PROPHET


Meaning of PROPHET in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a prophet of doom (= someone who says that something bad is going to happen )

The prophets of doom were confounded when the team won the championship.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

false

There were too many false prophets in the world already without relying on gold-fish.

A sign of a false prophet is a drawing away in independence from the main body of the church.

old

There are glimpses into the future joy of the coming festival as we revisit the Old Testament prophet Isaiah.

These final details give him the look of an Old Testament prophet .

Some of these patriarchs grow magnificent beards and moustaches, the whole effect giving them the appearance of an Old Testament prophet .

He sent for Teiresias, the old blind prophet , the most revered of Thebans.

One of the earliest men we know of to have such a dream was the Old Testament prophet , Micah.

It was from the book of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah.

The Old Testament prophets were devastatingly political and frequently found themselves in trouble for it.

■ NOUN

testament

There are glimpses into the future joy of the coming festival as we revisit the Old Testament prophet Isaiah.

These final details give him the look of an Old Testament prophet .

Some of these patriarchs grow magnificent beards and moustaches, the whole effect giving them the appearance of an Old Testament prophet .

It was from the book of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah.

One of the earliest men we know of to have such a dream was the Old Testament prophet , Micah.

The Old Testament prophets were devastatingly political and frequently found themselves in trouble for it.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the prophet Isaiah

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Almost immediately, however, a fierce nationalist resistance erupted directed by a fiery prophet in the hills of Galilee.

Altogether, it was as if the football results were being read by one of the prophets.

He sent for Teiresias, the old blind prophet , the most revered of Thebans.

It was from the book of the Old Testament prophet Zechariah.

Let no one kid us into treating politicians as prophets whom we elevate and then abuse and then stone to death.

Lilith even succeeded in seducing the prophet Elijah without his knowledge, and had a child by him.

The difference is that the poststructuralists put themselves forth as heterodox prophets and turn out to be priests of convention.

The Old Testament prophets were devastatingly political and frequently found themselves in trouble for it.

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