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what hath God wrought

what hath God wrought interjection: an expression of wonder and marvel at something.

Interjection

  1. (archaic) An expression of wonder and marvel at something.
    • A divine unction evidently attended his ministry, and such were the effects produced, that every beholder, with astonishment and admiration, cried "what hath God wrought!"1855, Thomas Raffles, A Burning and A Shining Light, page 151
    • "Oh, my God !" he cried. "He's invented photography." "What hath God wrought?" said the old man, trying to get up.1925, Donald Ogden Stewart, The Crazy Fool, page 224

what hath God wrought meaning in Arabic

what hath God wrought in Arabic

Expression of wonder and marvel giving glory to God
مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ mā šāʔa llāhu

Examples of what hath God wrought in a sentence

  • Surely of this work, and of this time, it shall be said, what hath God wrought!1969, Paul W. Glad, The Process of American History: Early America, page 84:
  • When Frank put the receiver to his ear, a sepulchral voice asked, "What hath God wrought?"1987, Edward Fischer, Notre Dame Remembered: An Autobiography, page 173:
  • The rich man got up, called off the suit and everybody said, “What hath God wrought?”2011, A. W. Tozer, James L. Snyder, A Disruptive Faith: Expect God to Interrupt Your Life, page 186:

Origin of what hath God wrought

Archaic form of the question “what has God made?”, from the Bible, King James Version; popularized especially by being used as the first message sent by telegraph in the United States, by Samuel Morse (May 24, 1844).

Questions about what hath God wrought

What does what hath God wrought mean?
What hath God wrought means an expression of wonder and marvel at something.
What is what hath God wrought in Arabic?
What hath God wrought in Arabic is مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ (mā šāʔa llāhu). See What hath God wrought meaning in Arabic.
How do you use what hath God wrought in a sentence?
Surely of this work, and of this time, it shall be said, what hath God wrought!
What part of speech is what hath God wrought?
What hath God wrought is an interjection.

Words near what hath God wrought in the dictionary

  1. what happens on the road stays on the road
  2. what happens on tour stays on tour
  3. what happens twice happens thrice
  4. what has been seen cannot be unseen
  5. what has someone done
  6. what hath God wrought
  7. what have you
  8. what ho
  9. what if
  10. what in tarnation
  11. what in the world

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