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Strong's #4395 - προφητεύω
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- to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict
- to prophesy
- with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining esp. to the kingdom of God
- to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation
- to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or praise of the divine counsels
- under like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others
- to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office
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προφητ-εύω, Dor. προφᾱτ- Pi. Fr. 150 and Inscrr.(v. infr.): — in impf. and aor. 1 the augm. is sts. placed after the prep., προ-εφήτευον, -εφήτευσα, as LXX 3 Ki. 22.12 (v.l.), Acts 19:6 (v.l.), LXX Si. 46.20 (but ἐπροφήτευσαν ib. Numbers 11:25, al.): — to be a προφήτης or interpreter of the gods, μαντεύεο, Μοῖσα, προφατεύσω δ' ἐγώ Pi. l.c.; τίς προφητεύει θεοῦ; who is his interpreter? E. Ion 413; οἱ προφητεύοντες τοῦ ἱροῦ Hdt. 7.111; ἡψυχὴ τὰ θεῖα καταλαβομένη τοῖς τε ἀνθρώποις προφητεύουσα Arist. Mu. 391a16; οὗ [μαντείου] προειστήκει προφητεύων Luc. VH 2.33, cf. Plu. 2.412b; οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις σοι προφητεύσει τάδε will be thy intermediary in asking this, E. Ion 369; ἡ μανία . . προφητεύσασα with oracular power, Pl. Phdr. 244d: — Pass., τὰ προφητευθέντα Sch. Od. 12.9 .
II expound, interpret, preach, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, Ev.Luke 1:67, Ev.John 11:51, Acts 2:17, Acts 19:6; 1 Corinthians 11:4, 1 Corinthians 13:9, al.: also δημιουργῶν χεῖρες π. τὰ ποιήματα Callistr. Stat. 2 .
III hold office of προφήτης, Θεοδώρου προφᾱτεύοντος IG 7.4155 (Ptoön), cf. 12(1).833.6 ( Lindus ), PGnom. 211 (ii A.D.) . to be a quack doctor, Gal. 15.172.
προφητεύω; future προφητεύσω; imperfect προεφήτευον (Acts 19:6 R G) and ἐπροφήτευον (ibid. L T Tr WH; (1 Kings 22:12); Jer. (
a. universally, Matthew 7:22.
b. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God: Matthew 11:13; Acts 2:17, 18; Acts 21:9; περί τίνος, Matthew 15:7; Mark 7:6; 1 Peter 1:10; ἐπί τίνι, over i. e. concerning one (see ἐπί, B. 2 f. β'., p. 234a), Revelation 10:11; εἰς τινα (i. e. Christ), the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; προφητεύειν followed by λέγων, with the words uttered by the prophet, Jude 1:14; followed by ὅτι, John 11:51.
c. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation: Matthew 26:68; Mark 14:65; Luke 22:64, cf. 7:39; John 4:19.
d. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or in praise of the divine counsels: Luke 1:67; Acts 19:6 (1 Samuel 10:10, 11; 1 Samuel 19:20, 21, etc.); — or, under the like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.), 1 Corinthians 11:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Corinthians 14:1, 3, 4, 5, 24, 31, 39.
e. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office: Revelation 11:3. (On the word see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)
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προφητεύω
(< προφήτης ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5012 ni., hith.;]
to be a προφήτης (q.v.), to prophesy: in the primary sense of telling forth the Divine counsels, Matthew 7:22; Matthew 26:68, Mark 14:65, Luke 1:67; Luke 22:64, Acts 19:6, 1 Corinthians 11:4-5; 1 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Corinthians 14:1; 1 Corinthians 14:3-5; 1 Corinthians 14:24; 1 Corinthians 14:31; 1 Corinthians 14:39, Hebrews 11:3; with the idea of foretelling future events (an idea merely incidental, not essential; v. Lft., Notes, 83 f.), Matthew 11:13, Acts 2:17-18 (LXX) Acts 21:9; seq. περί , Matthew 15:7, Mark 7:6, 1 Peter 1:10; ἐπί , c. dat., Revelation 10:11; λέγων , Judges 1:14; ὅτι , John 11:51.†
SYN.: μαντεύομαι G3132, q.v.
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