Seer definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SEER, n. [from see.] 1. One who sees; as a seer of visions. 2. A prophet; a person who forsees future ... a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer] 2: an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies" 3: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century 1. ...
wood-seer definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Wood-sere Wood"-sere`, n ... sap in the trees; the winter season. [Written also wood-seer.] [Obs.] --Tusser.
... authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator] 2: someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who ... cause, doctrine, or group 5. Christian Science a. a spiritual seer b. disappearance of material sense before the conscious facts of ... prophet. In the time of Samuel another word, _ro'eh_, "seer", began to be used (1 Sam. 9:9). It occurs ... seven times in reference to Samuel. Afterwards another word, _hozeh_, "seer" (2 Sam. 24:11), was employed. In 1 Ch. 29:29 all these three words are used: "Samuel the seer (ro'eh), Nathan the prophet (nabi'), Gad the seer" (hozeh). In Josh. 13:22 Balaam is called (Heb.) ...
... prof'-ets: I. THE IDEA OF BIBLICAL PROPHECY 1. The Seer and Speaker of God 2. Prophetical Inspiration 3. Relation to ... Oracles LITERATURE I. The Idea of Biblical Prophecy. 1. The Seer and Speaker of God: According to the uniform teaching of ... source. For he is at the same time, also, a seer, who sees things that do not lie in the domain ... compare 1Sa 9:9, where nabhi', "speaker," and ro'eh, "seer," are used as synonymous terms. Jer 23:16 and Eze ... 1 ). He was by the whole people regarded as a "seer" whose prophecies were always fulfilled (3:19 f). The passage ...
... of Nathan the Prophet and the Words of Gad the Seer (1Ch 29:29) are perhaps to be counted as one ... 2 ff, etc.). Solomon. (11) The Visions of Jedo the Seer (2Ch 9:29; compare 1Ki 13). Solomon. (12) The Words ... 13) "Shemaiah wrote" (1Ch 24:6). David. (14) Iddo the Seer in Reckoning Genealogies (2Ch 12:15). Rehoboam. (15) "The Words ... the word "prophet" 30 times, and the two words for "seer" (chozeh and ro'eh) respectively 5 and 11 times. He ...
... of the Old Testament. Thus "the history of Samuel the seer," "the history of Nathan the prophet." "the history of Gad the seer" (1Ch 29:29); "the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite," "the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat" (2Ch 9:29; compare ...
... a reformer, and all regarded him with veneration as the "seer," the prophet of the Lord. At the close of this ... nor does he discharge judicial functions, but expressly as a "seer," a name said to be an earlier title equivalent to ... third source for his narrative of the life of the seer, a source which there is no reason to regard as ...
... a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer] Merriam Webster's I. adjective Date: 1648 1. a. of ... or projects are impractical ; dreamer 2. one who sees visions ; seer 3. one having unusual foresight and imagination < a visionary in ... pursuer, quixotic, radical, rhapsodist, romancer, romancing, romantic, romanticist, romanticized, seeming, seer, self-deceptive, self-deluding, specious, spectral, speculative, starry-eyed, storybook ...
... of prophetic vision. It appears from 1Sa 9:9 that "seer" (ro'-eh) was the older name for those who, after ... little used after his time. Individuals who bear the title "seer" (chozeh) are mentioned in connection with the kings and as ... 2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 29:29, etc.). Havernick thinks that "seer" denotes one who does not belong to the regular prophetic ...
... rational means ; prognosticator Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a diviner or seer. Etymology: ME, = one who says the truth: see SOOTH Webster ... Heb. (See SORCERER.) Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Seer, foreteller, predictor, prophet, diviner, vaticinator, sorcerer, necromancer, augur. Moby Thesaurus ... prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, vates, weather prophet
... 6) (ye`do (Kethibh ye`di), or `iddo, "decked," "adorned"): Seer (chozeh) and prophet (nabhi), the Chronicler's "source" for the ... of Solomon (2Ch 9:29): "The visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat"; and for the reign ... Rehoboam (2Ch 12:15): "The histories of Iddo (`iddo) the seer, after the manner of (or, "in reckoning") genealogies"; and for ...
... for the custom of inquiring of the Lord through a seer see 1Sa 9:6-10); Samuel's prayer for Saul ... Zedekiah requesting Jeremiah's help is perhaps an instance of seer-inquiry as much as intercession (Jer 21:1 f; compare ... 1,19). Ezekiel in the same way is rather the seer of visions and the prophetic representative of God. Yet at ...