of God, which is powred out without mixture into the cup of his indignation, and hee ſhall be tormented with fire and brimſtone, in the preſence of the holy Angels, and in the preſence of the Lambe:"
- ""I'll tell J., but we can hardly yank the girl out as well. It would raise fire and brimstone.""
- "That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon!"
- "The fire-and-brimstone preacher gave the city council a severe tongue-lashing after they voted on a zoning ordinance allowing a new strip club to open."
Etymology
Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. "brimstone" is an old word for sulfur.
Usage
Inflected Forms
fire-and-brimstone (alternative)