word of god
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A message from God, or a manifestation of his will.
noun
The Scriptures, especially when interpreted as the work of God rather than man.
name
The Logos, or God the Son.
name
The creator(s) of a media franchise and/or their extradiegetic revelations about plot, characters, etc.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 'Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in.'""
- "Just as it would be utterly vain to lay natural reasons of comfort to him who hath no wit, so would it undoubtedly be frustrate to lay spiritual causes of comfort to him who hath no faith. For unless a man first believe that holy scripture is the word of God, and that the word of God is true, how can he take any comfort in that which the scripture telleth him?"
- "Smith argues that the Koran is the Word of God for Muslims."
- "This leads to a far reaching conclusion, proving that Quran is the Word of God Who exists"
- "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
- "To me, citing the letter is a bit like the whole Dumbledore is gay thing. Sure, we have the Word of God [1] that he is but I prefer my evidence to come from the text."
Etymology
From Middle English worde of god, wurde of god, variant of Middle English godes word, Godes word (“Word of God”, literally “God's word”), from Old English Godes word (“Word of God”). Compare West Frisian Wurd fan God, Dutch Woord van God.
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Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Word of God (canonical)
God's word (alternative)