john the divine

Questions about john the divine

What does john the divine mean?

john the divine means "(New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation".

What is another word for john the divine?

Close synonyms include John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john the divine a common word?

john the divine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.