Portent
A portent is an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially. something momentous.
The surrendering Aramean representatives interpreted the fact that Israel's king Ahab referred to their king Ben-Hadad as "brother" as a portent.
Now the men took this as an omen, and quickly catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." Then he said, "Go, bring him." Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he took him up into the chariot. (I Kings 20:33, NASB)
Note: This woodcut of Ahab and Ben-Hadad by Johann Christoph Weigel (1654-1726) was first published in 1695.
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