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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
Synonyms:
Nebiim; Prophets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
religious text; religious writing; sacred text; sacred writing (writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity)
Meronyms (parts of "Nebiim"):
Book of Zachariah; Zacharias; Zechariah (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zechariah which are concerned mainly with the renewal of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity)
Aggeus; Book of Haggai; Haggai (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Haggai which are concerned mainly with rebuilding the temples after the Babylonian Captivity)
Book of Zephaniah; Sophonias; Zephaniah (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah)
Book of Habakkuk; Habacuc; Habakkuk (an Old Testament book telling Habakkuk's prophecies)
Book of Nahum; Nahum (an Old Testament book telling Nahum's prophecy of the fall of Nineveh)
Book of Micah; Micah; Micheas (an Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Micah foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem)
Book of Jonah; Jonah (a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale)
Abdias; Book of Obadiah; Obadiah (an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible)
Amos; Book of Amos (an Old Testament book telling Amos's prophecies)
Book of Joel; Joel (an Old Testament book telling Joel's prophecies)
Book of Hosea; Hosea (an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies)
Book of Ezekiel; Ezechiel; Ezekiel (an Old Testament book containing Ezekiel's prophecies of the downfall of Jerusalem and Judah and their subsequent restoration)
Book of Jeremiah; Jeremiah (a book in the Old Testament containing the oracles of the prophet Jeremiah)
Book of Isaiah; Isaiah (an Old Testament book consisting of Isaiah's prophecies)
2 Kings; II Kings (the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel)
1 Kings; I Kings (the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel)
2 Samuel; II Samuel (the second of two books of the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David)
1 Samuel; I Samuel (the first of two books in the Old Testament that tell of Saul and David)
Book of Judges; Judges (a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges)
Book of Joshua; Joshua; Josue (a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses)
Holonyms ("Nebiim" is a part of...):
Hebrew Scripture; Tanach; Tanakh (the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings)
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