Synonyms for prophet

Grammar : Noun

Spell : prof-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf ɪt

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Définition of prophet

Origin : late 12c., "person who speaks for God; one who foretells, inspired preacher," from Old French prophete, profete "prophet, soothsayer" (11c., Modern French prophète) and directly from Latin propheta, from Greek prophetes (Doric prophatas) "an interpreter, spokesman," especially of the gods, "inspired preacher or teacher," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + root of phanai "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).
The Greek word was used in Septuagint for Hebrew nabj "soothsayer." Early Latin writers translated Greek prophetes with Latin vates, but the Latinized form propheta predominated in post-Classical times, chiefly due to Christian writers, probably because of pagan associations of vates. In English, meaning "prophetic writer of the Old Testament" is from late 14c. Non-religious sense is from 1848; used of Muhammad from 1610s (translating Arabic al-nabiy, and sometimes also al-rasul, properly "the messenger"). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by witga.

noun person, thing that predicts future

Example sentences :

Was there no prophet, no redemption, no mediator for such as these?
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

At best they can only interpret the mind of the prophet, and can have no objective value.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I'm willing to risk my reputation as a prophet and say that the dawn will come with rain.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

But a pig is only the unclean animal—the forbidden of the prophet.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

Any fool of a prophet must hit the bull's eye at least once in a life.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Thus Boxtel, with jealous foreboding, became the prophet of his own misfortune.
Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

P'rhaps by the time I get there I shall have growed into a prophet.'
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

A prophet said of old: “Let not your hands be weak; your work shall be rewarded.”
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

Realizing there was no capital or prophet in his own country, he took passage to Spain.
Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous

Is there not, among those books, some account of the prophet Issa?
Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch

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