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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Prophetess
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(נְבַיאָה, nebiah, προφῆτις, Exodus 15:20; Luke 2:36). Among the remarkable women who appear to have exercised the gift of prophecy, we find Miriam (Exodus 15:20); Deborah; Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1); Huldah (2 Kings 22:14); the wife of Isaiah (Isaiah 8:3); Anna (Luke 2:36); and the four daughters of Philip (Acts 21:8-9). Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, and others were called prophetesses, not because they were supposed to be gifted with a knowledge of futurity, like the seers, but because they possessed a poetical inspiration; and inspired (especially sacred) poetry was always deemed of supernatural and divine origin. (See PROPHET).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Prophetess'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/prophetess.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Prophetess'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/prophetess.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
