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 Definitions of prophecy  [ˈprɒf ə si]  

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Definition of 'prophecy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) prophecy
the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.

2.  prophecy
something that is declared by a prophet, esp. a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation.

3.  prophecy
any prediction or forecast.

4.  prophecy
the action, function, or faculty of a prophet.

Etymology:  (1175–1225; ME prophecie < OF < LL prophētīa < Gk prophēteía. See prophet , -y3)

Definition of 'prophecy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

2. (noun) prophecy, divination
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration


Definition of 'prophecy' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) prophecy
a statement predicting what will happen in the future
an ancient prophecy about the end of the world


Definition of 'prophecy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) prophecy
a declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling

2. (noun) prophecy
a book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah

3. (noun) prophecy
public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction


Definitions of 'prophecy' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  prophecy
properly not a forecasting of particular events and the succession of them, but so far as it refers to the future at all is an insight into the course of things in the time to come from insight into the course of them in days gone by or now, and that is believed to be the character of Hebrew prophecy, founded on faith in the immutability of the divine order of things.


Translation of 'prophecy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the power of foretelling the future.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorspelling Arabic flag Arabic: نُبوءَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пророкуване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: profecia Czech flag Czech: prorocký duch German flag German: die Prophezeiung
Danish flag Danish: profeti; spådom Greek flag Greek: προφητική ικανότητα Spanish flag Spanish: profecía
Estonian flag Estonian: ettenägelikkus Farsi flag Farsi: قدرت پیشگویی Finnish flag Finnish: ennustaminen
French flag French: prophétie Hebrew flag Hebrew: נְבוּאָה Hindi flag Hindi: भविष्यवाणी करने की शक्ति
Hungarian flag Hungarian: jövendölés, prófécia Indonesian flag Indonesian: kemampuan meramal Icelandic flag Icelandic: spádómur
Italian flag Italian: profezia Japanese flag Japanese: 予言能力 Korean flag Korean: 예언력
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pranašavimas Latvian flag Latvian: pareģošanas spējas Malay flag Malay: kebolehan meramal
Dutch flag Dutch: voorspellende gave Norwegian flag Norwegian: profetisk evne Polish flag Polish: zdolność przewidywania
Persian flag Persian: قدرت پیشگویی Pashto flag Pashto: قدرت،مخكي وينه Portuguese flag Portuguese: profecia
Romanian flag Romanian: profeţie Russian flag Russian: дар ясновидения Slovak flag Slovak: prorocký duch
Slovenian flag Slovenian: prerokovanje Serbian flag Serbian: proricanje Swedish flag Swedish: siargåva, spådomskonst
Thai flag Thai: การทำนาย Turkish flag Turkish: kehanet, gaipten haber ve Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 預言能力
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пророцтво Urdu flag Urdu: پيش گوئي کي طاقت Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tiên tri
Chinese flag Chinese: 预言能力

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