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Abraham's bosom   /ˈeɪbrəhˌæmz bˈʊzəm/   Listen
Abraham's bosom

noun
1.
The place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death.  Synonym: bosom of Abraham.






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"Abraham's bosom" Quotes from Famous Books



... by degrees of painful progress, to the honour of a prince, and a chain of gold. The "evil things" of Lazarus—good they might have been called—had led him to still higher honours, and had prepared him to be carried by angels into Abraham's bosom. Every individual circumstance of this nature, as it passed in review before the apostle in the text, had led irresistibly to the conclusion he so strongly expresses. Could he distrust the same arm, disbelieve the same promises; or rather saying with ...
— The Church of England Magazine - Volume 10, No. 263, January 9, 1841 • Various



Words linked to "Abraham's bosom" :   Gospel According to Luke, bosom of Abraham, heaven, Gospel of Luke, Luke



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