Explore Prophesy through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lecture or preach. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Prophesy meaning
- To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet.
- To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration).
- To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Synonyms of Prophesy
Using Prophesy
- The main meaning on this page is: To speak or write with divine inspiration; to act as prophet. | To predict, to foretell (with or without divine inspiration). | To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
- Useful related words include: vaticinate, lecture, preach, promise.
- In the example corpus, prophesy often appears in combinations such as: to prophesy, prophesy against, his prophesy.
Context around Prophesy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Prophesy
- In this selection, "prophesy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, isaiah, grizzly, first, jesus, discovered and sending stand out and add context to how "prophesy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a grizzly prophesy jesus claims and ability to prophesy discovered that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "prophesy" sits close to words such as aare, aarti and abl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with prophesy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And his prophesy proved right. (5 words)
This is not Senator Johnson's first prophesy against the President. (11 words)
Bye the way, did you not prophesy about a first woman Premier? (12 words)
One such anecdote is given by William of Malmesbury (lived c. 1080– c. 1143), who reports that Æthelred had defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the English monarchy would be overthrown during his reign. (43 words)
He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts. (38 words)
He compared the horrifying deaths to the slaughter of the infants ordered by King Herod and the voice of Rachel in the prophesy of Jeremiah (Jer 31: 15), lamenting bitterly over her children because they are no more. (38 words)
Bye the way, did you not prophesy about a first woman Premier? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
One prophesy which has been consistently heard from Primate Ayodele remains his prophesy that “Only Saraki can up seat President Muhammadu Buhari if given the right support by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)“.
Bye the way, did you not prophesy about a first woman Premier?
Community, I don’t care how spiritual we act, how much we prophesy or speak in other tongues — there’s some hidden stuff, some evil desires trying to dominate our lives, trying to raise their heads.
He responded, “Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites, as it is written: This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.
It is also something that is subject to prayer,” goes prophet Mtupa’s prophesy.
Meanwhile, foreign Office Minister said this week that he could not "prophesy for the future" when asked about the plan - before saying it "will remain in place".
In a grizzly prophesy, Jesus claims he’s about to be mocked, flogged and killed.
The god Apollo, thanks to his ability to prophesy, discovered that the culprit of the robbery of his cattle was Hermes; he then went to Cilene to accuse him in front of Maya.
He compared the horrifying deaths to the slaughter of the infants ordered by King Herod and the voice of Rachel in the prophesy of Jeremiah (Jer 31: 15), lamenting bitterly over her children because they are no more.
Then he cunningly zooms in on the number plate of the classier and expensive cars, gets the car numbers and uses it to prophesy, sending the owners into panic mode, thereby taking advantage to take money from them”.
And his prophesy proved right.
My prophesy has come to pass, and all can stand and witness.
This is not Senator Johnson's first prophesy against the President.
A little later, he added, "For you may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn and all may be encouraged" (1 Cor.
I don’t wanto prophesy, but I expect that in the end, all sides, whether or not claiming Christianity, won’t use it to prevent conflict, but enable it, as has always been the case.
Paraphrasing the prophet Joel, he added: “And if the young make the old dream, I assure you that the old will make the young prophesy.
God again commands Jonah to visit Nineveh and prophesy to its inhabitants.
He is identified with the Obadiah who was the servant of Ahab, and it is said that he was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite.
Moreover, having lived with two such godless persons as Ahab and Jezebel without learning to act as they did, he seemed the most suitable person to prophesy against Esau (Edom).
One such anecdote is given by William of Malmesbury (lived c. 1080– c. 1143), who reports that Æthelred had defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the English monarchy would be overthrown during his reign.
Common combinations with prophesy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: