"fire and brimstone" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hbo|גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ|tr=gofrit va’esh}} Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh), {{calque|en|grc|πυρὸς καὶ θείου|notext=1}} Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fire and brimstone (not comparable)
  1. Referencing or emphasizing the power and wrath of God. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Bible, Christianity Synonyms: fire-and-brimstone Translations (referencing the wrath of God): tulikivenkatkuinen (Finnish), eld och svavel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fire_and_brimstone-en-adj-SXfPOulR Disambiguation of Bible: 50 50 Disambiguation of Christianity: 48 52 Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47

Noun

Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh) and Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou), appearing in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hbo|גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ|tr=gofrit va’esh}} Calque of Biblical Hebrew גׇּפְרִ֣ית וָאֵ֑שׁ (gofrit va’esh), {{calque|en|grc|πυρὸς καὶ θείου|notext=1}} Ancient Greek πυρὸς καὶ θείου (puròs kaì theíou) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} fire and brimstone (uncountable)
  1. The traditional punishments of Hell. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bible, Christianity, Fire Related terms: rain fire and brimstone, hellfire Translations (punishment of Hell): foc i sofre (Catalan), oheň a síra (Czech), tuli ja tulikivi (Finnish), Strafpredigt (German)
    Sense id: en-fire_and_brimstone-en-noun-Tx0EuDCn Disambiguation of Bible: 50 50 Disambiguation of Christianity: 48 52 Disambiguation of Fire: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Hell Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 47 Disambiguation of Hell: 8 92

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