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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/ ˈɒɪ /
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/ ˈɒɪ /
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
- ˈDZٱ, noun:feminine
- ˈDZ-ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- DZij·Ǵǻ noun
- DZij· adjective
- DZij· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prophet1
Example Sentences
Francis — a pastor, pope, prophet, and friend who “smelled like his sheep” — taught us through example that working for a just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy.
The self-proclaimed prophet claims to have cured people of HIV, made the blind see, changed the fortunes of the impoverished and, on at least one occasion, walked on air.
Mike Davis was Los Angeles’ prophet and its passionate defender.
Two generations after his death, doubts persisted even among the most devout: “If he were a true prophet,” they wondered, “why had his message failed?”
In the most extreme examples, Trump’s followers literally see him as some type of superhuman being, a god and/or prophet who can do no wrong.
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