major prophet

短语

词形变化

major prophets 复数 major prophets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the five longer prophetic books in the Old Testament: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, or Daniel.

词源

From major (“greater, longer”) + prophet. The term derived from the greater length of these books of the Bible, as compared to the much shorter minor prophets.

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