单词 | prophetic |
释义 | prophet /profˈit/noun
ORIGIN: Fr prophète, from L prophēta, from Gr prophētēs, from pro for, and phanai to speak prophˈethood noun prophetic /prə-fetˈik/ or prophetˈical adjective prophetˈically adverb prophetˈicism noun Prophetic quality prophˈetism noun The actions of a prophet or prophets prophˈetship noun prophet of doom noun A person who continually predicts unfortunate events, disasters, etc prophet's thumbmarks plural noun (horse-racing) Indentations in a horse's skin former prophets The Old Testament books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings latter prophets
major prophets The prophets whose books come before that of Hosea, ie Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, as opposed to the 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 Prophet Mohammed the prophets One of the three divisions into which the Jewish scriptures are divided, consisting of the former and the latter prophets (qqv above) |
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