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Nave Topical Bible
• Prophets
Scofield Reference Index
• Prophetical
Thompson Chain Reference
• Schools of the Prophets
• Prophets
• Prophetic Visions
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The Topic Concordance
• Prophecy and Prophets
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Prophet, Seer
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Prophets, False
• Prophets
• Christ, the Prophet
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Prophets
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Prophecy, Prophet
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy
• Prophet, False
• Prophet, Christ As
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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Prophet
• French Prophets
CARM Theological Dictionary
• Prophet
• False Prophet, (the)
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Schools of the Prophets
• Prophet
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Prophet
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Sons of the Prophets
• Prophecy, Prophets
• False Prophet
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Sons of the Prophets
• Prophet
• Prophecy, Prophets
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Prophet
• Prophecy Prophet Prophetess
• False Prophets
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King James Dictionary
• Prophet
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Prophets, the
• Prophets, Sons of the
• Prophets, False
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Prophet
• Daniel, Prophet
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Prophet
People's Bible Dictionary
• Table of Kings and Prophets in Israel and Judah
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Prophet
• How The Prophetic ift Was Received
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Prophet
Whyte's Bible Characters
• The Disobedient Prophet
Webster Dictionary
• Prophetize
• Prophetically
• Propheticality
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Prophets
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Prophet
• Targums On the Prophets
Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia
• Samuel the Prophet
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Christ As King, Priest, Prophet
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• Old Prophet, the
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• False Prophet
• French Prophets
• Prophet
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• City of the Prophet
• Prophets
• Sons of the Prophets
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Prophecy, Prophet, and Prophetess
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Ahijah (the Prophet)
• Ezra the Prophet of Moncontour
• Hosea, the Prophet
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Lexicons
• ܢܒ݂ܰܝܰܐ
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Prophet
• Ἰωνᾶς
• προφητεία
• προφήτης
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• חֹזֶה , חֹזֶה
• נָבָא
• נְבִיא
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A person who foretells future events. It is particularly applied to such inspired persons among the Jews as were commissioned by God to declare his will and purposes to that people.

See PROPHECY. False Prophets.

See IMPOSTORS; and Josephus's Hist. of the Jews. Some of the Prophets, an appellation given to young men who were educated in the schools or colleges under a proper master, who was commonly, if not always, an inspired prophet in the knowledge of religion, and in sacred music, and thus were qualified to be public preachers, 1 Samuel 10:1-27 : 1 Samuel 11:1-15 : 2 Samuel 19:1-43 : 2 Kings 2:1-25 :