Meaning of "rapture" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RAPTURE

From Medieval Latin raptūra, from Latin raptusrapt1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF RAPTURE

rapture  [ˈræptʃə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAPTURE

Rapture is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rapture in English.

WHAT DOES RAPTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rapture

Rapture is a term in Christian eschatology which refers to the "being caught up" discussed in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, when the "dead in Christ" and "we who are alive and remain" will be "caught up in the clouds" to meet "the Lord in the air". The term "Rapture" is used in at least two senses. In the pre-tribulation view, a group of people will be left behind on earth after another group literally leaves "to meet the Lord in the air." This is now the most common use of the term, especially among fundamentalist Christians and in the United States. The other, older use of the term "Rapture" is simply as a synonym for the final resurrection generally, without a belief that a group of people is left behind on earth for an extended Tribulation period after the events of 1 Thessalonians 4:17. This distinction is important as some types of Christianity never refer to "the Rapture" in religious education, but might use the older and more general sense of the word "rapture" in referring to what happens during the final resurrection.

Definition of rapture in the English dictionary

The first definition of rapture in the dictionary is the state of mind resulting from feelings of high emotion; joyous ecstasy. Other definition of rapture is an expression of ecstatic joy. Rapture is also the act of transporting a person from one sphere of existence to another, esp from earth to heaven.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RAPTURE

PRESENT

Present

I rapture

you rapture

he/she/it raptures

we rapture

you rapture

they rapture

Present continuous

I am rapturing

you are rapturing

he/she/it is rapturing

we are rapturing

you are rapturing

they are rapturing

Present perfect

I have raptured

you have raptured

he/she/it has raptured

we have raptured

you have raptured

they have raptured

Present perfect continuous

I have been rapturing

you have been rapturing

he/she/it has been rapturing

we have been rapturing

you have been rapturing

they have been rapturing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I raptured

you raptured

he/she/it raptured

we raptured

you raptured

they raptured

Past continuous

I was rapturing

you were rapturing

he/she/it was rapturing

we were rapturing

you were rapturing

they were rapturing

Past perfect

I had raptured

you had raptured

he/she/it had raptured

we had raptured

you had raptured

they had raptured

Past perfect continuous

I had been rapturing

you had been rapturing

he/she/it had been rapturing

we had been rapturing

you had been rapturing

they had been rapturing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rapture

you will rapture

he/she/it will rapture

we will rapture

you will rapture

they will rapture

Future continuous

I will be rapturing

you will be rapturing

he/she/it will be rapturing

we will be rapturing

you will be rapturing

they will be rapturing

Future perfect

I will have raptured

you will have raptured

he/she/it will have raptured

we will have raptured

you will have raptured

they will have raptured

Future perfect continuous

I will have been rapturing

you will have been rapturing

he/she/it will have been rapturing

we will have been rapturing

you will have been rapturing

they will have been rapturing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rapture

you would rapture

he/she/it would rapture

we would rapture

you would rapture

they would rapture

Conditional continuous

I would be rapturing

you would be rapturing

he/she/it would be rapturing

we would be rapturing

you would be rapturing

they would be rapturing

Conditional perfect

I would have rapture

you would have rapture

he/she/it would have rapture

we would have rapture

you would have rapture

they would have rapture

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been rapturing

you would have been rapturing

he/she/it would have been rapturing

we would have been rapturing

you would have been rapturing

they would have been rapturing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rapture
we let´s rapture
you rapture

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rapture

Past participle

raptured

Present Participle

rapturing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RAPTURE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rapture» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rapture

beatitude · bliss · delectation · delight · ecstasy · enthusiasm · euphoria · exaltation · felicity · happiness · joy · ravishment · rhapsody · seventh heaven · spell · transport

TRANSLATION OF RAPTURE

Find out the translation of rapture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rapture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rapture» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 狂喜
• Translator English - Spanish: éxtasis
• English: rapture
• Translator English - Hindi: उत्साह
• Translator English - Arabic: نشوة الطرب
• Translator English - Russian: восхищение
• Translator English - Portuguese: êxtase
• Translator English - Bengali: পরমানন্দ
• Translator English - French: extase
• Translator English - Malay: Keghairahan
• Translator English - German: Entzücken
• Translator English - Japanese: 狂喜
• Translator English - Korean: 황홀감
• Translator English - Javanese: Pengangkatan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: sự hân hoan
• Translator English - Tamil: பேரானந்தம்
• Translator English - Marathi: आनंदी
• Translator English - Turkish: kendinden geçme
• Translator English - Italian: estasi
• Translator English - Polish: Rapture
• Translator English - Ukrainian: замилування
• Translator English - Romanian: extaz
• Translator English - Greek: αρπαγή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: wegraping
• Translator English - Swedish: rapture
• Translator English - Norwegian: rusen

10 QUOTES WITH «RAPTURE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rapture.

1

Clive Bell

Art and Religion are, then, two roads by which men escape from circumstance to ecstasy. Between aesthetic and religious rapture there is a family alliance. Art and Religion are means to similar states of mind.

2

Lord Byron

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

3

Joseph Campbell

We're so engaged in doing things to achieve purposes of outer value that we forget the inner value, the rapture that is associated with being alive, is what it is all about.

4

Jerry B. Jenkins

When I was a junior camp counselor and it was my job to tell the campers a bedtime story or devotional, I would tell them a rapture story.

5

Jerry B. Jenkins

In the prequel we're going to tell about the characters before Left Behind, and the book would end with the rapture instead of start with the rapture like the first one did.

6

Helen Keller

Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.

7

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The rapture of pursuing is the prize the vanquished gain.

8

Charles Edward Montague

A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie.

9

Karl Philipp Moritz

Whilst in Prussia poets only speak of the love of country as one of the dearest of all human affections, here there is no man who does not feel, and describe with rapture, how much he loves his country.

10

Martin Seligman

The belief that we can rely on shortcuts to happiness, joy, rapture, comfort, and ecstasy, rather than be entitled to these feelings by the exercise of personal strengths and virtues, leads to legions of people who, in the middle of great wealth, are starving spiritually.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAPTURE»

Discover the use of rapture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rapture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Rapture

But as Dark Forces gather, great sacrifices will have to be made in this final, epic struggle . . . In the fight for Luce, and for Love, who will win? The astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series. Heaven can't wait any longer

Lauren Kate, 2013

Gabriel's Rapture

National bestselling author Sylvain Reynard continues the story of Gabriel and Julia, two lovers bound together by their darkest desires.

Sylvain Reynard, 2012

The Rapture: In the Twinkling of an Eye : Countdown to the ...

"The Rapture" is the third book in the Countdown to the Rapture. The first fourteen books in the Left Behind series, with sales of more than 42,000,000, comprise the fastest-selling adult fiction series ever.

Tim F. LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, 2006

Rapture

Read this book if you are in love, out of love or waiting for it to come along’ Daisy Goodwin, Mail on Sunday ‘Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time, and Rapture is essential reading for the broken-hearted ...

Carol Ann Duffy, 2012

Rapture of Canaan

At the Church of Fire and Brimstone and Gods Almighty Baptizing Wind, Grandpa Herman makes the rules for everyone, and everyone obeys, or else.

Sheri Reynolds, 1997

Rapture in Death

They died with smiles on their faces.

J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts, 1996

Rapture: The End-Times Error That Leaves the Bible Behind

And they think that the Bible clearly teaches this. After studying Scripture for decades, author David Currie has come to see that if you accept the Bible, you have to reject the rapture.

David B. Currie, 2003

The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, ...

Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century.

Cory Doctorow, Charles Stross, 2012

BioShock: Rapture

He created Rapture---the shining city below the sea. But as we all know, this utopia suffered a great tragedy. This is the story of how it all came to be . . .and how it all ended.

John Shirley, 2011

Fallen

The book is a story about fallen angels and forbidden love.

Lauren Kate, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAPTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rapture is used in the context of the following news items.

Explore 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' on August 11th

Not only do we get the incredibly snazzy-looking Volume from Mike Bithell on the 18th, Everybody's Gone to Rapture exclusively hits PlayStation 4 the week ... «Engadget, Jun 15»

The mystery of 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' lifts a little more

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture is a new game from The Chinese Room, the studio behind beautiful exploration experience Dear Esther and horror game ... «Engadget, Apr 15»

'Instagram Rapture' Claims Millions Of Celebrity Instagram Followers

'Instagram Rapture' Claims Millions Of Celebrity Instagram Followers. Taylor Lorenz. Dec. 18, 2014, 5:03 PM; 42,727; 1 · facebook · linkedin · twitter; email; print. «Business Insider, Dec 14»

Left Behind: Rupture in the Rapture!

"Left Behind" may be the most boring post-apocalyptic movie ever made. Only the irritatingly preachy messages delivered by wooden characters threaten to ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»

The littlest Rapture: we played 'BioShock' on an iPhone

BioShock is an absolutely classic video game, and anyone who likes action games should play it at some point in their life. Its "underwater Ayn Rand" premise is ... «The Verge, Aug 14»

Return to Rapture: The original BioShock is coming to iOS this summer

No gods or kings, only man and his iPad. 2K announced ton Monday that it's porting the original BioShock to iOS devices, with a release " later this summer. «TechHive, Aug 14»

The Leftovers Isn't About To Explain The Rapture—Or Anything Else

There is a lot to like about The Leftovers, HBO's new show set after a Rapture-like event. It's an intriguing exploration of a world experiencing a collective ... «io9, Jun 14»

Damon Lindelof And Tom Perrotta Explore Rapture, Mad Dogs, And …

Perrotta became fascinated with the idea of mass "Disappearance" while researching the Christian concept of The Rapture for his novel The Abstinence Teacher ... «Co.Create, Jun 14»

HBO's 'Leftovers' Trailer Shows the Downside of the Rapture (Video)

HBO has released a new trailer for its upcoming drama series “The Leftovers,” about an event that may or may not be the Rapture. Also read: 'Game of Thrones' ... «TheWrap, Jun 14»

HBO brings the rapture with full length The Leftovers trailer

Based on a biblical prophecy known as 'The Rapture', this event is the inciting event for the show. The story is told through a small group of people who have all ... «moviepilot.com, Apr 14»