noun
the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
• Syn: ↑Nebiim
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑sacred text, ↑sacred writing, ↑religious writing, ↑religious text
• Part Holonyms: ↑Tanakh, ↑Tanach, ↑Hebrew Scripture
• Part Meronyms:
↑Joshua, ↑Josue, ↑Book of Joshua, ↑Judges, ↑Book of Judges, ↑I Samuel, ↑1 Samuel, ↑II Samuel, ↑2 Samuel, ↑I Kings, ↑1 Kings, ↑II Kings, ↑2 Kings, ↑Isaiah, ↑Book of Isaiah, ↑Jeremiah, ↑Book of Jeremiah, ↑Ezekiel, ↑Ezechiel, ↑Book of Ezekiel, ↑Hosea, ↑Book of Hosea, ↑Joel, ↑Book of Joel, ↑Amos, ↑Book of Amos, ↑Obadiah, ↑Abdias, ↑Book of Obadiah, ↑Jonah, ↑Book of Jonah, ↑Micah, ↑Micheas, ↑Book of Micah, ↑Nahum, ↑Book of Nahum, ↑Habakkuk, ↑Habacuc, ↑Book of Habakkuk, ↑Zephaniah, ↑Sophonias, ↑Book of Zephaniah, ↑Haggai, ↑Aggeus, ↑Book of Haggai, ↑Zechariah, ↑Zacharias, ↑Book of Zachariah
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/prof"its/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the canonical group of books that forms the second of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, comprising Joshua, Judges, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. Cf. Law of Moses, Hagiographa.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.