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.

An account of those aspects of Jesus' life, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.

(Protestantism) The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.

Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont

1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title:

A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.

took her words for gospel

If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Edipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.

(uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).

en-noun

gospel (countable and uncountable, plural gospels)

→ Japanese: ゴスペル (gosuperu)

ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢ

account of the life, death, and teachings of Jesus

ilosanoma

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”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ).


gospel

Are you so gospelled, to pray for this good man and for his issue, whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave and beggared yours forever?

c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

I stood there wondering how often they had “gospeled” each other's hearts like this.

2014, Caesar Kalinowski, Small Is Big, Slow Is Fast:

Hopefully you will get to the point where gospeling one another becomes a natural part of your language, and you will not need a set of phrases anymore.

2014, Trevor Joy, Spence Shelton, The People of God: Empowering the Church to Make Disciples:

But the very act of “seeing” for anyone—both those within and beyond the fold of Christian communions—is possible only as a gospel being gospeled anew in and through the most pertinent issues of their particular contexts.

2021, Sarosh Koshy, Beyond Missio Dei, page 339:

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

en-verb

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

gospels (present singular third-person)
gospelling (participle present)
gospeling (US participle present)
gospelled (participle past)
gospelled (past)
gospeled (US participle past)
gospeled (US past)

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


gospel

gospel (nominative singular)
gospelit (nominative plural)
gospel (accusative nominative singular)
gospelit (accusative nominative plural)
gospelin (accusative genitive singular)
gospelit (accusative genitive plural)
gospelin (genitive singular)
gospelien (genitive plural)
gospeleiden (genitive plural)
gospeleitten (genitive plural)
gospelia (partitive singular)
gospeleita (partitive plural)
gospeleja (partitive plural)
gospelissa (inessive singular)
gospeleissa (inessive plural)
gospelista (elative singular)
gospeleista (elative plural)
gospeliin (illative singular)
gospeleihin (illative plural)
gospelilla (adessive singular)
gospeleilla (adessive plural)
gospelilta (ablative singular)
gospeleilta (ablative plural)
gospelille (allative singular)
gospeleille (allative plural)
gospelina (essive singular)
gospeleina (essive plural)
gospeliksi (singular translative)
gospeleiksi (plural translative)
gospelitta (abessive singular)
gospeleitta (abessive plural)
gospelein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
gospelini (nominative singular)
gospelini (nominative plural)
gospelini (accusative nominative singular)
gospelini (accusative nominative plural)
gospelini (accusative genitive singular)
gospelini (accusative genitive plural)
gospelini (genitive singular)
gospelieni (genitive plural)
gospeleideni (genitive plural)
gospeleitteni (genitive plural)
gospeliani (partitive singular)
gospeleitani (partitive plural)
gospelejani (partitive plural)
gospelissani (inessive singular)
gospeleissani (inessive plural)
gospelistani (elative singular)
gospeleistani (elative plural)
gospeliini (illative singular)
gospeleihini (illative plural)
gospelillani (adessive singular)
gospeleillani (adessive plural)
gospeliltani (ablative singular)
gospeleiltani (ablative plural)
gospelilleni (allative singular)
gospeleilleni (allative plural)
gospelinani (essive singular)
gospeleinani (essive plural)
gospelikseni (singular translative)
gospeleikseni (plural translative)
gospelittani (abessive singular)
gospeleittani (abessive plural)
gospeleineni (comitative plural)
gospelisi (nominative singular)
gospelisi (nominative plural)
gospelisi (accusative nominative singular)
gospelisi (accusative nominative plural)
gospelisi (accusative genitive singular)
gospelisi (accusative genitive plural)
gospelisi (genitive singular)
gospeliesi (genitive plural)
gospeleidesi (genitive plural)
gospeleittesi (genitive plural)
gospeliasi (partitive singular)
gospeleitasi (partitive plural)
gospelejasi (partitive plural)
gospelissasi (inessive singular)
gospeleissasi (inessive plural)
gospelistasi (elative singular)
gospeleistasi (elative plural)
gospeliisi (illative singular)
gospeleihisi (illative plural)
gospelillasi (adessive singular)
gospeleillasi (adessive plural)
gospeliltasi (ablative singular)
gospeleiltasi (ablative plural)
gospelillesi (allative singular)
gospeleillesi (allative plural)
gospelinasi (essive singular)
gospeleinasi (essive plural)
gospeliksesi (singular translative)
gospeleiksesi (plural translative)
gospelittasi (abessive singular)
gospeleittasi (abessive plural)
gospeleinesi (comitative plural)
gospelimme (nominative singular)
gospelimme (nominative plural)
gospelimme (accusative nominative singular)
gospelimme (accusative nominative plural)
gospelimme (accusative genitive singular)
gospelimme (accusative genitive plural)
gospelimme (genitive singular)
gospeliemme (genitive plural)
gospeleidemme (genitive plural)
gospeleittemme (genitive plural)
gospeliamme (partitive singular)
gospeleitamme (partitive plural)
gospelejamme (partitive plural)
gospelissamme (inessive singular)
gospeleissamme (inessive plural)
gospelistamme (elative singular)
gospeleistamme (elative plural)
gospeliimme (illative singular)
gospeleihimme (illative plural)
gospelillamme (adessive singular)
gospeleillamme (adessive plural)
gospeliltamme (ablative singular)
gospeleiltamme (ablative plural)
gospelillemme (allative singular)
gospeleillemme (allative plural)
gospelinamme (essive singular)
gospeleinamme (essive plural)
gospeliksemme (singular translative)
gospeleiksemme (plural translative)
gospelittamme (abessive singular)
gospeleittamme (abessive plural)
gospeleinemme (comitative plural)
gospelinne (nominative singular)
gospelinne (nominative plural)
gospelinne (accusative nominative singular)
gospelinne (accusative nominative plural)
gospelinne (accusative genitive singular)
gospelinne (accusative genitive plural)
gospelinne (genitive singular)
gospelienne (genitive plural)
gospeleidenne (genitive plural)
gospeleittenne (genitive plural)
gospelianne (partitive singular)
gospeleitanne (partitive plural)
gospelejanne (partitive plural)
gospelissanne (inessive singular)
gospeleissanne (inessive plural)
gospelistanne (elative singular)
gospeleistanne (elative plural)
gospeliinne (illative singular)
gospeleihinne (illative plural)
gospelillanne (adessive singular)
gospeleillanne (adessive plural)
gospeliltanne (ablative singular)
gospeleiltanne (ablative plural)
gospelillenne (allative singular)
gospeleillenne (allative plural)
gospelinanne (essive singular)
gospeleinanne (essive plural)
gospeliksenne (singular translative)
gospeleiksenne (plural translative)
gospelittanne (abessive singular)
gospeleittanne (abessive plural)
gospeleinenne (comitative plural)
gospelinsa (nominative singular)
gospelinsa (nominative plural)
gospelinsa (accusative nominative singular)
gospelinsa (accusative nominative plural)
gospelinsa (accusative genitive singular)
gospelinsa (accusative genitive plural)
gospelinsa (genitive singular)
gospeliensa (genitive plural)
gospeleidensa (genitive plural)
gospeleittensa (genitive plural)
gospeliaan (partitive singular)
gospeliansa (partitive singular)
gospeleitaan (partitive plural)
gospelejaan (partitive plural)
gospeleitansa (partitive plural)
gospelejansa (partitive plural)
gospelissaan (inessive singular)
gospelissansa (inessive singular)
gospeleissaan (inessive plural)
gospeleissansa (inessive plural)
gospelistaan (elative singular)
gospelistansa (elative singular)
gospeleistaan (elative plural)
gospeleistansa (elative plural)
gospeliinsa (illative singular)
gospeleihinsa (illative plural)
gospelillaan (adessive singular)
gospelillansa (adessive singular)
gospeleillaan (adessive plural)
gospeleillansa (adessive plural)
gospeliltaan (ablative singular)
gospeliltansa (ablative singular)
gospeleiltaan (ablative plural)
gospeleiltansa (ablative plural)
gospelilleen (allative singular)
gospelillensa (allative singular)
gospeleilleen (allative plural)
gospeleillensa (allative plural)
gospelinaan (essive singular)
gospelinansa (essive singular)
gospeleinaan (essive plural)
gospeleinansa (essive plural)
gospelikseen (singular translative)
gospeliksensa (singular translative)
gospeleikseen (plural translative)
gospeleiksensa (plural translative)
gospelittaan (abessive singular)
gospelittansa (abessive singular)
gospeleittaan (abessive plural)
gospeleittansa (abessive plural)
gospeleineen (comitative plural)
gospeleinensa (comitative plural)


gospel

A gospel (one of four books recounting Jesus' life in the Christian biblical canon)

An excerpt or passage from a gospel, especially if read in a church service.

The instructions or beliefs contained in the New Testament.

(rare) Christian doctrine or belief in general.

gospelles (plural)
gospels (plural)
gospell (alternative)
godspel (alternative Early-Middle-English mainly)
godspell (alternative Early-Middle-English mainly)
goddspel (alternative Early-Middle-English rare)
godespel (alternative Early-Middle-English rare)
gotspel (alternative Early-Middle-English rare)
cospel (alternative Late-Middle-English)
gospeel (alternative Late-Middle-English)
gospelle (alternative Late-Middle-English)
gospille (alternative Late-Middle-English)
ꟑoddspell (alternative Ormulum)

English: gospel (see there for further descendants)

Scots: gospel

Inherited from Old English godspell, *gōdspell, from gōd (“good”) + spell (“news”), calquing Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”); thus equivalent to God or good + spel.


gospel

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