Prophetess (נבַיאָה, nebiah, προφῆτις, Ex 15:20; Lu 2:36). Among the remarkable women who appear to have exercised the gift of prophecy, we find Miriam (Ex 15:20); Deborah; Hannah (1Sa 2:1); Huldah (2Ki 22:14); the wife of Isaiah (Isa 8:3); Anna (Lu 2:36); and the four daughters of Philip (Ac 21:8-9). Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, and others were called prophetesses, not because they were supposed to be gifted with a knowledge of futurity, like the seers, but because they possessed a poetical inspiration; and inspired (especially sacred) poetry was always deemed of supernatural and divine origin. SEE PROPHET.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More