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Webster 1913 Edition
Prophecy
Proph′e-cy
,Noun.
pl.
Prophecies
(#)
, [OE.
prophecie
, OF. profecie
, F. prophétie
, L. prophetia
, fr. Gr. [GREEK]
, fr. [GREEK] to be an interpreter of the gods, to prophesy, fr. [GREEK] prophet. See Prophet
.] 1.
A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
He hearkens after
prophecies
and dreams. Shakespeare
Prophecy
came not in old time by the will of man. 2. Pet. i. 21.
2.
(Script.)
A book of prophecies; a history;
as, the
. prophecy
of Ahijah2 Chron. ix. 29.
3.
Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
Webster 1828 Edition
Prophecy
PROPH'ECY
,Noun.
1.
A foretelling; prediction; a declaration of something to come. As God only knows future events with certainty, no being but God or some person informed by him, can utter a real prophecy. The prophecies recorded in Scripture, when fulfilled, afford most convincing evidence of the divine original of the Scriptures, as those who uttered the prophecies could not have foreknown the events predicted without supernatural instruction. 2 Pet.1.2.
In Scripture, a book of prophecies; a history; as the prophecy of Ahijah. 2 Chron. 9.3.
Preaching; public interpretation of Scripture; exhortation or instruction. Prov.31.Definition 2024
prophecy
prophecy
English
Noun
prophecy (plural prophecies)
- A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
- French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
Derived terms
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- self-defeating prophecy
Related terms
Translations
prediction
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Verb
prophecy (third-person singular simple present prophecies, present participle prophecying, simple past and past participle prophecied)
- Dated form of prophesy.
- 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19:
- The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
- Marjorie Garber, “ ” (Quotation Marks) in 2001, S.I. Salamensky, Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation, Routledge, page 142:
- One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club: […]
- 2013, Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge, page 135:
- The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
- 2014, Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions, Routledge, page 85:
- the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);
- 1967, George King, The Five Temples Of God, The Aetherius Society (2014 edition), page 19: