prophet

• n. 先知；预言者；提倡者

来自拉丁语propheta,预言家，先知，来自pro-,提前，-phet,说，来自PIE*bha,说，词源同fate,phone.

1. an authoritative person who divines the future

2. someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

prophet

prophet: [12] A prophet is etymologically someone who ‘speaks for’ another. The word comes via Old French prophete and Latin prophēta from Greek prophétēs, a compound noun formed from the prefix pro- ‘for’ and -phētēs ‘speaker’ (a derivative of phánai ‘speak’, which goes back to the same Indo-European base, *bha- ‘speak’, as produced English fable, fate, etc).

It meant literally ‘spokesman’, and was frequently used specifically for ‘one who interprets the will of the gods to humans’. The Greek translators of the Bible adopted it into Christian usage. Prophecy [13] comes ultimately from the Greek derivative prophētíā.
=> fable, fame, fate

prophet (n.)

late 12c., "person who speaks for God; one who foretells, inspired preacher," from Old French prophete, profete "prophet, soothsayer" (11c., Modern French prophète) and directly from Latin propheta, from Greek prophetes (Doric prophatas) "an interpreter, spokesman," especially of the gods, "inspired preacher or teacher," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + root of phanai "to speak," from PIE *bha- (2) "speak" (see fame (n.)).

The Greek word was used in Septuagint for Hebrew nabj "soothsayer." Early Latin writers translated Greek prophetes with Latin vates, but the Latinized form propheta predominated in post-Classical times, chiefly due to Christian writers, probably because of pagan associations of vates. In English, meaning "prophetic writer of the Old Testament" is from late 14c. Non-religious sense is from 1848; used of Muhammad from 1610s (translating Arabic al-nabiy, and sometimes also al-rasul, properly "the messenger"). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by witga.

William Morris was one of the early prophets of socialism.

威廉·莫里斯是社会主义的早期传播者之一。

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...the sacred name of the Holy Prophet of Islam.

伊斯兰先知的圣名

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I promised myself I'd defy all the prophets of doom and battle back to fitness.

我发誓要打破所有的死亡预言，力争恢复健康。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Prophet: For my sins, I was murdered by those who I cared for most.

先知: 真是罪有应得, 那之后我被那些我最关心的人所杀.

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Jn. 4:44 For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

约四44因为耶稣自己作过见证说,申言者在本地是不受尊敬的.

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Abigail was a prophet in the Book of Samuel.

艾比盖尔是《母尔记》中的一位预言家.

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A prophet made a prophecy that the kingdom would fall.

一位预言家预言那个王国将要灭亡.

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In the Old Testament, a prophet who was swallowed by a great fish and disgorged unharmed three days later.

约拿《圣经·旧约》中的先知,被一条大鱼吞噬,三天后被完好无损地吐出.

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Silas was a prophet, making him adept to proclaim and teach God's word.

西拉是一个先知, 所以他很擅长传讲和教导神的话语.

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Isn't he the prophet you welcomed into Jerusalem only five days ago?

他不是那个你五天前迎进耶路撒冷的先知 吗 ?

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Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

因为耶稣自己作过见证说、先知在本地是没有人尊敬的.

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I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.

我任命你为先知的国家.

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A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet in shigionoth.

1申言者哈巴谷的祷告,调用流离歌.

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And just while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in.

22拔示巴还与王说话的时候, 申言者拿单进来了.

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Isaiah the prophet obeyed the voice of God in his day and fulfilled God's will.

以赛亚先佑顺服那天神的声音,并完成了神的意志.

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M. NOIRTIER was a true prophet , and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted.

诺瓦蒂埃先生真是一个预言家, 事态的发展正如他所说的那样.

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Along this line, Prophet Muhammad delivered his message outside Arabia through peaceful means.

沿此方向, 先知穆罕默德通过和平方式把他的使命宣传到阿拉伯半岛外的世界.

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In 1830, a prophet named Joseph Smith was brought up by God to restore the church.

在1830年, 一个名叫约瑟夫?史密斯的先知被上帝养大使教堂复原.

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The word of the Lord which came to Jeremiah the prophet about the nations.

耶和华论列国的话临到先知耶利米.

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People flocked to hear the new prophet.

人们成群结队地去听这新的预言家演讲.

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The Prophet: Have you heard nothing that I've said?

先知: 你没有听到我的话 吗 ?

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Ahab was confronted by God's prophet Elijah when he tried to possess the vineyard.

当亚哈王去夺取拿伯的葡萄园时,他面对上帝的先知以利亚.

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Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying.

于是上主藉着先知哈该把以下的信息转告人民.

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The prophet foresaw a severe famine in the land.

预言家预见了该地将有严重饥荒.

辞典例句

He had been the chief prophet and propagandist of the Nazi movement.

他是纳粹运动的主要预言家和宣传家.

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Philip was classed as a prophet and his four daughters were also classed as prophetesses.

腓利和他的四个女儿同被誉为先知.

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Elijah is a prophet of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament.

以利亚是希伯莱圣经或旧约的一位先知.

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He glances up from the Prophet with a bored air.

他的视线从《先知报》上抬了起来,带着一种很无趣的神情.

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