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1. (n.) prophet
a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
2. prophet
(in the Old Testament)
3. prophet
a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel.
4. prophet
(often cap.) one of the Major or Minor Prophets.
5. prophet
one of a class of persons in the early Christian church recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28.
6. prophet
the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
7. prophet
a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader.
8. prophet
a person who foretells the future.
9. prophet
a person who speaks for some doctrine, cause, or movement.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME prophete < LL prophēta < Gk prophētēs=pro-pro -2+-phētēs speaker, der. (with
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| Definition of 'Prophet' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator
an authoritative person who divines the future
2. (noun) prophet
someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
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1. (noun) prophet
a person sent by God to teach and lead people in a particular religion
Jesus is regarded as a prophet.
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| Definition of 'Prophet' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Prophet
one who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller
2. (noun) Prophet
one inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc
3. (noun) Prophet
an interpreter; a spokesman
4. (noun) Prophet
a mantis
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Sense: a person who (believes that he) is able to foretell the future.
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 Afrikaans: voorspeller |
 Arabic: مُتَنَبِّئ |
 Bulgarian: пророк |
 Brazilian: profeta |
 Czech: věštec, věštkyně |
 German: der/die Prophet(in) |
 Danish: spåmand; sandsiger |
 Greek: προφήτης |
 Spanish: profeta; profetisa |
 Estonian: ennustaja |
 Farsi: پیشگو |
 Finnish: profeetta |
 French: prophète, prophétesse |
 Hebrew: מָגִיד עָתִידוֹת |
 Hindi: भविष्य बताने वाला |
 Hungarian: próféta |
 Indonesian: peramal |
 Icelandic: spámaður |
 Italian: profeta, profetessa |
 Japanese: 予言者 |
 Korean: 예언자 |
 Lithuanian: pranašautojas |
 Latvian: pareģis |
 Malay: tukang ramal |
 Dutch: profeet |
 Norwegian: profet, spåmann/-kvinne |
 Polish: prorok |
 Persian: پیشگو |
 Pashto: پيامبر |
 Portuguese: profeta |
 Romanian: profet |
 Russian: предсказатель |
 Slovak: veštec, veštkyňa |
 Slovenian: jasnovidec |
 Serbian: prorok |
 Swedish: spåman, spåkvinna, siare, |
 Thai: ผู้รู้เหตุการณ์ภายหน้า |
 Turkish: kâhin |
 Taiwanese: 預言者 |
 Ukrainian: пророк |
 Urdu: نبي، غيب کي باتيں بتانے و |
 Vietnamese: nhà tiên tri |
 Chinese: 预言者 |
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