kingdom come
The place that one will go to after one's deathThe place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.: Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
» Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Dein Reich komme, dein Wille geschehe, wie im Himmel, so auf Erden.
Meaning
4 sensesThe place that one will go to after one's death; the afterlife.
(colloquial, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Death; also, a state of complete annihilation.
Jenseits
тот светtot svet
(colloquial, countable, specifically, uncountable)Heaven or paradise.
(uncountable)The rule of God over the world in the future; especially, according to those believing in millenarianism, during a period of peace beginning with the second coming of Jesus Christ and lasting a millennium.
(broadly, countable)A future period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and/or great progress; a golden age that is approaching.
- the end of time
- the next world
Examples
4 sentencesYour kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
deDein Reich komme, dein Wille geschehe, wie im Himmel, so auf Erden. — dinkel_girl
Many immigrants in the United Kingdom come from Asia.
Thy kingdom come!
Our Father who art above, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9From the phrase “Thy kingdom come” from the Lord’s Prayer which is recorded in Matthew 6:9–13 and Luke 11:2–4 in the Bible: see, for example, Matthew 6:10 in the King James Version (spelling modernized): “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth, as it is in heaven.” By these sentences, Jesus seeks the establishment of the rule of God the Father over the Earth in the future.
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Forms
plural: kingdoms come / kingdom comes| Singular | kingdom come |
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regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable