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Definition of Prophesy
1. Verb. Predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration.
Generic synonyms: Anticipate, Call, Forebode, Foretell, Predict, Prognosticate, Promise
Specialized synonyms: Vaticinate, Enlighten, Irradiate
Derivative terms: Vaticination, Vaticinator
2. Verb. Deliver a sermon. "Sam and Sue prophesy"; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
Specialized synonyms: Evangelise, Evangelize
Generic synonyms: Lecture, Talk
Derivative terms: Preacher, Preaching, Preachment
Definition of Prophesy
1. v. t. To foretell; to predict; to prognosticate.
2. v. i. To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.
Definition of Prophesy
1. Verb. To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
2. Verb. To predict, to foretell. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive Christianity) To speak out on the Bible as an expression of holy inspiration; to preach. (defdate from 14th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prophesy
1. to predict [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES] - See also: predict
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophesy
Literary usage of Prophesy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"14. the Lord had sent him to prophesy; 12. The Lord sent me to prophesy I3.it
... Therefore prophesy and say, 6. prophesy therefore concerning the land ; 4. ..."
2. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of by American Bible Society (1880)
"... prophesy. hecause these two prophets 3 And I will give ... and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Bible Society (1861)
"11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, ... 3 And
I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand ..."
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