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‖ nabi|ˈnɑːbiː|
Pl. nebi'im.
[Heb. nābhi prophet.]
1. Theol. One inspired to speak the word of God; a prophet, spec. a Hebrew prophet of the Old Testament.
[1765W. Dodd in Bible with Commentary note on Gen. xx. verse 7 The Hebrew אי{hebbeth}נ nebia, signifies a person that speaks something in an eminent and extraordinary manner.] 1877A. Milroy tr. Kuenen's Prophets & Prophecy in Israel iii. 63 The Nabi is, and cannot but be, an improvisatore. 1885T. P. Hughes Dict. Islam 427/1 Nabī,..a prophet. One who has received direct inspiration..by means of an angel, or by the inspiration of the heart..; or has seen the things of God in a dream. Ibid. 475/2 According to Muhammadan writers a nabi is anyone directly inspired by God. 1900W. W. Skeat Malay Magic 99 Of the prophets (Nabi) there are an indefinite number. 1908R. J. Wilkinson Life & Customs (Papers on Malay Subjects 3) i. 14 Other religions had prophets of their own who were nevertheless true prophets like Nabi Isa, the prophet of the Christians, and Nabi Musa, the prophet of the Siamese. 1918Encycl. Relig. & Ethics X. 384/1 The true religion of Israel..traced its origin to those who bore the title nabî. Ibid. 384/2 In the Hebrew order of the OT books the n⊇bî'îm and the hăkĕhāmîm appear in different divisions. 1922J. Skinner Prophecy & Religion i. 4 Amos instances the raising up of Nĕbî'îm as a proof of Yahwe's peculiar love for Israel. 1961B. Vawter Conscience of Israel iv. 75 To him Amos was only a nabi like the many who grubbed out a living by devising oracles for clients.
2. Art. A member of a group of late 19th-century French post-impressionists, including Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, and Sérusier, who followed the artistic theories of Gauguin.
1931C'tess de Lauzanne tr. Basler & Kunstler's Post-Impressionists xi. 52 All the ‘Nabis’, all the ‘enflammés’ who left the Jullian Academy, were attracted by the theories of..Paul Gauguin. 1945Goldwater & Treves Artists on Art (1947) 379 Sérusier gathered about him a group known as the Nabis which included..Denis, Bonnard, Vuillard, and later Maillol. 1959Listener 22 Oct. 694/2 Felix Vallotton who worked in Paris and had relations with the Nabis. 1963L. & E. Hanson Post-Impressionists xi. 277 They were..nicknamed the Nabis..because most of them wore beards, some were Jews and all were desperately earnest. 1963Times 2 May 6/5 The ‘Nabi’ phase of French painting. 1969M. Bullock tr. Chassé's Nabis & their Period i. 14 The Nabis soon became known as devotees of ‘beautiful greys’ and broken colours... When we try to outline Nabism, we always return in the end to the concept of fantasy and dream. 1971tr. W. Verkade in J. Russell Vuillard 85 One day Sérusier said to me: ‘Let's go and see the Nabi, Denis, at Saint-Germain.’ 1972L. Lamb Picture Frame ii. 24, I should guess that you have got hold of one of the Nabis... If you think it's a Vuillard, it probably is. 1973Times 7 May 7/4 Art nouveau, the Nabis, the Pointillistes.
Hence ˈnabi'ism, ˈnabism.
1922J. Skinner Prophecy & Religion i. 5 Nabi'ism had its unprogressive and degenerate representatives. 1969[see sense 2 above]. |