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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4394 - προφητεία

Transliteration

prophēteía

Phonetics

prof-ay-ti'-ah

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4396) ("prophecy")

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

6:781,952

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

prophecy
1. a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events
2. Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
  1. of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due
  2. of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets
  3. the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2377 ‑ חָזוֹן (khaw‑zone'); 5016 ‑ נְבוּאָה (neb‑oo‑aw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (19)

Matthew 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

NAS (21)

Matthew 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 3

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

HCS (19)

Matthew 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

BSB (19)

Matthew 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

ESV (18)

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

WEB (19)

Matthew 1

Romans 1

1 Corinthians 5

1 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 2

Revelation 7

KJV (19)

prophecies 2

prophecy 14

prophesying 2

prophesyings 1

NAS (21)

prophecies 1

prophecy 15

prophesying 1

prophetic 2

utterance 1

utterances 1

HCS (19)

prophecy 1

prophetic 1

of prophecy 1

prophecies 3

prophecy 9

prophetic 3

the gift of prophecy 1

BSB (19)

Prophecy 1

[the] prophecy spoken 1

[there are] prophecies 1

of prophecy 2

prophecies 1

prophecies {with contempt} 1

prophecy 11

the gift of prophecy 1

ESV (18)

prophecies 3

prophecy 13

prophesying 1

prophetic powers 1

WEB (19)

if prophecy 1

no prophecy 1

of Prophecy 1

of the prophecy 4

prophecy 5

prophesies 1

prophesying 2

the gift of prophecy 1

the prophecies 1

the prophecy 1

there are prophecies 1

RAH

N-APF 1

N-ASF 3

N-DSF 2

N-NSF 1

ANT

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

BEZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

BGB

N-AFP 2

N-AFS 2

N-DFS 1

N-GFS 8

N-NFP 1

N-NFS 5

BMT

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

BYZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

ELZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

NA26

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

SBL

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

SCV

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

STV

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

TIS

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

N-APF 2

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 1

N-GSF 8

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 5

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

προφητ-εία, ἡ, gift of interpreting the will of the gods, gift of prophecy, διδασκαλίαν ὡς π. ἐκχεῶ LXX Si. 24.33; ἡ δὲ προφητείη δίης φρενός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ Orac. ap. Luc. Alex. 40 .

2. concrete, prophecy or oracular response, LXX 2 Chronicles 15:8, Hld. 2.27 .

II office of προφήτης 2, εἴ τοι μέμηλεν ἔμπεδος π . BMus.Inscr. 921b7 ( Branchidae ), cf. CIG 2869 ( Didyma ), 2880 ( Branchidae ), OGI 494.8 (Milet.); in Egypt, προφητειῶν καὶ γραμματειῶν καρπεῖαι PTeb. 6.34 (ii B.C.) .

III in NT, gift of expounding scripture, or of speaking and preaching, under the influence of the Holy Spirit (cf. προφήτης ), Ep.Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Timothy 1:18, 1 Timothy 4:14, al.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

προφητεία, προφητείας, ἡ (προφητεύω, which see), Hebrew נְבוּאָה, prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. — of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: Matthew 13:14; 2 Peter 1:20, 21 (on this passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); — of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Revelation 11:6; Revelation 22:19; τό πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Revelation 19:10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7, 10, 18; — of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called προφῆται (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6, 22; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; — specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1 Timothy 4:14; plural (see προάγω, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Sept., Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† προφητεία , -ας , ἡ (< προψητεύω ),

[in LXX for H5016, H2377;]

the gift (and its exercise) of interpreting the Divine will and purpose, prophecy, prophesying: of OT prophecy, Matthew 13:14, 2 Peter 1:20-21; of NT prophecy, Romans 12:6, 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6; 1 Corinthians 14:22, 1 Timothy 4:14, Revelation 11:6; Revelation 22:19; pl., 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 Thessalonians 5:20, 1 Timothy 1:18; οἱ λόγοι τῆς Papyri, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7; Revelation 22:10; Revelation 22:18; τ . πνεῦμα τῆς Papyri, Revelation 19:10 (Luc., FlJ, LXX, Papyri; v. Deiss., BS, 235 f.; MM, xxii).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

To Hort’s exx. ad James 1:6 of this word to denote the surface of the water blown upon by shifting breezes, rather than billows lashed by a storm, we may add Aristeas 70 where the workmanship bestowed on certain ornamental leaves is described as so life-like that if a breath of wind blew upon them—ῥιπίζοντος τοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα πνεύματος —the leaves stirred in their places. It should be noted that the verb is derived not from ῥιπή, ";a rushing motion"; (ῥίπτω), but from ῥιπίς, ";a fire-fan.";

List of Word Forms

προφητεια προφητεία προφητείᾳ προφητειαι προφητείαι προφητεῖαι προφητειαν προφητείαν προφητειας προφητείας propheteia propheteía prophēteia prophēteía propheteiai propheteíāi propheteîai prophēteiai prophēteíāi prophēteîai propheteian propheteían prophēteian prophēteían propheteias propheteías prophēteias prophēteías