Definition of prophet Prophet
/pɹɑˈfʌt/ - [prafut] - proph•et
We found 13 definitions of prophet from 8 different sources.
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What does prophet mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: prophets |
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| prophet - someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God | ||
| religious person a person who manifests devotion to a deity | ||
| prophet - an authoritative person who divines the future | ||
| prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator | ||
| diviner someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers | ||
| augur, auspex (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | ||
| prophetess a woman prophet | ||
| sibyl (ancient Rome) a woman who was regarded as an oracle or prophet | ||
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Wiktionary 
- prophet (Noun)
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration. - prophet (Noun)
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- prophet (n.)
One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller. - prophet (n.)
One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc. - prophet (n.)
An interpreter; a spokesman. - prophet (n.)
A mantis.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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prophet
A person who divines.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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prophet
prof′et, n. one who proclaims or interprets the will of God: one who announces things to come: one who predicts or foretells events: (B.) one inspired by God to warn and teach: (pl.) the writings of the prophets.—n.fem. Proph′etess.—ns. Proph′ethood, Proph′etship, quality, office of a prophet.—adjs. Prophet′ic, -al, pertaining to a prophet: containing prophecy: foreseeing or foretelling events.—adv. Prophet′ically.—n. Proph′etism.—Prophetic office, the office of a prophet.—Former prophets, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings; Latter prophets, the prophets properly so called; Major prophets, the prophets whose books come before that of Hosea; Minor prophets, the prophets from Hosea to Malachi; School of the prophets, a school among the ancient Jews for training young men as teachers of the people; The prophets, one of the three divisions into which the ancient Jews divided their Scriptures—consisting of the former and the latter prophets (see above). [Fr.,—L. prophēta—Gr. prophētēs—pro, before, in behalf of, phē-mi, phanai, to speak.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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prophet
The prophet; the Cock at Temple Bar: so called, in 1788, by the bucks of the town of the inferior order.
Wikipedia 
- Prophets are people who are talked to by the divine. They freely teach about what they heard and saw. In biblical times, God sent prophets to warn the Jews something bad will happen if they did not stop. Prophets usually live saintly lives. Prophets usually teach people how to act. There are prophets in Islam, Christianity, Mormonism, and in other religions. There are 2 kinds of prophets, Major and minor. Major prophets gave a lot of teachings while minor just re-teach things other prophets taught or they do not have many teachings.
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🔤- prophet, noun, singular of prophets.
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