Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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prophet | Yes | No | No | No |
Jonah | Yes | No | No | No |
prophet (noun) | Jonah (noun) |
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an authoritative person who divines the future | a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale |
someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God | (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land |