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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minor prophet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
mi-nor prophet
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

minor prophets (plural)

Antonyms

major prophet

Questions

What does minor prophet mean?
Any of the twelve prophetic books at the end of the Old Testament.
Where does minor prophet come from?
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.

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