Prophet needing a couple of seconds (4)
I believe the answer is:
amos
'prophet' is the definition.
(biblical prophet)
'a couple of seconds' is the wordplay.
'a couple' becomes 'am' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'of' becomes 'o''.
'seconds' becomes 's'.
'am'+'o'+'s'='AMOS'
'needing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for amos that I've seen before include "Prophet in the Bible" , "30th OT book" , "Part of bible" , "Biblical prophet and OT book" , "man" .)