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prophet (enc)

Prophet

Noun1.prophet - an authoritative person who divines the future
augur, auspex - (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
diviner - someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
prophetess - a woman prophet
sibyl - (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet
2.prophet - someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God
religionist, religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
Amos - a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
Daniel - (Old Testament) a youth who was taken into the court of Nebuchadnezzar and given divine protection when thrown into a den of lions (6th century BC)
Elijah - a Hebrew prophet in the Old Testament who opposed the worship of idols; he was persecuted for rebuking Ahab and Jezebel (king and queen of Israel); he was taken up to heaven in a chariot of fire (circa 9th century BC)
Ezechiel, Ezekiel - a Hebrew prophet of the 6th century BC who was exiled to Babylon in 587 BC
Habakkuk - a Hebrew minor prophet
Aggeus, Haggai - a Hebrew minor prophet
Hosea - a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
Isaiah - (Old Testament) the first of the major Hebrew prophets (8th century BC)
Jeremiah - (Old Testament) an Israelite prophet who is remembered for his angry lamentations (jeremiads) about the wickedness of his people (circa 626-587 BC)
Christ, Deliverer, Good Shepherd, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, Redeemer, Savior, Saviour, the Nazarene - a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Joel - a Hebrew minor prophet
Jonah - (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land
Malachi, Malachias - a Hebrew minor prophet of the 5th century BC
Manes - a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
Micah, Micheas - a minor Hebrew prophet (8th century BC)
Mahomet, Mahound, Mohammad, Mohammed, Muhammad - the Arab prophet who founded Islam (570-632)
Mormon - the ancient prophet whose writings were revealed to Joseph Smith who founded the Mormon Church
Moses - (Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus; Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
Nahum - a Hebrew minor prophet of the 7th century BC
Abdias, Obadiah - a Hebrew minor prophet
Samuel - (Old Testament) Hebrew prophet and judge who anointed Saul as king
Zacharias, Zechariah - a Hebrew minor prophet of the late 6th century BC
Sophonias, Zephaniah - a Hebrew minor poet of the late 7th century BC
Zarathustra, Zoroaster - Persian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism (circa 628-551 BC)

 

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