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Lexicon :: Strong's G4394 - prophēteia

Aa
προφητεία
Transliteration
prophēteia (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ay-ti'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From προφήτης (G4396) ("prophecy")
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong’s Definitions

προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

  1. prophecy

    1. a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events

    2. Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets

      1. of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due

      2. of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets

      3. the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.
STRONGS G4394:
προφητεία, προφητείας, ἡ (προφητεύω, which see), Hebrew נְבוּאָה, prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. — of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: Matthew 13:14; 2 Peter 1:20, 21 (on this passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); — of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Revelation 11:6; Revelation 22:19; τό πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Revelation 19:10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7, 10, 18; — of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called προφῆται (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6, 22; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; — specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1 Timothy 4:14; plural 1 Timothy 1:18 (see προάγω, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Sept., Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:14
Romans
12:6
1 Corinthians
12:10; 13:2; 13:8; 14:6; 14:22
1 Thessalonians
5:20
1 Timothy
1:18; 4:14
2 Peter
1:20; 1:21
Revelation
1:3; 11:6; 19:10; 22:7; 22:10; 22:18; 22:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4394 matches the Greek προφητεία (prophēteia),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - And for them the words of Isaiah have come true, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - And if I have a prophet's power, and have knowledge of all secret things; and if I have all faith, by which mountains may be moved from their place, but have not love, I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - But, now, my brothers, if I come to you using tongues, what profit will it be to you, if I do not give you a revelation, or knowledge, or the word of the prophet, or teaching?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - For this reason tongues are for a sign, not to those who have faith, but to those who have not: but the prophet's word is for those who have faith, and not for the rest who have not.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:20 - Do not make little of the words of the prophets;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:18 - This order I give to you, Timothy my son, in harmony with the words of the prophets about you, so that by them you may be strong, fighting the good fight,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20 - Being conscious in the first place that no man by himself may give a special sense to the words of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - For these words did not ever come through the impulse of men: but the prophets had them from God, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:3 - A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10 - And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:7 - See, I come quickly. A blessing on him who keeps the words of this book of the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:10 - And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:18 - For I say to every man to whose ears have come the words of this prophet's book, If any man makes an addition to them, God will put on him the punishments which are in this book:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.
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