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Lexicon :: Strong's G4396 - prophētēs

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προφήτης
Transliteration
prophētēs (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ay'-tace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of πρό (G4253) and φημί (G5346)
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TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong’s Definitions

προφήτης prophḗtēs, prof-ay'-tace; from a compound of G4253 and G5346; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:—prophet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x

The KJV translates Strong's G4396 in the following manner: prophet (149x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x
The KJV translates Strong's G4396 in the following manner: prophet (149x).
  1. in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things

  2. one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation

    1. the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah.

    2. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah

    3. of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah

    4. the Messiah

    5. of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men

    6. of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians

      1. they are associated with the apostles

      2. they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11:27)

      3. in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers

  3. a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)

    1. of Epimenides (Tit. 1:12)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προφήτης prophḗtēs, prof-ay'-tace; from a compound of G4253 and G5346; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:—prophet.
STRONGS G4396:
προφήτης, προφήτου, (προφημι, to speak forth, speak out; hence, properly, 'one who speaks forth'; see πρό, d. α.), the Sept. for נָבִיא (which comes from the same root as, 'to divulge,' 'make known,' 'announce' (cf. Fleischer in Delitzsch, Com. ü. d. Gen, 4te Aufl., p. 551f), therefore properly, equivalent to interpreter, Exodus 7:1, cf. 4:16; hence, an interpreter or spokesman for God; one through whom God speaks; cf. especially Bleek, Einl. in d. A. T. 4te Aufl., p. 309 (B. D. under the word and references there; especially also Day's note on Oehler's O. T. Theol. § 161, and Winers Grammar, Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel, p. 389 (note on Lect. ii.))), one who speaks forth by divine inspiration;
I. In Greek writings from Aeschylus, Herodotus, and Pindar down:
1. an interpreter of oracles (whether uttered by the gods or the μάντεις), or of other hidden things.
2. a foreteller, soothsayer, seer.
II. In the N. T.
1. one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence, his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation. The title is applied to
a. the O. T. prophets — and with allusion to their age, life, death, deeds: Matthew 5:12; Matthew 12:39; Matthew 13:17; Matthew 23:29-31; Mark 6:15; Luke 4:27; Luke 10:24; Luke 11:47; Luke 13:28; John 8:52, 55 Acts 3:25; Acts 7:52; Acts 13:20; Romans 11:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:32; James 5:10; appeal is made to their utterances as having foretold the kingdom, deeds, death, of Jesus the Messiah: Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:5, 15, 17, 23; Matthew 3:3; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 11:13; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 24:15; Matthew 26:56; Matthew 27:9; Mark 13:14 Rec.; Luke 1:70; Luke 3:4; Luke 4:17; Luke 18:31; Luke 24:25; John 1:23, 45(46); John 12:38; Acts 2:16; Acts 3:18, 21, 24; Acts 7:37, 48; Acts 10:43; Acts 13:27; Acts 15:15; Acts 26:22; Romans 1:2; Hebrews 1:1; 1 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 3:2; Revelation 10:7; in the number of prophets David also is reckoned, as one who predicted the resurrection of Christ, Acts 2:30f; so too is Balaam, 2 Peter 2:16 (see Βαλαάμ). by metonymy, προφῆται is put for the books of the prophets: Luke 24:27, 44; Acts 8:28; Acts 13:15; Acts 24:14; Acts 28:23; ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, equivalent to ἐν βίβλῳ τῶν προφητῶν, (Acts 7:42), in the volume of the prophets (which in Hebrew has the title נְבִיאִים), John 6:45; Acts 13:40; — or for the teaching set forth in their books: Matthew 5:17; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 22:40; Luke 16:29, 31; Acts 26:27. See νόμος, 4.
b. John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah: Matthew 21:26; Mark 6:15; Mark 11:32; Luke 1:76; Luke 20:6, whom Jesus declares to be greater than the O. T. prophets, because in him the hope of the Jews respecting Elijah as the forerunner of the Messiah was fulfilled: Matthew 11:9-11, 14 (cf. Matthew 17:11, 12; Mark 9:12f); Luke 7:28 (R G T Tr brackets).
c. That illustrious prophet whom the Jews (apparently on the ground of Deuteronomy 18:15) expected to arise just before the Messiah's advent: John 1:21, 25; John 7:40. those two illustrious prophets, the one Elijah, the other Enoch or Moses (but compare the commentaries; e. g. Stuart, commentary vol. ii, p. 219f), who according to the writer of the Apocalypse will publicly appear shortly before the visible return of Christ from heaven: Revelation 11:10 (cf. 3).
d. the Messiah: Acts 3:22, 23; Acts 7:37, after Deuteronomy 18:15; Jesus the Messiah, inasmuch as he is about to fulfil the expectation respecting this Messiah, Matthew 21:11; John 6:14.
e. universally, a man filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges the salvation of men: Matthew 21:46; Luke 13:33; Luke 24:19; John 7:52; in the proverb that a prophet is without honor in his own country, Matthew 13:57; Mark 6:4; Luke 4:24; John 4:44. he may be known — now by his supernatural knowledge of hidden things (even though past), Luke 7:39; John 4:19 (προφήτης ἀληθείας ἐστιν πάντοτε πάντα εἰδώς, τά μέν γεγοντα ὡς ἐγένετο, τά δέ γινόμενα ὡς γίνεται, τά δέ σεομενα ὡς ἔσται, Clement, hom. 2, 6) — now by his power of working miracles, Luke 7:16; Luke 24:19; John 9:17; such g prophet Jesus is shown to have been by the passages cited, nor is it denied except by his enemies, Luke 7:39; John 7:52.
f. The prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among the Christians: Matthew 10:41; Matthew 23:34; Acts 15:32; 1 Corinthians 14:29, 37; Revelation 22:6, 9; they are associated with apostles in Luke 11:49; 1 Corinthians 12:28, 29; Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 4:11; Revelation 18:20; they discerned and did what was best for the Christian cause, Acts 13:1f; foretold certain future events, Acts 11:27; Acts 21:10ff; and in the religious assemblies of the Christians, being suddenly seized by the Spirit (whose promptings, however, do not impair their self-government, 1 Corinthians 14:32), give utterance in glowing and exalted but intelligible language to those things which the Holy Spirit teaches them, and which have power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, stimulate, their hearers, 1 Corinthians 14:3, 24. (Cf. Harnack, Lehre der Zwölf Apostel, Proleg. § 5 i. 2, p. 93ff, 119ff; Bonwetsch in (Luthardt's) Zeitschr. f. kirchl. Wissen. as above with 1884, pp. 408ff, 460ff)
g. Prophets both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament are grouped together under the name προφῆται in Revelation 11:18; Revelation 16:6; Revelation 18:24.
2. a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration): so of Epimenides, Titus 1:12.
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Strong's Number G4396 matches the Greek προφήτης (prophētēs),
which occurs 149 times in 143 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Mat 1:22–Luk 7:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 1:22 - Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, G4396 saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:5 - And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:15 - And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, G4396 saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:17 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, G4396 saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:23 - And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, G4396 He shall be called a Nazarene.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:3 - For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet G4396 Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:14 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, G4396 saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets G4396 which were before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:17 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: G4396 I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:12 - Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, G4396 saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - He that receiveth a prophet G4396 in the name of a prophet G4396 shall receive a prophet's G4396 reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:9 - But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? G4396 yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:13 - For all the prophets G4396 and the law prophesied until John.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:17 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, G4396 saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:39 - But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet G4396 Jonas:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:17 - For verily I say unto you, That many prophets G4396 and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, G4396 saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:57 - And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet G4396 is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:5 - And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:4 - A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet G4396 Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:14 - And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:4 - All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, G4396 saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:11 - And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet G4396 of Nazareth of Galilee.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:26 - But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:46 - But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 22:40 - On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, G4396 and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:30 - And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:31 - Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:34 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, G4396 and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:37 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, G4396 and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:15 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, G4396 stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:56 - But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets G4396 might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:9 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, G4396 saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:35 - And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, G4396 They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:2 - As it is written in the prophets, G4396 Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:4 - But Jesus said unto them, A prophet G4396 is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:15 - Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, G4396 or as one of the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:28 - And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:32 - But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet G4396 indeed.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:14 - But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, G4396 standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:70 - As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, G4396 which have been since the world began:
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:76 - And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet G4396 of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:4 - As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, G4396 saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:17 - And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet G4396 Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written,
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:24 - And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet G4396 is accepted in his own country.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:27 - And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; G4396 and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:23 - Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. G4396
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:16 - And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet G4396 is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people.

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