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Strong G4398προφῆτις

prophetess

Transliteration
prophētis
Pronunciation
prof-ay'-tis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

Feminine of G4396; a female foreteller or an inspired woman: - prophetess.

Detailed definition

προφῆτις, -ιδος, ἡ fem, of προφήτης,
[in LXX: Exo.15:20, Jdg.4:4, 4Ki.22:14, 2Ch.34:22, Isa.8:3 (נְבִיאָה) *;]
a prophetess: Luk.2:36, Rev.2:20.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4398 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • prophetess2

First verses

  1. Luke 2:36
    And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
  2. Revelation 2:20
    Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
προφῆτις, ιδος,
feminine of προφήτης, especially of the Pythia, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 42, 321, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244a, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.26 M.: generally, “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3796 (from Chalcedon), LXX.Exo.15.20, LXX.Judg.4.4, “Schwyzer” 633.20 (Eresus, 2nd-1st c.BC))]: metaphorically, π. τῆς ἀληθείας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.2.)]
2 prophet's wife, [LXX (LXX.Isa.8.3.)]