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SOPHONIAS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An Old Testament book telling the prophecies of Zephaniah which are concerned mainly with the approaching judgment by God upon the sinners of Judah
Synonyms:
Book of Zephaniah; Sophonias; Zephaniah
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Sophonias" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Hebrew minor prophet of the late 7th century BC
Synonyms:
Sophonias; Zephaniah
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
