What does prophesy mean?

Definitions for prophesy
ˈprɒf əˌsaɪproph·esy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prophesy, vaticinateverb

    predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

  2. preach, prophesyverb

    deliver a sermon

    "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"

Wiktionary

  1. prophesyverb

    To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.

  2. prophesyverb

    To predict, to foretell.

  3. prophesyverb

    To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach.

  4. Etymology: Partly from prophecy, and partly from prophecier, prophesier, from prophecie.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Prophesyverb

    Miserable England,
    I prophesy the fearful’st time to thee,
    That ever wretched age hath look’d upon. William Shakespeare.

    I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good, but evil. 1 Kings.

    The Lord sent me to prophesy, against this house, all the words that ye have heard. Jer. xxvi. 12.

    Methought thy very gait did prophesy
    A royal nobleness. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

  2. To Prophesyverb

    Strange screams of death;
    And prophesying with accents terrible
    Of dire combustion. William Shakespeare.

    Receiv’d by thee, I prophesy, my rhimes,
    Mix’d with thy works, their life no bounds shall see. Thomas Tickell.

    Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man. Ezekiel.

    The elders of the Jews builded, and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai. Esra vi. 14.

Wikipedia

  1. prophesy

    In religion, a prophecy is a message that has been communicated to a person (typically called a prophet) by a supernatural entity. Prophecies are a feature of many cultures and belief systems and usually contain divine will or law, or preternatural knowledge, for example of future events. They can be revealed to the prophet in various ways depending on the religion and the story, such as visions, divination, or direct interaction with divine beings in physical form. Stories of prophetic deeds sometimes receive considerable attention and some have been known to survive for centuries through oral tradition or as religious texts.

ChatGPT

  1. prophesy

    Prophesy refers to the act of predicting or foretelling future events or developments, often perceived as being revealed through divine or supernatural means. It may also refer to delivering such revelations or messages, especially in a religious or spiritual context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Prophesyverb

    to foretell; to predict; to prognosticate

  2. Prophesyverb

    to foreshow; to herald; to prefigure

  3. Prophesyverb

    to utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come

  4. Prophesyverb

    to give instruction in religious matters; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to preach; to exhort; to expound

  5. Etymology: [See Prophecy.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Prophesy

    prof′e-sī, v.t. to foretell: to predict.—v.i. (B.) to exhort: to expound religious subjects.—pa.t. and pa.p. proph′esīed.ns. Proph′esīer; Proph′esying. [s has been arbitrarily substituted for c, to distinguish the verb from the noun.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prophesy in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prophesy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of prophesy in a Sentence

  1. Cecilia Frosinini:

    This story about what Clarke did is a very moving one, It was like a prophesy of what we are trying to do now. We too are trying to preserve works of art for future generations.

  2. George Macaulay Trevelyan:

    History repeats itself and history never repeats itself are about equally trueWe never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.

  3. Michael Adams:

    It's beginning to potentially pose a threat to us running a good election in November, and then these people that are behind all this will say,' You can't trust these government officials. They can't run the election.' It's a self-fulfilling prophesy they are trying to bring about.

  4. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    I did say. Reggae is rastafarian, prophesy, and message giving. It aims to unite people in a loving way, so we can stop all this hatred, racism, and killings. I think the music industry is trying to take that spirit out of it and really secularize it- but that will never happen! it is the word of god speaking to his people.

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