Prophet Definition

prŏfĭt
prophets
noun
prophets
A person who speaks for God or a god, or as though under divine or paranormal guidance.
Webster's New World
A religious teacher or leader regarded as, or claiming to be, divinely inspired.
Webster's New World
A person gifted with profound moral insight and exceptional powers of expression.
American Heritage
A spokesman for some cause, group, movement, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who predicts future events in any way.
Webster's New World
pronoun

Muhammad (used with The)

Wiktionary

Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.

Wiktionary
Wiktionary
idiom
the Prophet
  • among Muslims, Muhammad
  • among Mormons, Joseph Smith
Webster's New World
the Prophets
  • one of the three major divisions of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, following the Pentateuch and preceding the Hagiographa
  • the authors or subjects of the prophetic books in this division, including Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Prophet

Noun

Singular:
prophet
Plural:
prophets

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Prophet

  • the Prophet
  • the Prophets

Origin of Prophet

  • Middle English prophete from Old French from Latin prophēta from Greek prophētēs pro- forth pro–2 -phētēs speaker (from phanai to speak bhā-2 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old English propheta, from Latin propheta (later reinforced in English by Anglo-Norman prophete), from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophÄ“tÄ“s, “one who speaks for a god"), from πρό (pro, “before") + φημί (phÄ“mi, “I tell").

    From Wiktionary

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