prophet

PRAH-fut

meaning in plain English

A person who claims to speak for God or a higher power, delivering messages they believe come from that source.

for example

Some groups believe a teacher who warned about a coming disaster was a prophet because his message came from what he called a divine voice.

Imagine someone says, 'God told me this will happen,' and people believe them. That person is acting as a prophet—someone who speaks as if they’re repeating words from something bigger than themselves, even if others can’t hear it directly.