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Proph•ets
(prof′its),USA pronunciation n. (used with a sing. v.)
- Biblethe canonical group of books that forms the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Cf. Law of Moses, Hagiographa.
'Prophets' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Haftarah
- Hagiographa
- Isaiah
- Jezebel
- Law of Moses
- Major Prophets
- Minor Prophets
- Neviim
- Old Testament
- Tanach
- Twelver
- bimah
- prophecy
- prophet
- reveal