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Definitions for Prophet

[1] a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
[2] (in the Old Testament) a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel: Moses was the greatest of Old Testament prophets. (often initial capital letter ) one of the Major or Minor Prophets. one of a band of ecstatic visionaries claiming divine inspiration and, according to popular belief, possessing magical powers. a person who practices divination.
[3] one of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28.
[4] the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
[5] a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader.
[6] a person who foretells or predicts what is to come: a weather prophet; prophets of doom.
[7] a spokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement.
[8] a person who supposedly speaks by divine inspiration, esp one through whom a divinity expresses his will Related adjective: vatic
[9] a person who predicts the future a prophet of doom
[10] a spokesman for a movement, doctrine, etc
[11] Christian Science a seer in spiritual matters the vanishing of material sense to give way to the conscious facts of spiritual truth
[12] the principal designation of Mohammed as the founder of Islam
[13] a name for Joseph Smith as founder of the Mormon Church

Words related to Prophet

witch, seer, prognosticator, diviner, medium, sibyl, astrologer, forecaster, reader, wizard, bard, fortuneteller, soothsayer, oracle, augur, auspex, magus, clairvoyant, sorcerer, druid

Words nearby Prophet

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Origin of Prophet

1150–1200; Middle English prophete < Late Latin prophēta < Greek prophḗtēs, equivalent to pro- pro-2 + -phētēs speaker, derivative of phánai to speak

Words that may be confused with Prophet

profit, prophet

Other words from Prophet

proph·et·hood , noun
proph·et·less , adjective
proph·et·like , adjective

Word origin for Prophet

C13: from Old French prophète, from Latin prophēta, from Greek prophētēs one who declares the divine will, from pro- ² + phanai to speak

Synonyms for Prophet

prognosticator, seer, witch, astrologer, augur, auspex, bard, clairvoyant, diviner, druid, forecaster, fortuneteller, magus, medium, meteorologist, oracle, palmist, predictor, prophesier, reader, sibyl, soothsayer, sorcerer, wizard, evocator, haruspex, horoscopist, ovate, seeress, tea-leaf reader