prophet
UK/ˈpɹɒf.ɪt//ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/
prophet noun: someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
Noun
prophet (plural prophets)
- Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
- Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
- Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.
Proper noun capitalized: Prophet
Prophet (plural Prophets)
- Any of the prophets mentioned in the Bible, especially an author of one of the Prophets.
- Jesus.
- Muhammad.
- He would sit crouched up in a corner of the cave all day long, calling upon Allah and the Prophet to protect him.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- A surname
prophet meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
prophet in Hindi
- one who speaks by divine inspiration
- नबी nabī
prophet in Tamil
- ஞானி, வருவதுரைப்பர், தீர்க்கதரிசி, நபி, இறைவாக்கினர், நிறைமொழி மாந்தர்
prophet in Marathi
- पैगंबर, संदेष्टा
prophet in Urdu
- one who speaks by divine inspiration
- نَبی nabī, رَسُول rasūl
More languagesFewer languages
- prophet in Bengali
- নবী nobi
- prophet in Telugu
- ఋషి r̥ṣi, ముని muni
- prophet in Malayalam
- സിദ്ധൻ siddhaṉ, പ്രവാചകന് pravācakanŭ, പ്രവാചകൻ pravācakaṉ, നവി navi
- prophet in Kannada
- ಕಣಿಹೇಳುಗ, ದೇವದೂತ
- prophet in Punjabi
- ਪੈਗ਼ੰਬਰ paiġambar
- prophet in Gujarati
- રસૂલ rasūl, નબી nabī, પેગંબર pegambar
- prophet in Odia
- ଭବିଷ୍ଯ଼ଦ୍ବକ୍ତା
- prophet in Sinhala
- තුමා tumā
- prophet in Nepali
- पैगम्बर, अगमवक्ता
- prophet in Pashto
- نبي nabi, رسول rasul, پيغمبر peyǧambar
- prophet in Tagalog
- propeta, manghahawo
- prophet in Arabic
- نَبِيّ nabiyy, نَبِيء nabīʔ, رَسُول rasūl, مُتَنَبِّئ mutanabbiʔ
- prophet in Malay
- nabi
- prophet in Indonesian
- nabi
- prophet in Thai
- ศาสดา sàat-sà-daa, ผู้ทำนาย pûu-tam-naai, โหร hǒon, หมอดู mɔ̌ɔ-duu
- prophet in Vietnamese
- nhà tiên tri
- prophet in Myanmar
- ပရောဖက် pa.rau:hpak
Examples of prophet in a sentence
- "It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said.
- That imam said that drawing the prophet Muhammad was a form of blasphemy.
- The Mishnah is believed by Jews to have been handed down orally from the prophet Moses, who received it on Mount Sinai with the written Torah.
Forms of prophet
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prophets |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Prophets |
Origin of prophet
From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin prophēta, from Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs, “one who speaks for a god”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “to tell”). Displaced native Old English wītga.
Words formed from prophet
- antiprophet
- a prophet has no honor in his own country
- a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
- cole-prophet
- major prophet
- minor prophet
- piss-prophet
- prophecy
- prophesise
- prophesize
- prophesy
- propheteering
- prophetess
- prophethood
- prophetic
- propheticide
- prophetism
- prophetization
- prophetless
- prophetlike
- prophetocracy
- prophet of doom
- prophetship
- pseudoprophet
- weather-prophet
Questions about prophet
- What does prophet mean?
- Prophet means someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
- What is prophet in Hindi?
- Prophet in Hindi is नबी (nabī). See Prophet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prophet?
- Prophet can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce prophet?
- Prophet is pronounced /ˈpɹɒf.ɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of prophet?
- The plural of prophet is prophets.
Words near prophet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prophet (page history and authors); Prophet (page history and authors); prophet (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prophet (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ఋషి (Telugu) (page history and authors); നവി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); prophet (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੈਗ਼ੰਬਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); નબી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); prophet (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); prophet (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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