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revelation

revelation

90 6.5
New truth told to people by God or a spirit
  • noun
  • /ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən/
  • Literature
translation icon : revelación
  • But the Lord says that the revelation is both for the present and for the future.
  • divine revelation
  • God's revelation
  • reason and revelation

So Islam beyond the actual revelation doesn't have any miracles.

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Examples

  • You have what wisdom traditions have called revelation, revealed truth.

  • I just had a revelation, a vision.

  • It's the the revelation of how God thinks everything should be.

  • I mean, it's basically because that revelation is extremely central to Christian belief and teaching.

  • OK, So what we have instead is a progressive revelation of the mystery of God.

  • However, it should be noted that divine revelation has also been given to the Jews.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The center of the Christian view of revelation is the completion and salvation of the human person.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Finally, he responds to this revelation of God's love by reaching out in return:

    Academic text (1990)
  • Once in a great while, I experience that moment of revelation for which all true believers wait and pray.

  • Many people experienced a profound sense of revelation after the spiritual seminar, as they learned about deeper truths.

Synonyms

disclosure
vsrevelation
176 4.1

Making secret or new information known to others

is specifically the divine making of truth known, not just any information
divine revelation
vsrevelation
2 8.6

Knowledge given to people by a god or supernatural power

is the general act of making truth known by a divine source
epiphany
vsrevelation
  • Literature
1 9.1

A sudden appearance of a god or holy being to people

is the act of divine truth being communicated rather than a visible appearance
revealment
vsrevelation
  • Specialized
9.9

A message people believe comes from a god or higher power

is the broader action of divine truth being revealed to humans
rhema
vsrevelation
  • Jargon
9.9

A personal message people believe they receive from God

is the general act of divine truth becoming known to people
rheme
vsrevelation
  • Jargon
9.9

A message someone believes God gives them during prayer

is broader covering divine disclosure not only spoken messages

Antonyms

33 7.4

A time when a person or thing is unknown and not noticed

Compounds

Book of Revelation
  • Literature
11 8.0

Last part of the New Testament that shows symbolic visions about the end of the world

Knowledge given to people by a god or supernatural power

A book in the Bible that describes visions about the end of the world

How Revelatory

revelation
  • Literature
90 6.5
vision
185 8.4
epiphany
52 6.6
insight
493 4.9

Surface Forms

revelation singular
revelations plural

Morphology

revelation = reveal (semi-transparent) = reveal + ation

Built from the verb 'reveal' + '-ation'; the religious or supernatural sense is a specialized extension not fully predictable from the base for all learners.

Etymology

Revelation comes from the Latin parts re- and velare, where velare means 'to cover' and is related to the English word veil. A religious revelation is like lifting that veil so a hidden truth from God becomes known.