English-Thai Dictionary

revelation

N การ เปิดเผย  สิ่ง ที่ เปิดเผย  disclosure exposure kan-pod-poi

 

revelation

N การ เปิดเผย ของ พระเจ้า  การ แสดงให้เห็น ความจริง  light of truth kan-pod-poi-kong-pare-jao

 

revelation

N สิ่ง ประหลาด ที่ ถูก เปิดเผย  discovery manifestation siang-pra-lad-ti-tuk-poed-poi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REVELATION

n.[L. revelatus, revelo. See Reveal. ] 1. The act of disclosing or discovering to others what was before unknown to them; appropriately, the disclosure or communication of truth to men by God himself, or by his authorized agents, the prophets and apostles.
How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words. Ephesians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 12:1.
2. That which is revealed; appropriately, the sacred truths which God has communicated to man for his instruction and direction. The revelations of God are contained in the Old and New Testament.
3. The Apocalypse; the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

REVELATION

Rev `e *la "tion, n. Etym: [F. révélation, L. revelatio. See Reveal. ]

 

1. The act of revealing, disclosing, or discovering to others what was before unknown to them.

 

2. That which is revealed.

 

3. (Theol.) (a ) The act of revealing divine truth. (b ) That which is revealed by God to man; esp. , the Bible. By revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote afore in few words. Eph. iii. 3.

 

4. Specifically, the last book of the sacred canon, containing the prophecies of St. John; the Apocalypse.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

revelation

rev e la tion |ˌrevəˈlāSHən ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃən | ▶noun 1 a surprising and previously unknown fact, esp. one that is made known in a dramatic way: revelations about his personal life. • the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown: the revelation of an alleged plot to assassinate the king. • used to emphasize the surprising or remarkable quality of someone or something: seeing them play at international level was a revelation. 2 the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence or the world: an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation | a divine revelation. • ( Revelation or Revelations; in full the Revelation of St John the Divine ) the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St. John. DERIVATIVES rev e la tion al |-SHənl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English (in the theological sense ): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio (n- ), from revelare ‘lay bare ’ (see reveal 1 ). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

revelationist

rev e la tion ist |ˌrevəˈlāSHənist ˌrɛvəˈleɪʃənəst | ▶noun a believer in divine revelation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

revelation

reve |la ¦tion |rɛvəˈleɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a surprising and previously unknown fact that has been disclosed to others: revelations about his personal life. • [ mass noun ] the making known of something that was previously secret or unknown: the revelation of a plot to assassinate the king. • used to emphasize the remarkable quality of someone or something: seeing them play at international level was a revelation. 2 [ mass noun ] the divine or supernatural disclosure to humans of something relating to human existence: an attempt to reconcile Darwinian theories with biblical revelation | [ count noun ] : a divine revelation. • ( Revelation or Revelations; in full the Revelation of St John the Divine ) the last book of the New Testament, recounting a divine revelation of the future to St John. DERIVATIVES revelational adjective ORIGIN Middle English (in the theological sense ): from Old French, or from late Latin revelatio (n- ), from revelare ‘lay bare ’ (see reveal 1 ). Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.

 

revelationist

reve |la ¦tion |ist |rɛvəˈleɪʃ (ə )nɪst | ▶noun a believer in divine revelation.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

revelation

revelation noun 1 revelations about his personal life: disclosure, surprising fact, announcement, report; admission, confession. 2 the revelation of a secret: divulging, divulgence, disclosure, disclosing, letting slip, letting drop, giving away, giving out, leaking, leak, betrayal, unveiling, making known, making public, broadcasting, publicizing, dissemination, reporting, report, declaring, declaration.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

revelation

revelation noun 1 Washington has been rocked by the further revelation that the alleged killer is a respected economist: disclosure, surprising fact, divulgence, declaration, utterance, announcement, report, news, leak, avowal; acknowledgement, admission, confession. 2 the plot hinges on the revelation of a secret: divulging, divulgence, telling, disclosure, disclosing, letting slip, letting out, letting drop, giving away, giving out, leaking, leak, betrayal, unveiling, making known, making public, bringing to public notice /attention, broadcasting, airing, publicizing, publication, publishing, circulation, dissemination, passing on, proclamation, announcing, announcement, reporting, report, declaring, declaration, posting, communication, imparting, unfolding, vouchsafing; admission, confession; rare divulgation. ANTONYMS keeping. 3 new revelations of government corruption: uncovering, turning up, exposure, exposing, bringing to light, unearthing, digging up, unveiling, unmasking, smoking out, detecting, detection. ANTONYMS covering up.

 

Duden Dictionary

Revelation

Re ve la ti on Substantiv, feminin , die |Revelati o n |lateinisch Enthüllung, Offenbarung

 

French Dictionary

révélation

révélation n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de faire connaître ce qui était inconnu, secret. 2 Personne, chose révélée. : Cet auteur est la révélation de l ’année.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

revelation

rev e la tion /rèvəléɪʃ (ə )n /→reveal 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C «…についての /…という » 驚くべき新事実 [発見 ] «about /that 節 » ▸ the revelation that a woman had an affair with the President ある女性が大統領と情事を持ったという驚くべき事実 2 C ｟くだけて ｠〖a ～〗【人にとって 】すばらしい [楽しい , 役に立つ ]物 [事 ] «to » ▸ Manhattan was a revelation to me .私にとってマンハッタンはすばらしい所だった 3 U 【隠されていた事などの 】暴露 , 摘発 , すっぱ抜き «of » ▸ the revelation of confidential sources 極秘情報源の暴露 4 U 〘神学 〙(神の )啓示 , 天啓 , 黙示 ; C 聖書 , 啓示を述べているもの .5 〖the R-, ｟くだけて ｠(the ) Revelations 〗〘聖書 〙ヨハネの黙示録 〘新約聖書の最後の書; the Apocalypse, the Revelation of St. John the Divine, the Book of Revelation (of St. John )ともいう; ｟略 ｠Rev. , Rv. 〙.～al 形容詞