英语词汇“Gath”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Gath

/ɡaθ/

noun

tell it not in Gath and variants: a proverbial phrase used to discourage the mention of something shameful or discreditable. Earlier also in more general allusive use.

With allusion to the Bible (2 Samuel 1:20): ‘Tell it not in Gath: publish it not in the streetes of Askelon’ (King James)..

Origin

Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. From Gath (Hebrew Gaṯ; goes to post-classical Latin Geth (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek Γεθ (Septuagint)), the name of a city in ancient Philistia.

单词	Gath
释义	Gath /ɡaθ/ noun tell it not in Gath and variants: a proverbial phrase used to discourage the mention of something shameful or discreditable. Earlier also in more general allusive use. With allusion to the Bible (2 Samuel 1:20): ‘Tell it not in Gath: publish it not in the streetes of Askelon’ (King James).. Origin Mid 16th century; earliest use found in John Bale (1495–1563), bishop of Ossory, evangelical polemicist, and historian. From Gath (Hebrew Gaṯ; goes to post-classical Latin Geth (Vulgate), Hellenistic Greek Γεθ (Septuagint)), the name of a city in ancient Philistia.
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