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Definition: Prophet |
ProphetNoun1. An authoritative person who divines the future. 2. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prophet" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Prophet (Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", comp. Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, _ro'eh_, "seer", began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, _hozeh_, "seer" (2 Sam. 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer" (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a _kosem_ "diviner," a word used only of a false prophet. The "prophet" proclaimed the message given to him, as the "seer" beheld the vision of God. (See Num. 12:6, 8.) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by his authority (Ex. 7:1). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men (Jer. 1:9; Isa. 51:16), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God (2 Pet. 1:20, 21; comp. Heb. 3:7; Acts 4:25; 28:25). Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men (Deut. 18:18, 19). The whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was "to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government." Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers of God's message (Gen. 20:7; Ex. 7:1; Ps. 105:15), as also Moses (Deut. 18:15; 34:10; Hos. 12:13), are ranked among the prophets. The seventy elders of Israel (Num. 11:16-29), "when the spirit rested upon them, prophesied;" Asaph and Jeduthun "prophesied with a harp" (1 Chr. 25:3). Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses (Ex. 15:20; Judg. 4:4). The title thus has a general application to all who have messages from God to men. But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the beginning, the prophetical order as such began with Samuel. Colleges, "schools of the prophets", were instituted for the training of prophets, who were constituted, a distinct order (1 Sam. 19:18-24; 2 Kings 2:3, 15; 4:38), which continued to the close of the Old Testament. Such "schools" were established at Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho. The "sons" or "disciples" of the prophets were young men (2 Kings 5:22; 9:1, 4) who lived together at these different "schools" (4:38-41). These young men were taught not only the rudiments of secular knowledge, but they were brought up to exercise the office of prophet, "to preach pure morality and the heart-felt worship of Jehovah, and to act along and co-ordinately with the priesthood and monarchy in guiding the state aright and checking all attempts at illegality and tyranny." In New Testament times the prophetical office was continued. Our Lord is frequently spoken of as a prophet (Luke 13:33; 24:19). He was and is the great Prophet of the Church. There was also in the Church a distinct order of prophets (1 Cor. 12:28; Eph. 2:20; 3:5), who made new revelations from God. They differed from the "teacher," whose office it was to impart truths already revealed. Of the Old Testament prophets there are sixteen, whose prophecies form part of the inspired canon. These are divided into four groups: (1.) The prophets of the northern kingdom (Israel), viz., Hosea, Amos, Joel, Jonah. (2.) The prophets of Judah, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. (3.) The prophets of Captivity, viz., Ezekiel and Daniel. (4.) The prophets of the Restoration, viz., Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Prophet (The). Mahomet is so called. (570-632.) The Koran says there have been 200,000 prophets, only six of whom have brought new laws or dispensations; Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Mahomet. The Prophet. Joachim, Abbot of Fiore. (1130-1202.) Prophet of the Syrians. Ephraem Syrus (4th century). The Great Prophets. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel; so called because their writings are more extensive than the prophecies of the other twelve. The Minor or Lesser Prophets. Hose'a, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Jonah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi; so called because their writings are less extensive than those of the four Great Prophets. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | PROPHET. The prophet; the Cock at Temple Bar: so called, in 1788, by the bucks of the town of the inferior order. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A prophetic message may be intended solely for the recipient of the message, but is usually a truth to be stated to the community at large.
Readers of this article are encouraged to read the parallel article on revelation, as the term revelation itself has a number of meanings and interpretations, even within the same religion. Various forms of revelation have been proposed, including: verbal revelation; Aristotelian rationalism; non-Verbal propositional revelation; and God's will as revealed through a people's historical development of their faith. In the 20th century existentialism has inspired new ways of understanding revelation.
The definition of the word prophet varies from group to group. Some Christian denominations teach that a person who receives a personal message that is not intended for the body of believers, where such an event is credited at all, should not be termed a prophet. For them, a prophet is a person who speaks for God, in the name of God, and who carries God's message to others. The reception of a message is termed revelation; the delivery of the message is termed prophecy.
Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote one of the 20th century's classic commentaries on the prophets, entitled "The Prophets" which has received acclaim in the Jewish community, and in part of the Catholic and liberal Protestant community.
Some examples of prophets in the Tanach (Old Testament) include:
The Tanach (Hebrew Bible, which Christians refer to as the Old Testament) affirms that prophecy is not limited to Jews, and is remarkable for the many accounts of prophets it contains. The Tanach specifically mentions the prophecy of Bilam, a gentile. The accounts include details of men, women and even animals receiving prophecy in various ways. (This section needs to be greatly expanded)
Classical Jewish texts teach that the most direct forms of prophecy ended with the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 CE. However, various rabbinic Jewish works, including the midrash, state that other less direct forms of communication between man and God still exist, and have never ended.
Many Jewish works, including the Talmud and Maimonides's "Guide of the Perplexed" affirms that gentiles may receive prophecy. However, Judaism generally does not affirm that any of the specific people well known in other religions are genuine prophets. Jews have not recognized any specific gentile leader as a prophet, as most people who claim to be prophets in other religions have done so in such a way as to delegitimize or supersede Judaism itself. Judaism holds that no true prophet will create a new faith or religion as a successor to Judaism. Thus, the Christian Testament's claim that the Jewish leaders were the offspring of the devil, and that Christians are the new Israel, is rejected. Similarly, Jews reject the Quran's claims that Jews have deliberately falsified the Bible and that only Muslims know the true word of God.
The Talmud affirms that minor forms of prophecy still occur. One example of this is the 'bat kol'. (e.g. Tosefta Sota 13:3, Yerushalmi Sota 24b, and Bavli Sota 48b). The Talmud notes that each time a Jew studies the Torah or its rabbinic commentaries, God is revealed anew; there is still a link between the God and the Jewish people. Reference: Abraham Joshua Heschel's "Prophetic Inspiration After the Prophets: Maimonides and Others" (Ktav)
A Jewish tradition holds that there were 600,000 male and 600,000 female prophets. Judaism recognizes the existence of 49 prophets who bequeathed permanent messages to mankind.
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According to the Talmud there were also seven women who are counted as prophets whose message bears relevance for all generations: Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Hannah (mother of the prophet Samuel), Abigail (a wife of King David), Huldah (from the time of Jeremiah), and Esther. There were, of course, other women who functioned as prophets, and the last prophet mentioned in the Bible, Noahdiah (Nehemiah 6:14) was a woman.
Mainstream Christians, i.e. those who believe in the Trinity, believe prophecy ended with the coming of Jesus Christ, who delivered the "fullness of the law". Within this group, many Protestants believe that prophecy ended with the last of the prophets in the Hebrew portion of the Bible that Christians call the "Old Testament" included in their canon, leaving a gap of about 400 years between then and the coming of Jesus Christ. The Eastern Orthodox generally believe that John the Baptist (also known as John the Forerunner) was the last of the prophets, thus tightly linking the period of prophecy in the Old Testament with Jesus. Roman Catholics and Muslims also regard John the Baptist as a prophet.
Most (but not all) Christian faiths that reject the concept of the Trinity and a few other traditional Christian beliefs teach that prophecy continues today, and that the founder of their faith was a prophet. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest Mormon church, believes that its founder was a prophet. The leader of the church is known as the "Prophet, Seer and Revelator" in the belief that he continues to receive direct revelation from God for the guidance of the church. This began with first of the presidents, Joseph Smith, Jr The Unification Church likewise regards its founder, Sun Myung Moon as a living prophet.
Jehovah's Witnesses do not consider their founder Charles Taze Russell or any other person in their modern-day history to be a prophet. Occasionally, their literature refers to the Christian congregation collectively as God's prophet on earth; this must be understood however in the sense of declaring God's judgments from the Bible, rather than a claim to inspiration. For many years, their magazine The Watchtower included a foreword that said: "No, The Watchtower is no inspired prophet."
Given that most Christians believe Jesus to be God, those in the Greek Bible called the "New Testament" that received a message from him might be considered by some Christians to be prophets.
Islam holds that Allah (Arabic for God) sent prophets to all nations on earth, at various stages of their histories. These prophets had the task of conveying religious guidance to the people. The Quran is held by Muslims to have been written by God and transmitted via the angel Garbriel to the prophet Mohammed.
The Quran mentions the names of 25 prophets, and indicates that there have been many others sent to humanity throughout time. These 25 include Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. These individuals were mortal humans; Islam demands that a believer accept all of the prophets, making no distinction between them. It is Muhammad who is held to be the last prophet, ending a long line of messengers and also believed is the return of prophet Isa(Jesus) on the Last Day.
The Ahmadi Muslims consider Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian to be a prophet. However as he comes after the prophet Mohammed, their teachings are considered heretical and non-Islamic by most Muslims.
Bahá'í teaches that there have been other great prophets besides the seven cited by Islam. The founder of the Bahá'í faith, Bahá'u'lláh, who came after Mohammed, is one such prophet. In addition, there were other prophets who spoke to the followers of other faiths in other parts of the world. Thus the founders of great non-Western religions, such as Buddha, are also considered prophets of God. The faith teaches that religion is an unfolding process in world history, and the various prophets participated in this process in different times and cultures. This explains the differences in the world's great religions, which are ultimately one and come from God.Revelation
What is a prophet?
Prophecy in the Hebrew Bible
Jewish views of prophecy
Christian views
Islamic views
Bahai views
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Synonyms: ProphetSynonyms: oracle (n), seer (n), vaticinator (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Prophet, priest, high priest, Levite; Rabbi, Rabbin, Rebbe; scribe. |
Disappointment | Verb: be disappointed; look blank, look blue; look aghast, stand aghast; (wonder); find to one's cost; laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth; find one a false prophet. |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Prophet; (seer); evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen. |
Oracle | Phrase: a prophet is without honor in his own country; "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows". |
Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter. | |
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Screenplays | Now I'd like to introduce the Prophet of Love, Larry White. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) And lastly, a party of devout believers from the Church of the Second Coming of the Great Prophet Zarquon. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) I am the true defender of the faithful and the blood of the prophet runs in me and I am but a servant of his will. (The Wind and the Lion; writing credit: John Milius) What you've said, Clouseau, qualifies you as the greatest prophet since Custer said he was going to surround all those Indians! (A Shot in the Dark; writing credit: Marcel Achard; William Peter Blatty) 'He's a prophethe's a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. (Taxi Driver; writing credit: Paul Schrader) | |
Lyrics | Where a wild eyed misfit prophet (Carnival; performing artist: Natalie Merchant) They're all dreaming they're gonna bear the prophet, (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) 'Listen to the warning' the prophet he said (The Prophet's Song; performing artist: Queen; writing credit: Brian May) By order of the prophet (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash) | |
Clever | Your attitude is the librarian of your past, the speaker of your present, and the prophet of your future! (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Ronnie Prophet Show (1974) A Prophet in Love (1973) The Prophet (1967) Mahatma Gandhi- 20th Century Prophet (1953) The Wives of the Prophet (1926) | |
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 | Log Church of Elijah the Prophet (1732), north view, Rostovskoe, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | Ilinskii Pogost, Church of Elijah the Prophet (mid-17th century and early 19th century), south view with cemetery, Kadnikov, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |
 | Church of Elijah the Prophet (1647-50), interior, Chapel of the Deposition of the Robe, southwest corner with frescoes (1715-16), Yaroslavl', Russia. Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540. |  | A roadside prophet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A prophet was among them. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The prophet and the ass. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The sign of the prophet Jonah. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The weather prophet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Tens-Kwau-Ta-Waw, the prophet / A.H. ; drawn, printed & coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Euripides | The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. |
Georg C. Lichtenberg | With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet. |
Isaac Bashevis Singer | If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance to be a prophet. |
Thomas Carlyle | Mohammet is the prophet we are freest to speak of. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Like the prophet, he was in the belly of the monster. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | How chance the prophet could not at that time Have told me, I being by, that I should kill him? |
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Civil Liberties | Egypt | The Islamic Research Center expressed its objections in April to the script of a play entitled "Ali the Martyr" (about the death of the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed), which had been submitted by the play's producer. (references) |
Egypt | On May 21, the Center called for the banning of the publication of "The Formative Years of the Prophet Mohammed," by Khalil Abdel Karim. (references) | |
Pakistan | On January 29, the Government closed the Frontier Post, an English-language daily based in Peshawar, and arrested five members of its staff after the Frontier Post published a letter to the editor that contained derogatory characterizations of the Prophet Mohammad. (references) | |
Economic History | Morocco | The Alaouite dynasty, which has ruled Morocco since 1649, claims descent from the Prophet Muhammad. (references) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Kimbanguism, officially "the church of Christ on Earth by the prophet Simon Kimbangu," now has about 3 million members, primarily among the Bakongo of Bas-Congo and Kinshasa. (references) | |
Oman | Oman's judicial system traditionally has been based on the Shari'a--the Koranic laws and the oral teachings of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. (references) | |
Human Rights | United Arab Emirates | In June on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed, President Zayid pardoned approximately 6,000 prisoners (of which about 2,000 were women), including about 700 citizens and 5,300 expatriates, from all 7 emirates. (references) |
Minorities | Pakistan | Several incidents of sectarian violence between rival Sunni and Shi'a groups typically occur during Muharram, the time when Shi'a Muslims mourn the deaths of the Prophet Mohammed's nephew, Ali and Ali's son Hussain. (references) |
Political Economy | Saudi Arabia | Crown Prince Abdullah has played an increasing role in governance since King Fahd suffered a stroke in 1995. The Government has declared the Islamic holy book the Koran and the Sunna (tradition) of the Prophet Muhammad to be the country's Constitution. (references) |
Travel | West Bank | Other Muslim holidays are Muslim New Year, Prophet Mohammad's Birthday (Mawled), Isra 'and Mi' raj. (references) |
Oman | Local holidays for 2001 include: December 16-18 (Eid Al Fitr); February 21-23 (Eid Al Adha); March 13 (Islamic New Year); May 24 (Birth of the Prophet); October 15 (Ascension Day); and November 18-19 (National Day). (references) | |
Djibouti | The following National Holidays are on fixed dates: New Year (1st of January), Labor Day (May 1st), and Independence Holidays (June 27 & 28). The following Islamic Holidays are subject to the lunar calendar, with the dates changing each year: Eiid Al-Fitr (2 days), Eiid Al-Adha (2 days), Islamic New Year (1 day), and Ascension of the Prophet (1 day). (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ULTIMATUM, n. In diplomacy, a last demand before resorting to concessions. Having received an ultimatum from Austria, the Turkish Ministry met to consider it. "O servant of the Prophet," said the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk to the Mamoosh of the Invincible Army, "how many unconquerable soldiers have we in arms?" "Upholder of the Faith," that dignitary replied after examining his memoranda, "they are in numbers as the leaves of the forest!" "And how many impenetrable battleships strike terror to the hearts of all Christian swine?" he asked the Imaum of the Ever Victorious Navy. "Uncle of the Full Moon," was the reply, "deign to know that they are as the waves of the ocean, the sands of the desert and the stars of Heaven!" For eight hours the broad brow of the Sheik of the Imperial Chibouk was corrugated with evidences of deep thought: he was calculating the chances of war. Then, "Sons of angels," he said, "the die is cast! I shall suggest to the Ulema of the Imperial Ear that he advise inaction. In the name of Allah, the council is adjourned." |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Like a prophet of old, he told of his dream that one day America would rise up and treat all its citizens as equals before the law and in the heart. |
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| "Prophet" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Prophet" is used about 363 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.91% | 330 | 15,812 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.82% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.28% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 363 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "prophet" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Prophet | Last name | 400 | 21,976 |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "prophet". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Barnabas | N/A | Biblical | Son of the prophet |
| Chuza | N/A | Biblical | The seer or prophet |
| Colhozeh | N/A | Biblical | Every prophet |
| Barnaby | N/A | English | Son of the prophet |
| Barney | N/A | English | Son of the prophet |
| Barnabé | N/A | French | Son of the prophet |
| Barna | N/A | Hungarian | Son of the prophet |
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| USA | Prophet 21, Inc. |
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Expressions using "prophet": a prophet is without honor in his own country ♦ false prophet ♦ find one a false prophet ♦ prophet of doom ♦ the prophet ♦ weather prophet. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "prophet": leonidas-prophet, poet-prophet. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
prophet | 324 | daniel the prophet | 21 |
prophet jones | 99 | haggai prophet | 21 |
the prophet | 94 | prophet 3h | 19 |
prophet mohammed | 74 | amos the prophet | 19 |
prophet muhammad | 66 | gibran prophet | 19 |
daily prophet | 64 | curbside jason lyrics mraz prophet | 17 |
elijah the prophet | 43 | konig prophet | 17 |
prophet jeremiah | 41 | finance prophet | 17 |
12 oz prophet | 38 | prophet zechariah | 16 |
3d prophet | 37 | chuck prophet | 16 |
isaiah prophet | 33 | prophet posse | 16 |
biblical prophet | 32 | doom prophet | 15 |
prophet 21 | 31 | curbside prophet | 15 |
the prophet kahlil gibran | 29 | ezekiel the prophet | 14 |
elizabeth clare prophet | 26 | 3d prophet driver | 14 |
false prophet | 26 | moses prophet | 13 |
hall prophet todd | 25 | prophet samuel | 13 |
hercules 3d prophet | 24 | ezra prophet | 13 |
curbside lyrics prophet | 23 | dss prophet | 13 |
hercules prophet | 23 | chart prophet | 12 |
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| Language | Translations for "prophet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | profet (messiah, oracle, seer), parashikues (diviner, predictive, predictor, prescient, provident, seer, up and coming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نذير السوء, نذير الشؤم, نبي, قائد ملهم, رسول (apostle, courier, emissary, herald, messenger), شاعر ملهم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basque | iragarle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | защитник (advocate, back, conservator, defender, guard, paraclete, patron, pleader, proponent, protagonist, protection, protector, quarterback, respondent, square leg, supporter, vindicator), пророк (predictor, seer), проповедник (preacher, predicant, proponent, pulpiteer), представител (agent, deputy, distributor, factor, mouth, rep, representation, representative, secondary, spokesman, vakeel), предсказател (predictor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 先知 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prorok (seer, visionary), vìštec (diviner, fortune teller, oracle, soothsayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voorzegger, voorspeller (augur, diviner, fortune teller, soothsayer), profeet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | profeto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیغمبر (Seer), پیامبر, نبی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | profeetta, ennustaja (fortune-teller, seer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prophète. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prophet (predictor, seer), weissager (prophets, seer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μάντησ (clairvoyant, diviner, prognosticator), προφήτησ (predictor, prophetess, seer, soothsayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | איש אל"ים (man of god), רוא" (seer, spectator, visionary), ביא (seer, spokesman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | próféta (foreboder, vaticinator), látnok (augur, clairvoyant, seer, visionary), jós (augur, diviner, foreboder, forecaster, fortune teller, fortune-teller, oracle, predictor, prophetic, seer, soothsayer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | nabi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profeta (seer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 言者 , 予言者 (predictor, prognosticator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | よ'"しゃ (predictor, prognosticator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 예언자 (Predictor, Prophets). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | fadeyr (vaticinator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occitan | profèta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | profeta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ophetpray vidente (clairvoyant, dowser, seer), profeta (augur, oracle, predictor, seer, soothsayer). (various references) proroc (diviner, soothsayer), profet (augur, diviner, oracle, predictor, prophesier, seer, soothsayer). (various references) пророк (seer). (various references) f idh (a prophet). (various references) prorok (augur, diviner, oracle, seer, soothsayer). (various references) profeta (seer). (various references) profet (seer). (various references) peygamber (prophetess, seer), resul (envoy, patriarch), kâhin (augur, diviner, oracle, predictor, seer, soothsayer). (various references) pygamber. (various references) віщун (anticipator, augur, chaldean, diviner, forecaster, predictor, prophesier, soothsayer), ознака (augury, badge, bodement, character, characteristic, diagnostic, indication, note, omen, ostent, portent, prognostic, sign, testimonial, vestige), пророк (seer), проповідник (apostle, ecclesiast, homilist, preacher, predicant, sermoner, teacher). (various references) nh tiên tri (seer), người đoán trước người chủ trương. (various references) proffwyd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adnuntiator, aegyptii, aegyptiis, aegyptio, aegyptiorum, aegyptios, aegyptium, aegyptius, aruspices, divini, divino, divinorum, divinos, divinum, propheta, prophetae, prophetam, prophetarum, prophetas, prophetasque, propheten, prophetes, propheticum, prophetis, prophetissa, prophetissam, pseudoprophetes, vates. (various references) |
| Old High German | 500-1100 | wizzago. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ina plhrwqh to rhqen dia hsaiou tou profhtou legontoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ut adimpleretur quod dictum est per Esaiam prophetam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þaet wære gefylled þæt þe gecwæðen wæs þurh isaiam þanne witegan. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | That it shulde be fulfillid, that was seid by Ysaie, the profete, seiynge, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | To fulfill that whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So that the word of the prophet Isaiah might come true, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | aron matuman ang gisulti pinaagi sa profeta nga si Isaias, nga nagaingon: |
| Croatian | da se ispuni što je reèeno po proroku Izaiji: |
| Danish | for at det skulde opfyldes, som er talt ved Profeten Esajas, som siger: |
| Dutch | Opdat vervuld zou worden, hetgeen gesproken is door Jesaja, den profeet, zeggende: |
| Finnish | että kävisi toteen, mikä on puhuttu profeetta Esaiaan kautta, joka sanoo: |
| French | afin que s`accomplît ce qui avait été annoncé par Ésaïe, le prophète: |
| German | auf das erfüllet würde, was da gesagt ist durch den Propheten Jesaja, der da spricht: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena Yesus melakukan hal itu, terjadilah apa yang dikatakan oleh Nabi Yesaya: |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | supaya sampailah sabda Nabi Yesaya, demikian: |
| Korean | 이 " 지 자 이 사 야 로 하 말 " 을 이 루 하 심 이 라 일 으 되 |
| Latvian | Lai izpildîtos tas, ko pravietis Isaja sacîjis: |
| Manx Gaelic | As shoh myr va cooilleenit shen ny loayr Esaias yn phadeyr, gra |
| Maori | I rite ai ta Ihaia poropiti i korero ai, i mea ai, |
| Norwegian | forat det skulde opfylles som er talt ved profeten Esaias, som sier: |
| Portuguese | para que se cumprisse o que fora dito pelo profeta Isaías: |
| Rumanian | ca sq se kmplineascq ce fusese vestit prin proorocul Isaia, care zice: |
| Shuar | Jesus nuna Túramtai yaunchu Yúsnan etserin Isayas aarmia nu uminkiamiayi. Juna aarmiayi: |
| Spanish | para que se cumpliese lo dicho por medio del profeta Isaías, diciendo: |
| Swahili | Ndivyo lilivyotimia lile neno lililosemwa kwa njia ya nabii Isaya: |
| Swedish | för att det skulle fullbordas, som var sagt genom profeten Esaias, när han sade: |
| Uma | Yesus mo'oha' hi ree, alaa-na madupa' -mi lolita to napohowa' nabi Yesaya owi, hewa toi moni-na: |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prophet": prophetess, prophetesses, prophethood, prophethoods, prophetic, prophetical, prophetically, prophets. (additional references) | |
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"Prophet" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: drophar, Optophot, poopet, Prabhat, Prepnet, pripet, proche, profet, profett, proffet, profrt, proph, prophat, prophe, prophen, propheta, Prophetz, prophiet, Prophit, propret. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prophet" (pronounced prÄ"fut) |
| 6 | p r Ä" f u t | nonprofit, profit. |
| 3 | -f u t | buffet, forfeit, surfeit. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-o-p-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: hopper, pother, thorpe, topper. | |
-2 letters: ephor, hoper, other, repot, thorp, throe, toper, tophe, trope. | |
-3 letters: hero, hoer, hope, pepo, perp, pert, phot, poet, pope, pore, port, prep, prop, repo, repp, rope, rote, thro, tope, toph, tore, trop. | |
-4 letters: eth, hep, her, het, hoe, hop, hot, ope, opt, ore, ort, peh, pep, per, pet, pht. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-o-p-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: prophets. | |
+2 letters: prophetic. | |
+3 letters: apostrophe, epistrophe, periphyton, petroglyph, photophore, prophetess, saprophyte, sporophyte, treehopper. | |
+4 letters: apostrophes, coppersmith, epistrophes, hypertrophy, nephropathy, periphytons, petroglyphs, petrography, phosphorite, photocopier, photoperiod, photophores, photosphere, praetorship, prophethood, prophetical, protophloem, saprophytes, showstopper, spheroplast, sporophytes, topographer, treehoppers, troposphere, tryptophane, typographed, typographer. | |
+5 letters: apostrophise, apostrophize, coppersmiths, hypertrophic, hypnotherapy, nephropathic, petrographer, petrographic, phanerophyte, phosphorites, photocopiers, photographed, photographer, photoperiods, photopolymer, photospheres, photospheric, phreatophyte, picturephone, praetorships, prophetesses, prophethoods, protophloems, pteridophyte, pyromorphite, pyrophyllite, rephotograph, showstoppers, spectrograph, spheroplasts, topographers, topographies, triphosphate, tropospheres, tropospheric, tryptophanes, typographers, typographies. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Names: Derived from 15. Names: Company Usage 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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