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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SEER, n. [from see.]
1. One who sees; as a seer of visions.
2. A prophet; a person who forsees future events.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

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 Reference Dictionary

1. n. 1 a person who sees. 2 a prophet; a person who sees visions; a person of supposed supernatural insight esp. as regards the future. Etymology: ME f. SEE(1) 2. n. an Indian (varying) measure of weight (about one kilogram) or liquid measure (about one litre). Etymology: Hindi ser

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seer Seer (s[=e]r), a. Sore; painful. [Prov. Eng.] --Ray.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seer Se"er (s[=e]"[~e]r), n. One who sees. --Addison.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Seer Seer (s[=e]r), n. [From See.] A person who foresees events; a prophet. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(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

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Prophet, foreteller, predictor, soothsayer, vaticinator.

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