Agabus

[ ag-uh-buh s ]
/ ˈæg ə bəs /

noun

a Christian prophet who predicted a great famine. Acts 11:28.

Example sentences from the Web for agabus

  • A famine had afflicted the country,—probably that which Agabus had foretold.

    "Granny's Chapters" |Lady Mary Ross

  • And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.

    The Bible Story |Rev. Newton Marshall Hall

  • Agabus seems to have been specially gifted in the direction of prediction.

    The Expositor's Bible: The Acts of the Apostles, Vol. 2 |G. T. Stokes

  • Whether this was, or was not, the same as the former Agabus,—this mode of designation presents itself as alike extraordinary.

    Not Paul, But Jesus |Jeremy Bentham