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(used with a sing. or pl. verb) Bible. The second of the three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures, comprising the books of Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve.
[Middle English prophete, from Old French, from Latin prophēta, from Greek prophētēs : pro-, before. See
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