minor prophet

短语

词形变化

minor prophets 复数 minor prophets

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the twelve prophetic books at the end of the Old Testament.

  2. 2.

    Any of the twelve prophets who these books are named after.

词源

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

来源：wiktionary