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bosom of abraham

n · noun

Simple meaning

"Rock O' My Soul", also known as "Rock My Soul", "Bosom of Abraham" or "Rocka My Soul", is a traditional African American spiritual.

Pronunciation

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buuzuhmuhvaybruhham

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈbʊzəˈmʌˈveɪbɹəhæm

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

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n

  1. "Rock O' My Soul", also known as "Rock My Soul", "Bosom of Abraham" or "Rocka My Soul", is a traditional African American spiritual.

  2. The Bosom of Abraham refers to the place of comfort in the biblical Sheol (or Hades in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew scriptures from around 200 BC, and therefore so described in the New Testament) where the righteous dead await Judgment Day.

noun

  1. The place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: "Rock O' My Soul", also known as "Rock My Soul", "Bosom of Abraham" or "Rocka My Soul", is a traditional African American spiritual.

Used this way, bosom of abraham is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technical or specialist writing contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

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