Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peace that passeth understanding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: peace that -pas-seth un-der-stand-ing
IPA

44

Scrabble Score

29

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Spiritual enlightenment; religious salvation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There are but two sorts of peace: there is the world's peace, which is an opiate that stills the conscience for a season — peace, peace, but no peace; and there is the Christian's peace — the peace that passeth understanding."
"In all its gutters from Frisco to Bombay, Melbourne to Cape Town, the Salvation Army was on the job, inviting harassed and stricken souls to the peace which passeth understanding."
"The poem ends with the Hindu incantation, like the first shower of long-looked-for rain, shantih, shantih, shantih, meaning: "The Peace which passeth understanding.""
"The Woodstock apocalypse, as she sees it, was not the peace that passeth understanding that the media made it out to be. Of the 400,000 kids there, most of the potentially disorderly ones were stupefied by drugs."
"Sri Peetam has an aura of a peace that passeth understanding."

Etymology

From the King James version of the Bible: "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

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Questions

What does peace that passeth understanding mean?: Spiritual enlightenment; religious salvation.
Where does peace that passeth understanding come from?: From the King James version of the Bible: "And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:7).

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