Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

world to come

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.53 in modern English

Syllables: world -to -come
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds.

noun

Any of various other afterlives in different theologies and mythologies.

Example Sentences

"If their bodies were ill-used, the animals of that species would not allow themselves to be taken, neither in this world nor in the world to come."

Etymology

A translation of Hebrew הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (ha'olám habá, literally “the coming world”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא

Inflected Forms

worlds to come (plural)

Synonyms

Olam Haba

Questions

What does world to come mean?: The Jewish afterlife or mythic future, usually thought to occur after the coming of the Messiah, in which the righteous are rewarded for their good deeds and the wicked punished for their evil deeds.
Where does world to come come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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