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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

予言者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yogensha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prophet/ˈprɒf.ɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"予言者は未来について人々に語った。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the will of God.

    "Ancient scriptures describe the journey of the prophet delivering messages to the people."
  2. 2

    A person who foretells future events.

    "Economists viewed him as a prophet of doom after he accurately predicted the market crash."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French word prophete, originating from the Latin propheta, and further back from the Greek prophētēs, meaning 'spokesman' or 'advocate' (composed of pro- 'before/forth' + phanai 'to speak'). Historically, the term evolved to specifically designate one who utters inspired declarations or foretells future events under divine influence.

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