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Definition of Prophets
1. Noun. The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures.
Generic synonyms: Religious Text, Religious Writing, Sacred Text, Sacred Writing
Terms within: Book Of Joshua, Joshua, Josue, Book Of Judges, Judges, 1 Samuel, I Samuel, 2 Samuel, Ii Samuel, 1 Kings, I Kings, 2 Kings, Ii Kings, Book Of Isaiah, Isaiah, Book Of Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Book Of Ezekiel, Ezechiel, Ezekiel, Book Of Hosea, Hosea, Book Of Joel, Joel, Amos, Book Of Amos, Abdias, Book Of Obadiah, Obadiah, Book Of Jonah, Jonah, Book Of Micah, Micah, Micheas, Book Of Nahum, Nahum, Book Of Habakkuk, Habacuc, Habakkuk, Book Of Zephaniah, Sophonias, Zephaniah, Aggeus, Book Of Haggai, Haggai, Book Of Zachariah, Zacharias, Zechariah
Group relationships: Hebrew Scripture, Tanach, Tanakh
Definition of Prophets
1. Proper noun. a division of the Old Testament, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve ¹
2. Noun. (plural of prophet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prophets
1. prophet [n] - See also: prophet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophets
Literary usage of Prophets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Characteristics of the prophets.— The prophets often formed guilds, ... These guilds
are frequently called "sons of the prophets," compare also the ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"According to Semitic idiom " sons of the prophets" most naturally means "members
of a prophetic corporation,"1 which may imply that under the headship of ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1845)
"Moses and the high-priests, prophets of a more eminent place and degree in God's
... 418:—the prophets in general took notice of the word of God from their ..."
4. Sociological Study of the Bible by Lucy Blanche (Littelton) Masterman, Louis Wallis, William Shakespeare (1912)
"The literary prophets, from Amos onward, have been largely ignored by the older
... As a consequence, the prophets have not figured much in the thought of ..."
5. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"gap, and not be in that spirit and power that the prophets and apostles were ...
But further, the Lord saith concerning the false prophets, ' They have seen ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"(The four hundred prophets of Asherah have been added later. ... The false prophets
were allowed to invoke their god in whatever manner they pleased. ..."
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