foretold (verb)

См. также в других словарях:

• foretell — [[t]fɔː(r)te̱l[/t]] foretells, foretelling, foretold VERB If you foretell a future event, you predict that it will happen. [LITERARY] [V n] ...prophets who have foretold the end of the world. [Also V that/wh] …   English dictionary

• foretell — verb past tense and past participle foretold (T) to say what will happen in the future, especially by using special magical powers: the birth of Christ, foretold by prophets …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• foretell — verb (past and past participle foretold) predict. Derivatives foreteller noun …   English new terms dictionary

• predict — verb no one can predict the outcome Syn: forecast, foretell, foresee, prophesy, anticipate, tell in advance, envision, envisage; literary previse; archaic augur, presage •• predict, augur, divine, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, prognosticate,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• Apostasy in Christianity — Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss. Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve Apostles, became an apostate.[1] Apostasy in Christianity refers to the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian. The term apostasy comes from the Greek… …   Wikipedia

• Gospel of St. Matthew —     Gospel of St. Matthew     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gospel of St. Matthew     I. CANONICITY     The earliest Christian communities looked upon the books of the Old Testament as Sacred Scripture, and read them at their religious assemblies.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• ISAIAH — (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָה ,יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Salvation of YHWH ), one of the eight books (as the Rabbis and the Masorah count them) of the Nevi im, or Prophets, the second division of the Hebrew canon (see bible , Canon). INTRODUCTION Outside the Book of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• PROPHETS AND PROPHECY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: in the bible classifications nature of prophecy origin and function dreams divination pre classical prophets terminology group prophecy ecstasy group life of prophets role in society… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• foretell — UK [fɔː(r)ˈtel] / US [fɔrˈtel] verb [transitive] Word forms foretell : present tense I/you/we/they foretell he/she/it foretells present participle foretelling past tense foretold UK [fɔː(r)ˈtəʊld] / US [fɔrˈtoʊld] past participle foretold mainly… …   English dictionary

• MOSES — (Heb. מֹשֶׁה; LXX, Mōusēs; Vulg. Moyses), leader, prophet, and lawgiver (set in modern chronology in the first half of the 13th century B.C.E.). Commissioned to take the Israelites out of Egypt, Moses led them from his 80th year to his death at… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism