biography
| name: |
Isaiah
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Heb Jeshaiah
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pronunciation:
[iyziya]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (8th-c BC)
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| biography:
| The first in order of the major Old Testament prophets, the son of Amoz. A citizen of Jerusalem, he began to prophesy c.747 BC, and exercised his office until at least the close of the century. According to tradition, he was martyred. |
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