Definition of Prophit
Proph"et (?), n. [F.
prophète, L. propheta, fr. Gr. &?;, literally,
one who speaks for another, especially, one who speaks for a god an
interprets his will to man, fr. &?; to say beforehand; &?; for, before
+ &?; to say or speak. See Fame. ]
1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a
predicter; a foreteller.
2. One inspired or instructed by God to speak
in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah,
etc.
3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.]
Ex. vii. 1.
4. (Zoöl.) A mantis.
School of the prophets (Anc. Jewish
Hist.), a school or college in which young men were educated
and trained for public teachers or members of the prophetic order.
These students were called sons of the prophets.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PROPHET. The prophet; the Cock at Temple Bar: so
called, in 1788, by the bucks of the town of the inferior
order.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- someone who speaks by divine inspiration
- someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer
Prophet- any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets
- Muhammad (used with The)
German
- prophet
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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