gospel

gospel

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒspəl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑspəl/
  • Hyphenation: gos‧pel

Etymology 1

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). Compare Old Saxon gōdspel and godspell (gospel), Old High German and Middle High German gotspel (gospel), Icelandic guðspjall (gospel).

Noun

gospel (countable and uncountable, plural gospels)

  1. 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.
  2. An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
  3. (Protestantism) The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
  4. A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
  5. (uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
    took her words for gospel
  6. (uncountable) Gospel music.
Synonyms
  • evangel
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Japanese: ゴスペル (gosuperu)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English gospellen, from Old English godspellian (to preach the gospel, evangelise), from the noun (see above).

Verb

gospel (third-person singular simple present gospels, present participle gospelling or (US) gospeling, simple past and past participle gospelled or (US) gospeled)

  1. (transitive) To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise.

References

  • “gospel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “gospel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • glopes, golpes

Finnish

Etymology

From English gospel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡospel/, [ˈɡo̞s̠pe̞l]
  • Rhymes: -ospel
  • Syllabification(key): gos‧pel

Noun

gospel

  1. (music) gospel

Declension

Further reading

  • gospel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔs.pɛl/

Noun

gospel m (plural gospels)

  1. (music) gospel

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

Noun

gospel m (invariable)

  1. (music) gospel

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel, from Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔs.pɛl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔspɛl
  • Syllabification: gos‧pel

Noun

gospel m inan (indeclinable)

  1. gospel music

Further reading

  • gospel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gospel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English gospel.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gos‧pel

Noun

gospel m (uncountable)

  1. (music) gospel music; gospel (a genre of African American religious music)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡospel/ [ˈɡos.pel]
  • Rhymes: -ospel
  • Syllabification: gos‧pel

Noun

gospel m (uncountable)

  1. (music) gospel music

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