prophet
nounEtymology
From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.
Definitions
Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
Someone who predicts the future
Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.
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Jesus.
Muhammad.
- He would sit crouched up in a corner of the cave all day long, calling upon Allah and the Prophet to protect him.
A surname
The neighborhood
Derived
antiprophet, a prophet has no honor in his own country, a prophet is not without honor save in his own country, cole-prophet, major prophet, minor prophet, piss-prophet, prophecy, prophesise, prophesize, prophesy, propheteering, prophetess, prophethood, prophetic, propheticide, prophetism, prophetization, prophetless, prophetlike, prophetocracy, prophet of doom, prophetship, pseudoprophet, weather-prophet
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at prophet. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at prophet. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at prophet
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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