prophet
part of speech
noun (a prophet, prophets)
meaning for a pupil
1) A prophet is a person who people believe is chosen by God to bring a message or tell the future. tree →
2) A prophet is someone who predicts what will happen. tree →
3) In many religions the Prophet means a central religious figure, such as the Prophet Muhammad in Islam. tree →
sense in the lessons
In religious education it is used for figures in Judaism, Christianity and Islam (Moses, Isaiah, Muhammad). In everyday life «a prophet of doom» is someone who always predicts bad things. In stories prophets warn kings and heroes.
examples
- Many religions have prophets. tree →
- The prophet warned the people. tree →
- Muslims call Muhammad the Prophet. tree →
- Moses is called a prophet. tree →
- He was a prophet of doom, always saying things would go wrong. tree →
- In the legend, a prophet foretold the hero's birth. tree →
- Nobody listened to the prophet's warning. tree →
- She turned out to be a true prophet about the weather. tree →
- First, there are the bow and arrows of his Reverence the Prophet Salih. tree →
note
Homophone: «profit» (money you gain). Prophet with «ph», profit with «f». Adjective: prophetic; noun: prophecy; verb: prophesy.
In the corpora
- The prophet Muhammad lived in Arabia about 1,400 years ago, and Islam spread quickly until Muslim rulers governed lands from Spain to India.
- God sent the prophet Samuel to anoint the youngest son of Jesse, the shepherd boy David, as the future king.
- Prophets were messengers who spoke God's word: they warned kings and people about injustice and gave hope in hard times.
- The prophet Isaiah dreamed of a world where the wolf lives with the lamb and swords are beaten into ploughshares.
- Prophets were messengers who spoke God's word, warned against injustice and gave hope.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prophet» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.