# gospel
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɒspəl/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɡɑspəl/
** Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* 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”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ).

#### Noun

gospel (countable and uncountable, plural gospels)
* 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.
* A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infallible) guiding principles.
** 1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title:Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont
* (uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
    took her words for gospel
** 1881, George Saintsbury, Dryden: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) Gospel music.

##### Synonyms

* evangel

##### Derived terms

* antigospel
* bluegrass gospel
* contemporary gospel
* Gin and Gospel Gazette
* gospel bird
* gospel blues
* gospel-blues
* gospeler
* gospelesque
* gospelize
* gospeller
* gospellike
* gospel-like
* gospelly
* gospelmonger
* gospel music
* Gospel Oak
* gospelphile
* gospel side
* gospel truth
* gospely
* gospelypso
* infancy gospel
* nongospel
* prosperity gospel
* protogospel
* Southern gospel

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: ゴスペル (gosuperu)

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § 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)
* (transitive) To instruct in, declare, or communicate the gospel; to evangelise.
** 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):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?
** 2014, Caesar Kalinowski, Small Is Big, Slow Is Fast:I stood there wondering how often they had “gospeled” each other's hearts like this.
** 2014, Trevor Joy, Spence Shelton, The People of God: Empowering the Church to Make Disciples: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.
** 2021, Sarosh Koshy, Beyond Missio Dei, page 339: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.

### References

* “gospel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “gospel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* glopes, golpes

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English gospel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡospel/, [ˈɡo̞s̠pe̞l]
* Rhymes: -ospel
* Hyphenation: gos‧pel

### Noun

gospel
* (music) gospel

#### Declension

Possessive forms of gospel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gospelini
gospelini
accusative
nom.
gospelini
gospelini
gen.
gospelini
genitive
gospelini
gospelieni gospeleideni gospeleitteni
partitive
gospeliani
gospeleitani gospelejani
inessive
gospelissani
gospeleissani
elative
gospelistani
gospeleistani
illative
gospeliini
gospeleihini
adessive
gospelillani
gospeleillani
ablative
gospeliltani
gospeleiltani
allative
gospelilleni
gospeleilleni
essive
gospelinani
gospeleinani
translative
gospelikseni
gospeleikseni
abessive
gospelittani
gospeleittani
instructive
comitative
—gospeleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gospelisi
gospelisi
accusative
nom.
gospelisi
gospelisi
gen.
gospelisi
genitive
gospelisi
gospeliesi gospeleidesi gospeleittesi
partitive
gospeliasi
gospeleitasi gospelejasi
inessive
gospelissasi
gospeleissasi
elative
gospelistasi
gospeleistasi
illative
gospeliisi
gospeleihisi
adessive
gospelillasi
gospeleillasi
ablative
gospeliltasi
gospeleiltasi
allative
gospelillesi
gospeleillesi
essive
gospelinasi
gospeleinasi
translative
gospeliksesi
gospeleiksesi
abessive
gospelittasi
gospeleittasi
instructive
comitative
—gospeleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gospelimme
gospelimme
accusative
nom.
gospelimme
gospelimme
gen.
gospelimme
genitive
gospelimme
gospeliemme gospeleidemme gospeleittemme
partitive
gospeliamme
gospeleitamme gospelejamme
inessive
gospelissamme
gospeleissamme
elative
gospelistamme
gospeleistamme
illative
gospeliimme
gospeleihimme
adessive
gospelillamme
gospeleillamme
ablative
gospeliltamme
gospeleiltamme
allative
gospelillemme
gospeleillemme
essive
gospelinamme
gospeleinamme
translative
gospeliksemme
gospeleiksemme
abessive
gospelittamme
gospeleittamme
instructive
comitative
—gospeleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gospelinne
gospelinne
accusative
nom.
gospelinne
gospelinne
gen.
gospelinne
genitive
gospelinne
gospelienne gospeleidenne gospeleittenne
partitive
gospelianne
gospeleitanne gospelejanne
inessive
gospelissanne
gospeleissanne
elative
gospelistanne
gospeleistanne
illative
gospeliinne
gospeleihinne
adessive
gospelillanne
gospeleillanne
ablative
gospeliltanne
gospeleiltanne
allative
gospelillenne
gospeleillenne
essive
gospelinanne
gospeleinanne
translative
gospeliksenne
gospeleiksenne
abessive
gospelittanne
gospeleittanne
instructive
comitative
—gospeleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
gospelinsa
gospelinsa
accusative
nom.
gospelinsa
gospelinsa
gen.
gospelinsa
genitive
gospelinsa
gospeliensa gospeleidensa gospeleittensa
partitive
gospeliaan gospeliansa
gospeleitaan gospelejaan gospeleitansa gospelejansa
inessive
gospelissaan gospelissansa
gospeleissaan gospeleissansa
elative
gospelistaan gospelistansa
gospeleistaan gospeleistansa
illative
gospeliinsa
gospeleihinsa
adessive
gospelillaan gospelillansa
gospeleillaan gospeleillansa
ablative
gospeliltaan gospeliltansa
gospeleiltaan gospeleiltansa
allative
gospelilleen gospelillensa
gospeleilleen gospeleillensa
essive
gospelinaan gospelinansa
gospeleinaan gospeleinansa
translative
gospelikseen gospeliksensa
gospeleikseen gospeleiksensa
abessive
gospelittaan gospelittansa
gospeleittaan gospeleittansa
instructive
comitative
—gospeleineen gospeleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* gospelkuoro
* gospelmusa
* gospelmusiikki
* gospelrock

### Further reading

* “gospel”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔs.pɛl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gospel m (plural gospels)
* (music) gospel

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

### Noun

gospel m (invariable)
* (music) gospel

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* gospell
* godspel, godspell (mainly Early Middle English); goddspel, godespel, gotspel (Early Middle English, rare)
* cospel, gospeel, gospelle, gospille (Late Middle English)
* ꟑoddspell (Ormulum)

### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔˌspɛl/, (Late Middle English) /ˈɡɔspəl/, (Early Middle English) /ˈɡɔdˌspɛl/

### Noun

gospel (plural gospelles or gospels)
* 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.
* Something authoritative or definitive.
* (rare) Christian doctrine or belief in general.

#### Related terms

* gospellere

#### Descendants

* English: gospel (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: gospel

### References

* “gospel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔs.pɛl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔspɛl
* Syllabification: gos‧pel

### Noun

gospel m inan (indeclinable)
* 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɔs.pew/ [ˈɡɔs.peʊ̯]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɔs.pew/ [ˈɡɔs.peʊ̯]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈɡɔʃ.pew/ [ˈɡɔʃ.peʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɔʃ.pɛl/ [ˈɡɔʃ.pɛɫ]
* Hyphenation: gos‧pel

### Noun

gospel m (uncountable)
* (music) gospel music; gospel (a genre of African American religious music)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English gospel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡospel/ [ˈɡos.pel]
* Rhymes: -ospel
* Syllabification: gos‧pel

### Noun

gospel m (uncountable)
* (music) gospel music