Strong G4396προφήτης

prophet

Transliteration: prophētēs
Pronunciation: prof-ay'-tace
Morphology: Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From a compound of G4253 and G5346; a foreteller (prophet); by analogy an inspired speaker; by extension a poet: - prophet.

Detailed definition

προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth),
[in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא;]
one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet;
1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles.

2. In NT,
__(a) of the OT prophets: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al.;
__(b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al.;
__(with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76;
__(d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37" (LXX);
__(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al.;
__(f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, Act.8:28, al.;
__(g) of a poet: Tit.1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., see Deiss., BS, 235f.; MM, xxii).
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In the Bible

Strong G4396 appears in 143 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Matthew 1:22
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
Matthew 2:5
And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew 2:15
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Matthew 2:17
Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Matthew 2:23
And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Matthew 3:3
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matthew 4:14
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew 7:12
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 8:17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Matthew 10:41
He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
Matthew 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:13
For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Matthew 12:17
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Matthew 12:39
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
Matthew 13:17
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Matthew 13:35
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 13:57
And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Matthew 14:5
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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προφήτ-ης, ου,
Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect προφάτας [ᾱ], α, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below), 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 2.68: ὁ·)] (πρό, φημί):— properly one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.60)]; Βάκχου π., perhaps of Orpheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 972)]; [Διονύσου] π., of the Bacchae, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 551 (Lyric poetry))]; Νηρέως π., of Glaucus, [Refs ([prev. author] “Or.” 364)]; especially of the Delphic Apollo, Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 19)]; of the minister and interpreter at Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.36, 37)]; at the Ptoön,[Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 135, “IG” 7.4135.13 (2nd c.BC))]; compare προφῆτις.
2 title of official keepers of the oracle at Branchidae, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2884, +others, “Supp.epigram” 1.426 (Milet., 1st c.AD))]; elsewhere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“IG” 14.961, 1032, 1084, 2433 (from Massilia), 9(2).1109.22 (Coropa, 2nd-1st c.BC), etc.)]
2.b in Egyptian temples, member of the highest order of the clergy, priest, π. θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 6.3 (2nd c.BC),compare “OGI” 56.59 (Canopus, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]
3 interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the μάντις (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 72a: hence, of Poets, Πιερίδων π. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Pae.” 6.6; Μουσᾶν π. 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.3, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 262d.)]
4 possessor of oracular powers, of Amphiaraus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 611, compare “Ag.” 409 (Lyric poetry))]; of Pseudo-Bacis, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 972)]; of Epimenides, [NT (NT.Tit.1.12.)]
5 generally, interpreter, declarer, ἐγὼ π. σοι λόγων γενήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 211)]; π. ἀτόμων, of the Epicureans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.187b)]; τῶν Πύρρωνος λόγων, of Timon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.53)]; spokesman, [LXX (LXX.Exo.7.1.)]
5.b metaphorically, proclaimer, harbinger, κώμου προφάτας, of the wine-bowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.50; δείπνου π. λιμός 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 217.23; φθόης π. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 184.4; τέττιξ.. θέρεος γλυκὺς π. “Anacreontea” 32.11.)]
II herald at the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.28 (_plural_).)]
III in LXX, revealer of God's will, prophet, [LXX (LXX.1Ki.9.9, +others:— hence,)]
III.2 in NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God, [NT (NT.1Cor.12.28, 14.32)]; and (as comprised in this),
III.2.b foreteller, prophet of future events, [NT (NT.Acts.2.30, 3.18, 21, NT.2Pet.3.2.)]
III.3 herbalist, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.10, +others)]; quack doctor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 16.761.)]