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    PROPHETS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scripturesplay

    Synonyms:

    Nebiim; Prophets

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Instance hypernyms:

    religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)

    Meronyms (parts of "Prophets"):

    Book of Zachariah; Zacharias; Zechariah (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity)

    Aggeus; Book of Haggai; Haggai (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity)

    Book of Zephaniah; Sophonias; Zephaniah (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah)

    Book of Habakkuk; Habacuc; Habakkuk (an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies)

    Book of Nahum; Nahum (an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh)

    Book of Micah; Micah; Micheas (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem)

    Book of Jonah; Jonah (a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale)

    Abdias; Book of Obadiah; Obadiah (an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible)

    Amos; Book of Amos (an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies)

    Book of Joel; Joel (an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies)

    Book of Hosea; Hosea (an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies)

    Book of Ezekiel; Ezechiel; Ezekiel (an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration)

    Book of Jeremiah; Jeremiah (a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah)

    Book of Isaiah; Isaiah (an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies)

    2 Kings; II Kings (the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel)

    1 Kings; I Kings (the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel)

    2 Samuel; II Samuel (the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David)

    1 Samuel; I Samuel (the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David)

    Book of Judges; Judges (a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges)

    Book of Joshua; Joshua; Josue (a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses)

    Holonyms ("Prophets" is a part of...):

    Hebrew Scripture; Tanach; Tanakh (the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings)

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