<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration</li><li>(in the Old Testament) a person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel; Moses was the greatest of Old Testament prophets</li><li>one of the Major or Minor Prophets</li><li>one of a band of ecstatic visionaries claiming divine inspiration and, according to popular belief, possessing magical powers</li><li>a person who practices divination</li><li>one of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions (1 Corinthians 12:28)</li><li>the Prophet, Muhammad, the founder of Islam</li><li>a person regarded as, or claiming to be, an inspired teacher or leader</li><li>a person who foretells or predicts what is to come; a weather prophet; prophets of doom</li><li>a spokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement</li></ul>