English-Thai Dictionary

prophet

N ผู้รู้ เหตุการณ์ ภายหน้า  ผู้ทำนาย  seer sorcerer forecaster phu-ru-hed-kan-pai-na

 

prophet

N ศาสดา  ผู้ เผยแพร่  sad-sa-da

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROPHET

n.[L. propheta.] 1. One that foretells future events; a predicter; a foreteller.
2. In Scripture, a person illuminated, inspired or instructed by God to announce future events; as Moses, Elijah, David, Isaiah, etc.
3. An interpreter; one that explains or communicates sentiments. Exodus 7:1.
4. One who pretends to foretell; an imposter; as a false prophet. Acts 13:6.
School of the prophets, among the Israelites, a school or college in which young men were educated and qualified for public teachers. These students were called sons of the prophets.

 

PROPHETESS

n.A female prophet; a woman who foretells future events, as Miriam, Huldah, Anna, etc. Exodus 15:2 ; Judges 4:4; Luke 2:36.

 

PROPHETIC, PROPHETICAL

a.Containing prophecy; foretelling future events; as prophetic writings. 1. Unfolding future events; as prophetic dreams.
It has of before the thing foretold.
And fears are oft prophetic of th' event.

 

PROPHETICALLY

adv. By way of prediction; in the manner of prophecy.

 

PROPHETIZE

v.i.To give prediction. [Not used ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROPHET

Proph "et, n. Etym: [F. prophète, L. propheta, fr. Gr. Fame. ]

 

1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.

 

2. One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.

 

3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.] Ex. vii. 1.

 

4. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A mantis. School of the prophets (Anc. Jewish Hist. ), a school or college in which young men were educated and trained for public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These students were called sons of the prophets.

 

PROPHETESS

Proph "et *ess, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prophétesse, L. prophetissa.]

 

Defn: A female prophet.

 

PROPHETIC; PROPHETICAL

Pro *phet "ic, Pro *phet "ic *al, a. Etym: [L. propheticus, Gr. prophétique. ]

 

Defn: Containing, or pertaining to, prophecy; foretelling events; as, prophetic writings; prophetic dreams; -- used with of before the thing foretold. And fears are oft prophetic of the event. Dryden.

 

PROPHETICALITY

PROPHETICALITY Pro *phet `ic *al "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: Propheticalness.

 

PROPHETICALLY

PROPHETICALLY Pro *phet "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a prophetical manner; by way of prediction.

 

PROPHETICALNESS

PROPHETICALNESS Pro *phet "ic *al *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being prophetical; power or capacity to foretell.

 

PROPHETIZE

Proph "et *ize, v. i. Etym: [L. prophetizare, Gr. prophétiser. Cf. Prophesy. ]

 

Defn: To give predictions; to foreshow events; to prophesy. [R.] "Prophetizing dreams." Daniel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prophet

proph et |ˈpräfit ˈprɑfət | ▶noun 1 a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God: the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah. • ( the Prophet ) (among Muslims ) Muhammad. • ( the Prophet ) (among Mormons ) Joseph Smith or one of his successors. • a person who advocates or speaks in a visionary way about a new belief, cause, or theory: a prophet of radical individualism. • a person who makes or claims to be able to make predictions: the anti-technology prophets of doom . 2 ( the Prophets ) (in Christian use ) the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets. • (in Jewish use ) one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible, distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa, and comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve minor prophets. PHRASES a prophet is not without honor, but (or save ) in his own country proverb a person's gifts and talents are rarely appreciated by those close to him. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 13:57. ]DERIVATIVES proph et hood |-ˌho͝od |noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French prophete, via Latin from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman, ’ from pro ‘before ’ + phētēs ‘speaker ’ (from phēnai ‘speak ’).

 

prophetess

proph et ess |ˈpräfətəs ˈprɑfədəs | ▶noun a female prophet.

 

prophetic

pro phet ic |prəˈfetik prəˈfɛdɪk | ▶adjective 1 accurately describing or predicting what will happen in the future: his warnings proved prophetic. 2 of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: the prophetic books of the Old Testament. DERIVATIVES pro phet i cal adjective, pro phet i cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting ’ (see prophet ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

prophet

prophet |ˈprɒfɪt | ▶noun 1 a person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God: the Old Testament prophet, Jeremiah. • ( the Prophet ) (among Muslims ) Muhammad. • a person who advocates or speaks in a visionary way about a new cause or theory: he is repeatedly hailed as a prophet of modernism. • a person who predicts what will happen in the future: the prime minister ignored the prophets of doom . 2 ( the Prophets ) (in Christian use ) the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, and the twelve minor prophets. • (in Jewish use ) one of the three canonical divisions of the Hebrew Bible, distinguished from the Law and the Hagiographa, and comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and the twelve minor prophets. PHRASES a prophet is not without honour save in his own country proverb a person's gifts and talents are rarely appreciated by those close to them. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 13:57. ]DERIVATIVES prophethood noun, prophetism noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French prophete, via Latin from Greek prophētēs ‘spokesman ’, from pro ‘before ’ + phētēs ‘speaker ’ (from phēnai ‘speak ’).

 

prophetess

proph ¦et |ess |ˌprɒfɪˈtɛs | ▶noun a female prophet.

 

prophetic

prophetic |prəˈfɛtɪk | ▶adjective 1 accurately predicting what will happen in the future: his warnings proved prophetic. 2 relating to or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: the prophetic books of the Old Testament. DERIVATIVES prophetical adjective, prophetically adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French prophétique or late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophētikos ‘predicting ’ (see prophet ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prophet, prophetess

prophet, prophetess noun the queen was disturbed by the prophet's interpretation of her dreams: seer, soothsayer, fortune teller, clairvoyant, diviner; oracle, augur, sibyl. PHRASES prophet of doom if you want to listen to these prophets of doom, you may as well cash it in today: pessimist, doom-monger, doomsayer, doomster, Cassandra, Jeremiah; informal Chicken Little.

 

prophetic

prophetic adjective his words proved prophetic —within a week he was dead: prescient, predictive, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, sibylline, apocalyptic; rare vatic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prophet, prophetess

prophet, prophetess noun seer, soothsayer, forecaster of the future, fortune teller, clairvoyant, prognosticator, prophesier, diviner; oracle, augur, sibyl; Scottish spaewife, spaeman; rare haruspex, vaticinator, oracler. PHRASES prophet of doom pessimist, doom-monger, doom merchant, Cassandra, Jeremiah, doomster, doomsayer; informal doom and gloom merchant.

 

prophetic

prophetic adjective his words proved prophetic —in less than a week he was dead: prescient, predictive, prophetical, far-seeing, prognostic, divinatory, oracular, sibylline, apocalyptic, fateful, revelatory, inspired; rare vatic, mantic, vaticinal, vaticinatory, prognosticative, augural, adumbrative, fatidic, fatidical.

 

Duden Dictionary

Prophet

Pro phet Substantiv, maskulin , der Prophetin |Proph e t |der Prophet; Genitiv: des Propheten, Plural: die Propheten mittelhochdeutsch prophēt (e ), lateinisch propheta < griechisch prophḗtēs, zu: prophánai = vorhersagen, verkünden 1 jemand, der sich von seinem Gott berufen fühlt, als Mahner und Weissager die göttliche Wahrheit zu verkünden und der als religiöse Autorität anerkannt wird der Prophet Amos | der Prophet [Allahs ] (islamische Bezeichnung für Mohammed ) | das Buch des Propheten Jeremia | Gott berief ihn zum Propheten | figurativ die Propheten einer Drogenkultur | figurativ ich bin doch kein Prophet ! (umgangssprachlich ; das weiß ich natürlich auch nicht! ) | figurativ man braucht kein Prophet zu sein, um das vorauszusehen der Prophet gilt nichts in seinem Vaterland [e ] jemandes Fähigkeiten, Gaben o. Ä. werden von seiner näheren Umgebung, in der eigenen Heimat oft nicht anerkannt, gewürdigt nach Matthäus 13, 57 2 meist im Plural Religion prophetisches Buch des Alten Testaments

 

Prophetengabe

Pro phe ten ga be Substantiv, feminin gehoben , die |Proph e tengabe |Gabe der Prophetie

 

Prophetie

Pro phe tie Substantiv, feminin gehoben , die |Prophet ie |die Prophetie; Genitiv: der Prophetie, Plural: die Prophetien mittelhochdeutsch prophētīe, prophēzīe < (spät )lateinisch prophetia < griechisch prophēteía Voraussage eines zukünftigen Geschehens durch eine Prophetin, einen Propheten 1 ; Prophezeiung, Weissagung die alte Prophetie erfüllte sich nicht

 

Prophetin

Pro phe tin Substantiv, feminin , die |Proph e tin |die Prophetin; Genitiv: der Prophetin, Plural: die Prophetinnen weibliche Form zu Prophet 1

 

prophetisch

pro phe tisch Adjektiv |proph e tisch |mittelhochdeutsch prophētisch < (spät )lateinisch propheticus < griechisch prophētikós 1 von einem Propheten, einer Prophetin stammend die prophetischen Bücher des Alten Testaments | eine prophetische Gabe besitzen 2 eine intuitive Prophezeiung enthaltend prophetische Worte

 

French Dictionary

prophète

prophète prophétesse n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui annonce l ’avenir. : Les prophètes de la Bible. Note Typographique Lorsqu ’il est question de Mahomet, le nom prophète s ’écrit avec une majuscule. Le Prophète qui fonda l ’islam. LOCUTIONS Nul n ’est prophète en son pays. (Proverbe ) Il est plus difficile de se faire entendre dans son milieu qu ’ailleurs. Prophète de malheur. Personne qui prédit des choses désagréables. Note Orthographique pro phè te.

 

prophétie

prophétie n. f. nom féminin Annonce d ’un évènement futur. : Ses prophéties se sont réalisées. SYNONYME prédiction . Prononciation Le t se prononce s, [prɔfesi ]; le nom rime avec si Note Orthographique pro phé tie.

 

prophétique

prophétique adj. adjectif Qui tient de la prophétie. : Un écrit prophétique. Note Orthographique pro phé tique.

 

prophétiser

prophétiser v. tr. verbe transitif Prédire ce qui doit arriver. SYNONYME prévoir . aimer Note Orthographique pro phé tiser.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prophet

proph et /prɑ́fət |prɔ́fɪt / (! profitと同音 ) 名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 (神意にもとづいた )預言者 ; 予言者 ; 〖the P- 〗ムハンマド ; 〖the Prophets 〗(旧約聖書の )預言者 [書 ]▸ prophet of doom [disaster ]不吉な予測ばかりする人 2 【主義 運動などの 】提唱者 , 先駆者 «of » .3 予報者 ; ｟くだけて ｠(競馬の )予想屋 .

 

prophetess

pr ó ph et ess /prɑ́fətəs |prɔ̀fɪtés /名詞 C 女性の預言者 (｟男女共用 ｠prophet; →-ess 語法 ).

 

prophetic

pro phet ic -i cal /prəfétɪk |prə (ʊ )-//-k (ə )l /形容詞 予言者の ; 予言的な ; 予言に関する .pro ph é t i cal ly 副詞 予言的に .