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    SOPHONIAS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judahplay

    Synonyms:

    Book of Zephaniah; Sophonias; Zephaniah

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Instance hypernyms:

    book (a major division of a long written composition)

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

    Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)

    Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BCplay

    Synonyms:

    Sophonias; Zephaniah

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Instance hypernyms:

    prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)

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