单词 | unknown god |
释义 | > as lemmasunknown God unknown God n. [originally and frequently after Hellenistic Greek Ἄγνωστος Θεός (New Testament: Acts 17:23)] an unfamiliar or unidentified god; (occasionally also) a god considered to be mysterious or beyond human understanding.Frequently with reference or allusion to Acts xvii. 23 (see quot. c1384). ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvii. 23 I passinge, and seynge ȝoure symulacris, foond..an auter, in which was writun, To vnknowun God [a1425 L.V. to the vnknowun God]. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. vii. sig. k3 He [sc. St Paul] called it the aulter of the god vnknowen & worshipped & adoured hym. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts xvii. 23 I founde an aultre wher in was written: vnto the vnknowen god. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 96 The Arabians sacrifice a camell to the vnknowne God. 1795 G. Dyer Diss. on Theory & Pract. Benevolence 9 Solemn worshippers..though worshipping an unknown God. 1947 E. M. Forster in Harper's Mag. July 9/2 I add the proviso ‘if all goes well’ because success lies on the knees of an unknown God. 2012 Jrnl. Mod. Lit. 35 ii. 150 Gnosticism posits a dualistic cosmology wherein the good Unknown God is separate from the cosmos. < as lemmas |
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