gospel

• n. 真理；信條
• adj. 傳播福音的；福音讚美詩的

來自good spell的縮寫。spell, 符咒，音訊。

gospel

gospel: [OE] Etymologically, gospel is ‘good news’. It was coined in Old English as gōdspel, a compound of gōd ‘good’ and spel ‘discourse, tidings, news’ (the same word as the modern English magic spell), which was a direct translation of Latin bona annuntiatio. This in turn was a literal interpretation or gloss of ecclesiastical Latin evangelium (whence English evangelist) and its source, Greek euaggélion, which originally meant ‘reward for bringing good news’, but in its later sense ‘good news’ tout court was applied to any of the four accounts of Christ’s life written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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gospel (n.)

Old English godspel "glad tidings announced by Jesus; one of the four gospels," literally "good spell," from god "good" (see good (adj.)) + spel "story, message" (see spell (n.1)). A translation of Latin bona adnuntiatio, itself a translation of Greek euangelion "reward for bringing good news" (see evangel). The first element of the Old English word originally had a long "o," but it shifted under mistaken association with God, as if "God-story" (i.e. the history of Christ).

The mistake was very natural, as the resulting sense was much more obviously appropriate than that of 'good tidings' for a word which was chiefly known as the name of a sacred book or of a portion of the liturgy. [OED]

The word passed early from English to continental Germanic languages in forms that clearly indicate the first element had shifted to "God," such as Old Saxon godspell, Old High German gotspell, Old Norse goðspiall. Used of anything as true as the Gospel from mid-13c.; as "any doctrine maintained as of exclusive importance" from 1650s. As an adjective from 1640s. Gospel music is by 1955. Gospel-gossip was Addison's word ("Spectator," 1711) for "one who is always talking of sermons, texts, etc."

1. The group perform variations on soul and gospel music.

這個樂隊演奏靈歌和福音音樂的變奏曲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He preached the Gospel to the heathen locals from this spot.

他曾在這裏向不信教的當地人宣講《福音書》。

來自柯林斯例句

3. I had to go to church, so I grew up singing gospel.

我必須去教堂做禮拜，因此我是唱著福音歌長大的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The results were not to be taken as gospel.

別以為這些結果就一定是正確的。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He wouldn't say this if it weren't the gospel truth.

要不是對此深信不疑，他不會說這樣的話。

來自柯林斯例句