(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).

Bibliography Information
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.

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