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The word oracle comes from the Latin verb ōrāre, "to speak" and properly refers to the priest or priestess uttering the prediction. In extended use, oracle may also refer to the site of the oracle, and the oracular utterances themselves, are called khrēsmoí (χρησμοί) in Greek.
The so-called Libyan Sibyl was identified with prophetic priestesses presiding over the ancient Zeus-Amon (Zeus represented with the horns of Amon) oracle at the Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert of Egypt. The oracle here was consulted by Alexander after his conquest of Egypt. The mother of the Libyan Sibyl was Lamia, the daughter of Poseidon.
The account in 2 Kings 22 recounts the consulting of Huldah as follows: He gave these orders to Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Akbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king's attendant: "Go and inquire of the Lord for me and the people and all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found.
Isaiah, an important Biblical prophet, in fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Michelangelo. In religion, a prophet or prophetess is an individual who is regarded as being in contact with a divine being and is said to speak on behalf of that being, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering messages or teachings from the supernatural source to other people.
The books of the New Testament frequently cite Jewish scripture to support the claim of the Early Christians that Jesus was the promised Jewish Messiah.Scholars have observed that few of these citations are actual predictions in context; the majority of these quotations and references are taken from the prophetic Book of Isaiah, but they range over the entire corpus of Jewish writings.
Saadia goes on to explain such linguistic usage in the Hebrew language, where a word is written singularly, but is actually meant to be understood in the plural context. The Hebrew word for "cut off" is כרת , which has also the connotation of " extirpation ," either by dying before one's time, or by not being able to bring forth offspring ...
The Hebrew term for prophet, Navi (נבוא), literally means "spokesperson"; a prophet speaks to the people as a mouthpiece of their God, and to their god on behalf of the people. "The name prophet, from the Greek meaning "forespeaker" ( πρὸ being used in the original local sense), is an equivalent of the Hebrew Navi , which signifies ...
Even the prophet Ezekiel, who saw many visions, "heard a voice of one that spoke"; [2] similarly, Elijah recognized God by a "still, small voice", and a voice addressed him. [3] Sometimes God's voice rang from the heights, from Jerusalem , or from Zion ; [ 4 ] and God's voice was heard in the thunder and in the roar of the sea.