Prophet (Easton)

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(Heb. nabi, from a root meaning 'to bubble forth, as from a fountain,' hence 'to utter', Compare Psalm 45:1 ). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, Ro'eh , 'Seer', began to be used ( 1 Samuel 9:9 ). It occurs seven times in"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter P Bible Dictionaries Prophet Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Prophecy Next Entry Propitiation Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Tophet Prophets Prophecy (only first 3 shown) Scofield Reference Index Prophetical Prophecy Thompson Chain Reference Tophet Schools of the Prophets Rolls, of Prophecy (only first 3 shown) The Topic Concordance Prophecy and Prophets Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Prophet, Seer Prophecy Jerusalem;: & God's Anger, Prophecy (only first 3 shown) Torrey Topical Textbook Prophets, False Prophets Prophecy (only first 3 shown) Dictionaries American Church Dictionary Rochet Proper Psalms Proper Preface (only first 3 shown) American Tract Society Tophet Prophets Prophecy Bridgeway Bible Dictionary Prophecy, Prophet Baker's Evangelical Dictionary Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy Prophet, False Prophet, Christ As (only first 3 shown) Charles Buck Dictionary Proportion of Faith Prophet Prophesyings (only first 3 shown) Chabad Knowledge Base Parochet CARM Theological Dictionary Prophet False Prophet, (the) Easton's Bible Dictionary Tophet Schools of the Prophets Proportion of Faith (only first 3 shown) Fausset Bible Dictionary Tophet Prophet Spurgeon's Illustration Collection Prophecy: Too Often Interpreted by Imagination Holman Bible Dictionary Tophet Sons of the Prophets Prophecy, Prophets (only first 3 shown) Hastings' BibleDictionary Sons of the Prophets Prophet Prophecy, Prophets (only first 3 shown) Hastings' NT Dictionary Proportion Prophet Prophecy Prophet Prophetess (only first 3 shown) King James Dictionary Tophet Proportion Prophet (only first 3 shown) Morrish Bible Dictionary Zephaniah, Prophecy of Zechariah, Prophecy of Tophet, Topheth (only first 3 shown) 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Rochet Prophet Prophecy (only first 3 shown) Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Prophet Prophecy Nophet People's Bible Dictionary Table of Kings and Prophets in Israel and Judah Prophecy Smith Bible Dictionary Prophet How The Prophetic ift Was Received Hosea The Prophecies of (only first 3 shown) Vines' Expository Dictionary Proportion Prophet Prophecy, Prophesy, Prophesying (only first 3 shown) Prophesy Whyte's Bible Characters The Disobedient Prophet Webster Dictionary Tophet Rochet Prothetic (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Prophecy Prophets Tophet Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Propellants Prophet Rochet (only first 3 shown) Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia Samuel the Prophet International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Christ As King, Priest, Prophet False Prophets Names, Proper (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Prophecy Tophet McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Anan, ben-Shophet Crochet, James False Prophet (only first 3 shown) The Nuttall Encyclopedia City of the Prophet Hebrew Prophecy Isaiah, the Prophecies of (only first 3 shown) The Catholic Encyclopedia Prophecy Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess Rochet The Jewish Encyclopedia Abi and Ab in Proper Names Ahijah (the Prophet) Bonet, Abraham Prophiat (only first 3 shown) Lexicons ܘܳܠܶܐ ܡܫܽܘܚܬ݂ܳܐ ܢܒ݂ܳܐ (only first 3 shown) Girdleston's OT Synonyms Prophet ἀναλογία ἀνήκω ἀστεῖος (only first 3 shown) חָזָה חֹזֶה , חֹזֶה כָּשֵׁר (only first 3 shown) Trench's NT Synonyms Prophesy (Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", Compare Psalm 45:1 ). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, Ro'eh , "Seer", began to be used ( 1 Samuel 9:9 ). It occurs seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, Hozeh , "Seer" ( 2 Samuel 24:11 ), was employed. In 1 Chronicles 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer" (hozeh). In Joshua 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) a Kosem "diviner," a word used only of a false prophet. The "prophet" proclaimed the message given to him, as the "seer" beheld the vision of God. (See Numbers 12:6,8 .) Thus a prophet was a spokesman for God; he spake in God's name and by his authority ( Exodus 7:1 ). He is the mouth by which God speaks to men ( Jeremiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 51:16 ), and hence what the prophet says is not of man but of God ( 2 Peter 1:20,21 ; Compare Hebrews 3:7 ; Acts 4:25 ; 28:25 ). Prophets were the immediate organs of God for the communication of his mind and will to men ( Deuteronomy 18:18,19 ). The whole Word of God may in this general sense be spoken of as prophetic, inasmuch as it was written by men who received the revelation they communicated from God, no matter what its nature might be. The foretelling of future events was not a necessary but only an incidental part of the prophetic office. The great task assigned to the prophets whom God raised up among the people was "to correct moral and religious abuses, to proclaim the great moral and religious truths which are connected with the character of God, and which lie at the foundation of his government." Any one being a spokesman for God to man might thus be called a prophet. Thus Enoch, Abraham, and the patriarchs, as bearers of God's message ( Genesis 20:7 ; Exodus 7:1 ; Psalm 105:15 ), as also Moses ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ; 34:10 ; Hosea 12:13 ), are ranked among the prophets. The seventy elders of Israel ( Numbers 11:16-29 ), "when the spirit rested upon them, prophesied;" Asaph and Jeduthun "prophesied with a harp" ( 1 Chronicles 25:3 ). Miriam and Deborah were prophetesses ( Exodus 15:20 ; Judges 4:4 ). The title thus has a general application to all who have messages from God to men. But while the prophetic gift was thus exercised from the beginning, the prophetical order as such began with Samuel. Colleges, "schools of the prophets", were instituted for the training of prophets, who were constituted, a distinct order ( 1 Samuel 19:18-24 ; 2 Kings 2:3,15 ; 4:38 ), which continued to the close of the Old Testament. Such "schools" were established at Ramah, Bethel, Gilgal, Gibeah, and Jericho. The "sons" or "disciples" of the prophets were young men ( 2 Kings 5:22 ; 9:1,4 ) who lived together at these different "schools" (4:38-41). These young men were taught not only the rudiments of secular knowledge, but they were brought up to exercise the office of prophet, "to preach pure morality and the heart-felt worship of Jehovah, and to act along and co-ordinately with the priesthood and monarchy in guiding the state aright and checking all attempts at illegality and tyranny." In New Testament times the prophetical office was continued. Our Lord is frequently spoken of as a prophet ( Luke 13:33 ; 24:19 ). He was and is the great Prophet of the Church. There was also in the Church a distinct order of prophets ( 1 Corinthians 12:28 ; Ephesians 2:20 ; 3:5 ), who made new revelations from God. They differed from the "teacher," whose office it was to impart truths already revealed. Of the Old Testament prophets there are sixteen, whose prophecies form part of the inspired canon. These are divided into four groups: The prophets of the northern kingdom (Israel), viz., Hosea, Amos, Joel, Jonah. The prophets of Judah, viz., Isaiah, Jeremiah, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah. The prophets of Captivity, viz., Ezekiel and Daniel. The prophets of the Restoration, viz., Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

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