Definitions for Gospelˈgɒs pəl

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Gospel, Gospels, evangel(noun)


  2. gospel, gospel truth(noun)

    an unquestionable truth

    "his word was gospel"

  3. gospel, gospel singing(noun)


  4. religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed(noun)


  5. gospel(noun)

    a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

    "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"


  1. gospel(Noun)

    The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus.

  2. gospel(Noun)

    An account of the life, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.

  3. gospel(Noun)

    A message expected to have positive reception or effect.

  4. gospel(Noun)

    the teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments

  5. gospel(Noun)

    gospel music

  6. gospel(Noun)

    That which is absolutely authoritative .

  7. Gospel(ProperNoun)

    One of the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.

  8. Origin: From godspel (corresponding to , i.e. "good tidings"), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of evangelium / Ancient Greek , literally "good news". Compare Old Norse and Icelandic guðspjall.

Webster Dictionary

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  5. Gospel

    anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as, they took his words for gospel

  6. Gospel(adj)

    accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as, gospel righteousness

  7. Gospel(verb)

    to instruct in the gospel

  8. Origin: [OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God + spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v.]


  1. Gospel

    A gospel is an account that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. The most widely known examples are the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, but the term is also used to refer to the apocryphal gospels, the non-canonical gospels, the Jewish-Christian gospels and the gnostic gospels. Christianity traditionally places a high value on the four canonical gospels, which it considers to be a revelation from God and central to its belief system. Christians teach that the four canonical gospels are an accurate and authoritative representation of the life of Jesus, but many scholars agree that not everything contained in the gospels is historically reliable. In Islam the Injil is the Arabic term for a book given to Jesus. Injil is sometimes translated as 'gospel'. This is one of the four Islamic holy books that the Qur'an reports as having been revealed by God. Islam holds that over time the Injil became altered, and God sent the prophet Muhammad to reveal the last book.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Gospel

    gos′pel, n. the Christian revelation: the narrative of the life of Christ, as related by Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John: the stated portion of these read at service: the teaching of Christ: a system of religious truth: absolute truth.—v.t. (Shak.) to instruct in the gospel.—n. Gos′peller, a preacher: an evangelist.—v.t. Gos′pellise, to square with the gospel. [A.S. godspell; commonly derived from A.S. gód, good, and spell, story, and so a translation of Gr. eu-anggelion, good news; but more prob. from god, God, and spell, a narrative, God-story; so also the Ice. is guðspjall, God-story, and not góðspjall, good-story; and the Old High Ger. was gotspell, got (God) -spel, not guot (good) -spel.]

British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Gospel' in Nouns Frequency: #2489


  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gospel in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Gospel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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