WordNet
n. the place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death [syn: Abraham's bosom]
Wikipedia
"Bosom of Abraham" refers to the place of comfort in the Biblical Sheol (or Hades in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew scriptures from around 200 BC, and therefore so described in the New Testament) where the righteous dead await Judgment Day.
The phrase and concept are found in both Judaism and Christian religions and religious art, but is not found in Islam.
Usage examples of "bosom of abraham".
The pope assures the sultan that they both worship the same God, and may hope to meet in the bosom of Abraham.
Vigilantius placed the souls of the prophets and martyrs, either in the bosom of Abraham, (in loco refrigerii,) or else under the altar of God.
Neither the old man nor the young uttered a cry, and Fairleigh was convinced that when their spirits departed they entered heaven to take their place in the bosom of Abraham.