Prophet

['prɒfɪt] or ['prɑfɪt]

Definition

(noun.) an authoritative person who divines the future.

(noun.) someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God.

Typed by Brian--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

(n.) One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.

(n.) An interpreter; a spokesman.

(n.) A mantis.

Editor: Luke

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Predicter, foreteller, seer, soothsayer, vaticinator.

Inputed by Franklin

Definition

n. one who proclaims or interprets the will of God: one who announces things to come: one who predicts or foretells events: (B.) one inspired by God to warn and teach: (pl.) the writings of the prophets.—n.fem. Proph′etess.—ns. Proph′ethood Proph′etship quality office of a prophet.—adjs. Prophet′ic -al pertaining to a prophet: containing prophecy: foreseeing or foretelling events.—adv. Prophet′ically.—n. Proph′etism.—Prophetic office the office of a prophet.—Former prophets Joshua Judges Samuel and Kings; Latter prophets the prophets properly so called; Major prophets the prophets whose books come before that of Hosea; Minor prophets the prophets from Hosea to Malachi; School of the prophets a school among the ancient Jews for training young men as teachers of the people; The prophets one of the three divisions into which the ancient Jews divided their Scriptures—consisting of the former and the latter prophets (see above).

Typist: Rodger

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Checker: Paulette

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