in Abraham's bosom

In heaven (deceased). After a long, terrible fight with cancer, my mother is finally at peace in Abraham's bosom.

in Abraham's bosom

in heaven, the place of rest for the souls of the blessed. dated

The phrase is taken from Luke 16:22: ‘And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom’. In the Bible, Abraham was the Hebrew patriarch from whom all Jews traced their descent.

See also: bosom

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

rackage
on one's
on someone's
(Have you) been OK?
(something) blows
out of one's
(I've) got to go
in the bosom of (someone or something)
in the bosom of something
save someone's skin

References in classic literature

I would as soon have thought of being cheerful in Abraham's bosom as in the palace of an Emperor.

The Innocents Abroad

Paul Green's In Abraham's Bosom, which will receive a Pulitzer for its stark depiction of Southern racism, opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in NYC.

December Almanac

(9) In the parable, to be in Abraham's bosom means that a soul resides in the favorable part of the Greek Hades or the Hebrew Sheol and enjoys "close fellowship with the patriarch" (Creed 212).

Dives and Lazarus in The Henriad

Here the great and the good (but particularly the dead) of the Victorian town rest in peace in Abraham's bosom. Why two cemeteries?

Tourists do the graveyard shift; ARCHIVE

The rich man and Lazarus are both in infernus, but in different parts of it.(13) The rich man experiences torment, prefiguring the ultimate torment which will follow the Judgement,(14) while Lazarus waits in Abraham's bosom, a place of refreshment,(15) the closest thing to paradise.

A note on Jerome's homily on the rich man and Lazarus

His best-known play, In Abraham's Bosom, concerns a man's attempt to establish a school for his fellow blacks; it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1927.

Green, Paul (Eliot)

One of his earliest dramas, In Abraham's Bosom, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1927, and he went on to write scores of other compositions, among them an adaptation of Richard Wright's novel Native Son for the Broadway stage.

A Southern Life: Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981

He taught philosophy and dramatic arts at the University of North Carolina and became known for plays set for the most part in North Carolina: The Lord's Will and Other Plays (1925); Lonesome Road: Six Plays for Negro Theater (1926); The Field God and <IR> IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM </IR> , both of which appeared on Broadway in 1927, the latter winning the Pulitzer Prize; <IR> THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY AND OTHER PLAYS </IR> (1931); Roll Sweet Chariot (Potter's Field, 1934); <IR> NATIVE SON </IR> (with <IR> RICHARD WRIGHT </IR> , 1941); and Peer Gynt (an American version, 1951).

Green, Paul E(liot) (1894-1981)

词组	in Abraham's bosom
释义	in Abraham's bosom in Abraham's bosom In heaven (deceased). After a long, terrible fight with cancer, my mother is finally at peace in Abraham's bosom. See also: bosom Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in Abraham's bosom in heaven, the place of rest for the souls of the blessed. dated The phrase is taken from Luke 16:22: ‘And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom’. In the Bible, Abraham was the Hebrew patriarch from whom all Jews traced their descent. See also: bosom Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: rackage on one's on someone's (Have you) been OK? (something) blows out of one's (I've) got to go in the bosom of (someone or something) in the bosom of something save someone's skin References in classic literature I would as soon have thought of being cheerful in Abraham's bosom as in the palace of an Emperor. The Innocents Abroad Paul Green's In Abraham's Bosom, which will receive a Pulitzer for its stark depiction of Southern racism, opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in NYC. December Almanac (9) In the parable, to be in Abraham's bosom means that a soul resides in the favorable part of the Greek Hades or the Hebrew Sheol and enjoys "close fellowship with the patriarch" (Creed 212). Dives and Lazarus in The Henriad Here the great and the good (but particularly the dead) of the Victorian town rest in peace in Abraham's bosom. Why two cemeteries? Tourists do the graveyard shift; ARCHIVE The rich man and Lazarus are both in infernus, but in different parts of it.(13) The rich man experiences torment, prefiguring the ultimate torment which will follow the Judgement,(14) while Lazarus waits in Abraham's bosom, a place of refreshment,(15) the closest thing to paradise. A note on Jerome's homily on the rich man and Lazarus His best-known play, In Abraham's Bosom, concerns a man's attempt to establish a school for his fellow blacks; it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1927. Green, Paul (Eliot) One of his earliest dramas, In Abraham's Bosom, won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1927, and he went on to write scores of other compositions, among them an adaptation of Richard Wright's novel Native Son for the Broadway stage. A Southern Life: Letters of Paul Green, 1916-1981 He taught philosophy and dramatic arts at the University of North Carolina and became known for plays set for the most part in North Carolina: The Lord's Will and Other Plays (1925); Lonesome Road: Six Plays for Negro Theater (1926); The Field God and <IR> IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM </IR> , both of which appeared on Broadway in 1927, the latter winning the Pulitzer Prize; <IR> THE HOUSE OF CONNELLY AND OTHER PLAYS </IR> (1931); Roll Sweet Chariot (Potter's Field, 1934); <IR> NATIVE SON </IR> (with <IR> RICHARD WRIGHT </IR> , 1941); and Peer Gynt (an American version, 1951). Green, Paul E(liot) (1894-1981)
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