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prophet
[ prof-it ]
noun
- a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- (in the Old Testament)
- a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel:
Moses was the greatest of Old Testament prophets.
- (often initial capital letter) one of the Major or Minor Prophets.
- one of a band of ecstatic visionaries claiming divine inspiration and, according to popular belief, possessing magical powers.
- a person who practices divination.
- one of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Corinthians 12:28.
- the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
- a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader.
- a person who foretells or predicts what is to come:
a weather prophet; prophets of doom.
- a spokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement.
prophet
1/ ˈprɒfɪt /
noun
- a person who supposedly speaks by divine inspiration, esp one through whom a divinity expresses his will vatic
- a person who predicts the future
a prophet of doom
- a spokesman for a movement, doctrine, etc
- Christian Science
- a seer in spiritual matters
- the vanishing of material sense to give way to the conscious facts of spiritual truth
Prophet
2/ ˈprɒfɪt /
noun
- the principal designation of Mohammed as the founder of Islam
- a name for Joseph Smith as founder of the Mormon Church
prophet
- Someone who brings a message from God to people. The best-known prophets are those of the Old Testament . Their most frequent themes were true worship of God, upright living, and the coming of the Messiah . They often met with bitter resistance when they spoke against the idol worship and immorality of their people. Among the prophets of the Old Testament were Daniel , Elijah , Isaiah , Jeremiah , Jonah , and Moses . Prophets also appear in the New Testament . Jesus called John the Baptist a prophet; Christians (see also Christian ) consider him a bridge between the prophets of the Old Testament and those of the New Testament. Jesus mentions “true prophets” and “false prophets” — those who present the true message of God and those who present a counterfeit ( see By their fruits ye shall know them and wolves in sheep's clothing ). He himself was considered a prophet in his lifetime ( see A prophet is not without honor save in his own country ) and is still widely revered by non-Christians as a prophet, though not as the Messiah. The New Testament also mentions that some of the early Christians were prophets who spoke inspired messages to their communities.
Notes
Derived Forms
- ˈprophetess, noun:feminine
- ˈprophet-ˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- prophet·hood noun
- prophet·less adjective
- prophet·like adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prophet1
Example Sentences
If there’s a silver lining to any of this, it’s that I may be a prophet.
The arcane theological dispute concerned the precise meaning of Jesus’ suffering during crucifixion, which Pynchon wrote was not the true source of sinners’ redemption — the larger example of the prophet’s life was.
This group is described in the documentary by neighbors and former members as a “church within the church, and Jodi was the prophet.”
Trump has cast himself as a type of prophet or God.
"There will be 8.7 million new infections, 3.4 million additional Aids orphans. I don't want to sound like a prophet of doom, but I have a duty to give the facts as we see them."
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