word of God

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word of God¹

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  1. A message from God, or a manifestation of his will. And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, "Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, 'Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in.'"
  2. The Scriptures, especially when interpreted as the work of God rather than man. Just as it would be utterly vain to lay natural reasons of comfort to him who hath no wit, so would it undoubtedly be frustrate to lay spiritual causes of comfort to him who hath no faith. For unless a man first believe that holy scripture is the word of God, and that the word of God is true, how ca

Word of God²

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From Middle English worde of god, wurde of god, variant of Middle English godes word, Godes word (“Word of God”, literally “God's word”), from Old English Godes word (“Word of God”). Compare West Frisian Wurd fan God, Dutch Woord van God.

proper noun the Word of God · God's word

  1. A sacred teaching, writing or book viewed as being the work of God. Smith argues that the Koran is the Word of God for Muslims.
  2. The Logos, or God the Son. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
  3. slang The creator(s) of a media franchise and/or their extradiegetic revelations about plot, characters, etc. To me, citing the letter is a bit like the whole Dumbledore is gay thing. Sure, we have the Word of God [1] that he is but I prefer my evidence to come from the text.

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noun the Scriptures

Tiếng ViệtLời Chúa

name sacred teaching, writing or book viewed as the work of God

DeutschWort Gottes
RomânăCuvântul lui Dumnezeu
العربيةكَلَام اللّٰهِ kalām allāhi

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@misc{word_of_god_2026,
  title = {word of God},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/word%20of%20god},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}