1) prophecy
    1a) a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring
        the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the
        wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things
        hidden; esp. by foretelling future events
    1b) Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
        1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom
             and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations
             and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy,
             the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due
        1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers
             called prophets
        1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the
             predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the
             gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ