gospel

«gospel» in Mova's school dictionary: the four books of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a gospel, gospels; the Gospel); adjective (gospel music)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) The Gospels are the four books of the New Testament — Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — that tell the life, teaching, death and rising of Jesus. tree →

2) (church) The gospel is the "good news" of Jesus that Christians share. tree →

3) Gospel (music) is a joyful style of Christian music with roots in African American churches. tree →

4) (informal) "Gospel truth" or "take it as gospel" means something completely true. tree →

sense in the lessons

In church, the Gospel reading is often read standing, as a mark of respect. Gospel choirs sing with clapping and strong harmonies. In everyday talk, "Don't take everything you read online as gospel" means check it. Phrases: the Gospel of Luke, the gospel truth, gospel choir, preach the gospel.

examples

• Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the four Gospels. tree →
• The priest read from the Gospel of John. tree →
• The gospel choir made everyone clap along. tree →
• It's the gospel truth — I didn't touch your sweets! tree →
• Don't take every website as gospel. tree →
• The disciples went out to preach the gospel. tree →
• It was not the gospel he read, but an old story-book; therefore she might stay and listen to him. tree →

note

Capital G often for the books or the Christian message; small g for music and "gospel truth". The word comes from Old English "good news". Countable for the books.

In the corpora

• John's Gospel calls Jesus' miracles «signs», because they point to who Jesus is.
• John's Gospel says Jesus was in the Temple at the Feast of Dedication, which is Hanukkah (John 10:22-23).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «gospel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.