SEER DEFINITIONS - 15 definitions found
seer n 1: a person with unusual powers of foresight [syn: visionary, illusionist, seer] 2: an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies" 3: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn: prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator] seer erse sere rese seer late M.E., "one who sees," especially "one to whom divine revelations are made." From see (v.) (q.v.). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) seer noun Date: 14th century 1. one that sees 2. a. one that predicts events or developments b. a person credited with extraordinary moral and spiritual insight 3. one that practices divination especially by concentrating on a glass or crystal globe Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary seer (seers) A seer is a person who tells people what will happen in the future. (LITERARY) ...the writings of the 16th century French seer, Nostradamus. N-COUNT Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Seer \Seer\ (s[=e]r), a. Sore; painful. [Prov. Eng.] --Ray. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Seer \Se"er\ (s[=e]"[~e]r), n. One who sees. --Addison. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Seer \Seer\ (s[=e]r), n. [From See.] A person who foresees events; a prophet. --Milton. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia SEER se'-er, ser: The word in English Versions of the Bible represents two Hebrew words, ro'eh (1Sa 9:9,11,18,19; 2Sa 15:27; 1Ch 9:22, etc.), And chozeh (2Sa 24:11; 2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 21:9; 25:5; 29:29, etc.). The former designation is from the ordinary verb "to see"; the latter is connected with the verb used of prophetic vision. It appears from 1Sa 9:9 that "seer" (ro'-eh) was the older name for those who, after the rise of the more regular orders, were called "prophets." It is not just, however, to speak of the "seers" or "prophets" of Samuel's time as on the level of mere fortune-tellers. What insight or vision they possessed is traced to God's Spirit. Samuel was the ro'-eh by pr-eeminence, and the name is little used after his time. Individuals who bear the title "seer" (chozeh) are mentioned in connection with the kings and as historiographers (2Sa 24:11; 1Ch 21:9; 25:5; 29:29; 2Ch 9:29; 12:15; 19:2, etc.), and distinction is sometimes made between "prophets" and "seers" (2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 29:29, etc.). Havernick thinks that "seer" denotes one who does not belong to the regular prophetic order (Introductions to Old Testament, 50 ff, English translation), but it is not easy to fix a precise distinction. See PROPHET; PROPHECY. James Orr Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary Seer a name sometimes applied to the prophets because of the visions granted to them. It is first found in 1 Sam. 9:9. It is afterwards applied to Zadok, Gad, etc. (2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 1 Chr. 9:22; 25:5; 2 Chr. 9:29; Amos 7:12; Micah 3:7). The "sayings of the seers" (2 Chr. 33:18, 19) is rendered in the Revised Version "the history of Hozai" (marg., the seers; so the LXX.), of whom, however, nothing is known. (See PROPHET.) Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms seer n. Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) seer ̈ɪˈsi:ə n. soothsayer, fortune-teller, sibyl, oracle, prophet, prophetess, augur, vaticinator, prophesier, clairvoyant, psychic, crystal-gazer, star-gazer: The seer foretold a grave famine and much suffering in the land. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 112 Moby Thesaurus words for "seer": Cassandra, Don Quixote, Druid, Quixote, TV-viewer, astrologer, augur, authority, beholder, bird-watcher, bystander, calamity howler, clairvoyant, crystal gazer, daydreamer, divinator, diviner, divineress, doctor, dreamer, dreamer of dreams, drugstore cowboy, elder, elder statesman, enthusiast, escapist, eyewitness, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller, fortune-teller, fortuneteller, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, geomancer, girl-watcher, goggler, great soul, guru, haruspex, idealist, illuminate, intellect, intellectual, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, lotus-eater, lover of wisdom, mahatma, man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, mastermind, mentor, observer, ogler, onlooker, oracle, palmist, perceiver, percipient, philosopher, predictor, prefigurer, presager, prognosticator, prophesier, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, rabbi, religious prophets, rhapsodist, rishi, romancer, romantic, romanticist, sage, sapient, savant, scholar, seeress, sibyl, sidewalk superintendent, soothsayer, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, starets, televiewer, television-viewer, thinker, utopian, utopianist, utopianizer, vates, video-gazer, viewer, visionary, watcher, weather prophet, wise man, wise old man, wishful thinker, witness |
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