προφήτης prophētēs · G4396

prophet

προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth), ; [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ; ] ; one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet; 1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles. ; 2. In NT, ; (a) of the OT prophets: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al.; (b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al.; (with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76; (d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37" (LXX) ; (e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al.; (f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

προφήτ-ης, ου, ; Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect προφάτας [ᾱ], α, [] (πρό, φημί):— properly one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, []; Βάκχου π., perhaps of Orpheus, []; [Διονύσου] π., of the Bacchae, []; Νηρέως π., of Glaucus, []; especially of the Delphic Apollo, Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός []; of the minister and interpreter at Delphi, []; at the Ptoön,[]; compare προφῆτις. ; 2 title of official keepers of …

Where it's used 149 times

Matthew 1:22 · Matthew 2:5 · Matthew 2:15 · Matthew 2:17 · Matthew 2:23 · Matthew 3:3 · Matthew 4:14 · Matthew 5:12 · Matthew 5:17 · Matthew 7:12 · Matthew 8:17 · Matthew 10:41 · Matthew 11:9 · Matthew 11:13 · Matthew 12:17 · Matthew 12:39 · Matthew 13:17 · Matthew 13:35 · Matthew 13:57 · Matthew 14:5 · Matthew 16:4 · Matthew 16:14 · Matthew 21:4 · Matthew 21:11 · Matthew 21:26 · Matthew 21:46 · Matthew 22:40 · Matthew 23:29 · Matthew 23:30 · Matthew 23:31 · Matthew 23:34 · Matthew 23:37 · Matthew 24:15 · Matthew 26:56 · Matthew 27:9 · Matthew 27:35 · Mark 1:2 · Mark 6:4 · Mark 6:15 · Mark 8:28 · Mark 11:32 · Mark 13:14 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 3:4 · Luke 4:17 · Luke 4:24 · Luke 4:27 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 7:26 · Luke 7:28 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 9:8 · Luke 9:19 · Luke 10:24 · Luke 11:29 · Luke 11:47 · Luke 11:49 · Luke 11:50 … and 89 more

Source: TBESG G4396; TFLSJ G4396

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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