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Prophets are people who said that God or gods talked to them. They freely teach other people what they learned. Most of them warn people that something very good will happen if they change their lives. There are prophets in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Zoroastrianism, and in other religions.
In religion, a prophet is one who speaks on behalf of a god or who is divinely inspired to reveal the will of a god. In Judeo-Christian tradition the best known of the prophets are those mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament)—Elijah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Amos, Hosea, and others.
proph·et. a person who predicts the future. In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a prophet whose fate was to be believed by nobody. The words prophet and profit (money or benefit) sound alike but have different meanings. Prophet comes from an ancient Greek word that means "interpreter" or "one who speaks for the gods."
The Prophets Overview. This is lesson nine in a 13-week series that I used in my class. I wanted one quarter to introduce the Old Testament with a basic timeline of the people and events. The students can learn what happened in the Old Testament and how those events lead to Jesus.
The first woman who accepted him as a prophet was Khadija (a.s) and the first young man was his cousin Ali (a.s) . During his life, Prophet Muhammad taught the people all about the manners of Islam, how to be kind and live peacefully with others through his actions and the Holy Quran.
1. : one who utters divinely inspired revelations: such as. a. often capitalized : the writer of one of the prophetic books of the Bible. b. capitalized : one regarded by a group of followers as the final authoritative revealer of God's will. Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah. 2. : one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight.
Definition and meaning of Prophet in the Bible. Prophet - (Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", compare Ps. 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most.
Prophets are people who said that God or gods talked to them. They freely teach other people what they learned. Most of them warn people that something very good will happen if they live good lives. Or if they sin, God will punish them.
In many cultures, when people hear the word "prophet," they think of a fortune teller or someone who predicts the future. In the Bible, even though the prophets sometimes speak about the future, they are more than fortune tellers.
prophet: a person who predicts the future. religious: having to do with religion. [3 definitions]