Word of God

Word of God
noun
1. a manifestation of the mind and will of God (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms: ↑manifestation
2. the sacred writings of the Christian religions (Freq. 1)
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he went to carry the Word to the heathen

• Syn:
• Derivationally related forms: ↑scriptural (for: ↑Scripture), ↑biblical (for: ↑Bible)
• Members of this Topic:
• Hyponyms: ↑family Bible
• Instance Hyponyms:
• Part Meronyms: ↑Old Testament, ↑Testament, ↑New Testament, ↑text
3. the message of the Gospel of Christ
• Hypernyms: ↑Gospel, ↑Gospels, ↑evangel

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Usage: usually capitalized W & capitalized G
: word 4

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word (def. 10).
[1520-30]

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Word of God,
= the Word.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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