gospel
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
Verb 1 meaning
To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise.
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).
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GOSPEL at a glance
GOSPEL has 6 letters and scores 9 points in Scrabble (G 2 + O 1 + S 1 + P 3 + E 1 + L 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,236 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gospel
All rhymes- CHAPEL13
- COMPEL12
- EXPEL14
- REPEL7
- PROPEL10
- DISPEL9
- LAPEL7
- SCALPEL11
- APPEL9
- IMPEL9
- ESTOPPEL12
- RAPPEL10
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