PROPHET

Definitions

1. 1. One who prophesies, or foretells events; a predicter; a foreteller.
2. 2. One inspired or instructed by God to speak in his name, or announce future events, as, Moses, Elijah, etc.
3. 3. An interpreter; a spokesman. [R.] Ex. vii. 1.
4. 4. A mantis. School of the prophets (Anc. Jewish Hist.), a school or college in which young men were educated and trained for public teachers or members of the prophetic order. These students were called sons of the prophets.