Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Source Notes
PROPHET
(Heb. nabi, from a root meaning "to bubble forth, as from a fountain," hence "to utter", Compare Psalms 45:1). This Hebrew word is the first and the most generally used for a prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, Ro'eh , "Seer", began tot