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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To predict; to prophesy; to foreshow.

2. (v. i.) To utter predictions.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FORETELL; FORETOLD

for-tel', for-told': The King James Version occurrences of these words in the New Testament represent as many Greek terms, and are in each case rendered differently in Revised Version:

(1) Mark 13:23 (proeipon), the Revised Version (British and American) "told beforehand";

(2) Acts 3:24 (prokataggello), the Revised Version (British and American) simply "told";

(3) 2 Corinthians 13:2 (prolego), the Revised Version (British and American) "said beforehand," margin "plainly"; compare 1 Thessalonians 3:4.

The foretelling of future events is claimed in the Old Testament as a prerogative of Yahweh (Isaiah 41:22, 23; Isaiah 42:9, etc.; compare Deuteronomy 18:22).

See PROPHECY.

Greek

4395. propheteuo -- to foretell, tell forth, prophesy
... to foretell, tell forth, prophesy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: propheteuo
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ate-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I foretell, prophesy ...
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4280. proereo -- foretell, say before.
... 4279, 4280. proereo. 4281 . foretell, say before. Part of ... predict, foretell.
Word Origin fut. of proeipon, qv. foretell, say before. ...
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4302. prolego -- to say beforehand, ie to predict
... foretell, tell before. From pro and lego; to say beforehand, ie Predict, forewarn --
foretell, tell before. see GREEK pro. see GREEK lego. ...
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4293. prokataggello -- to announce beforehand
... foretell, have notice, show before. From pro and kataggello; to anounce beforehand,
ie Predict, promise -- foretell, have notice, (shew) before. see GREEK pro. ...
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4283. proeuaggelizomai -- to announce good news beforehand
... Spelling: (pro-yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I preach the gospel
beforehand Definition: I preach the gospel beforehand, foretell good tidings. ...
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4277 -- forewarn, say before
... before. Part of Speech: Verb Phonetic Spelling: (pro-ep'-o) Short Definition: I
say previously, predict Definition: I say previously, predict, proclaim, foretell ...
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Library

Whether the Prophets of the Demons ever Foretell the Truth?
... OF THE CAUSE OF PROPHECY (SIX ARTICLES) Whether the prophets of the demons ever
foretell the truth? ... Therefore it would seem that they never foretell the truth. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the prophets of the.htm

Wherefore if they Pretend to Foretell the Future...
... Life of Antony. Section 31. Wherefore if they pretend to foretell the future�
31. Wherefore if they pretend to foretell the future ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 31.htm

The Old Testament Scriptures, and those Written by Moses in ...
... IV Chapter X."The Old Testament Scriptures, and those written by Moses in particular,
do everywhere make mention of the Son of God, and foretell His advent ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter x the old testament scriptures.htm

Whether we Ought to Distinguish Several Species of Divination?
... counsel and help of a demon, who is either expressly called upon to give his help,
or else thrusts himself in secretly, in order to foretell certain future ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether we ought to distinguish.htm

Past and Future Times Cannot be Thought of but as Present.
... foretold. Which conceptions again now are, and they who foretell those
things behold these conceptions present before them. Let ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xviii past and future times.htm

Whether Divination is a Sin?
... and always; and such like future effects can be foreknown and foretold with certainty,
from considering their causes, even as astrologers foretell a coming ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether divination is a sin.htm

Again on the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 25, "I Thank Thee, O ...
... planets, the movements [2292] of the heavenly bodies, so as to arrive by certain
[2293] calculations to that degree of knowledge as to foretell the eclipses of ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xviii again on the.htm

On Kings.
... How then, says he, did he foretell the calamities that were to befall Saul
and Jonathan at the same time? He did foretell indeed ...
/.../hippolytus/the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/on kings.htm

Permit Me, Lord, to Seek Further. ...
... foretold. Which fore-conceptions again now are; and those who foretell those
things, do behold the conceptions present before them. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xviii permit me lord.htm

Thus in Days Gone by Arose the Oracles of the Greeks...
... For they know nothing of themselves, but, like thieves, what they get to know from
others they pass on, and guess at rather than foretell things. ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 33.htm

Thesaurus

Foretell (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To utter predictions. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FORETELL; FORETOLD. ...
See PROPHECY. Multi-Version Concordance Foretell (4 Occurrences). ...
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Divine (39 Occurrences)
... 11. (vt) To foretell; to predict; to presage. 12. ... 13. (vi) To use or practice divination;
to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. 14. ...
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Augur (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (vi) To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable
issue; as, to augur well or ill. 5. (vt) To predict ...
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Foretold (18 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Foretell. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. FORETELL; FORETOLD. for-tel', for-told': The ...
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Jambres (2 Occurrences)
... have withstood Moses 40 years previously at the court of Pharaoh, to whom it was
also said, they so interpreted a dream of that king, as to foretell the birth ...
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Jannes (2 Occurrences)
... have withstood Moses 40 years previously at the court of Pharaoh, to whom it was
also said, they so interpreted a dream of that king, as to foretell the birth ...
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Foretells (1 Occurrence)

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Foretaste (4 Occurrences)

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Predict (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as,
to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. 2. (n.) A prediction. ...
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Prophesy (96 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To foretell by divine inspiration; to predict;
to prognosticate. 2. (vt) To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure. ...
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Bible Concordance

Foretell (4 Occurrences)

Acts 3:24 and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
(KJV WBS)

Isaiah 44:7 And who, as I, can proclaim--let him declare it, and set it in order for Me--since I appointed the ancient people? And the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 44:8 Have no fear, be strong in heart; have I not made it clear to you in the past, and let you see it? and you are my witnesses. Is there any God but me, or a Rock of whom I have no knowledge?
(See NIV)

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