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Lexicon :: Strong's H5012 - nāḇā'

Aa
נָבָא
Transliteration
nāḇā'
Pronunciation
naw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1277

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).
  1. to prophesy

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

    2. (Hithpael)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
STRONGS H5012: Abbreviations
† [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 + 7 times; 2nd person masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ Jeremiah 20:6 + 2 times; נִבֵּיתָ Jeremiah 26:9; 1st person singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3rd person plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 + 3 times; נִבָּ֑אוּ Jeremiah 23:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8 + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:15 + 27 times; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:13; suffix הִנָּֽבְאוֹ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָּֽבְאֹתוֹ Zechariah 13:4, + 4 times Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 + 20 times Participle; —
1. prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:3.
2. of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר Jeremiah 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; נִבְּאֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 23:26; compare Jeremiah 23:32; with לֵ Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16.
3. compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16 ; 1st person singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 + 7 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 + 5 times; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 + 9 times Participle; —
1. Prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26, Numbers 11:27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:13, in frenzy 1 Samuel 19:20,1 Samuel 19:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24; excited to violence 1 Samuel 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26.
b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 20:37; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 26:20.
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5013.
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Strong's Number H5012 matches the Hebrew נָבָא (nāḇā'),
which occurs 115 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Num 11:25–Jer 27:14)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - Then the LORD H3068 came H3381 down H3381 in the cloud H6051 and spoke H1696 to him; and He took H680 of the Spirit H7307 who H834 was upon him and placed H5414 Him upon the seventy H7657 elders. H2205 And when the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them, they prophesied. H5012 But they did not do H3254 it again. H3254
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two H8147 men H376 had remained H7604 in the camp; H4264 the name H8034 of one H259 was Eldad H419 and the name H8034 of the [fn]other H8145 Medad. H4312 And the Spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, H3789 but had not gone H3318 out to the tent), H168 and they prophesied H5012 in the camp. H4264
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - So a young H5288 man H5288 ran H7323 and told H5046 Moses H4872 and said, H559 “Eldad H419 and Medad H4312 are prophesying H5012 in the camp.” H4264
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - “Afterward H310 H3651 you will come H935 to [fn]the hill H1389 of God H430 where H834 H8033 the Philistine H6430 garrison H5333 is; and it shall be as soon as you have come H935 there H8033 to the city, H5892 that you will meet H6293 a group H2256 of prophets H5030 coming H3381 down H3381 from the high H1116 place H1116 with harp, H5035 tambourine, H8596 flute, H2485 and a lyre H3658 before H6440 them, and they will be prophesying. H5012
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - “Then the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 will come H6743 upon you mightily, H6743 and you shall prophesy H5012 with them and be changed H2015 into another H312 man. H376
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When they came H935 to [fn]the hill H1389 there, H8033 behold, H2009 a group H2256 of prophets H5030 met H7122 him; and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H6743 upon him mightily, H6743 so that he prophesied H5012 among H8432 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - It came H1961 about, when all H3605 who knew H3045 him previously H4480 H8032 H865 saw H7200 that he prophesied H5012 now H2009 with the prophets, H5030 that the people H5971 said H559 to one H376 another, H7453 “What H4100 has happened H1961 to the son H1121 of Kish? H7027 Is Saul H7586 also H1571 among the prophets?” H5030
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:13 - When he had finished H3615 prophesying, H5012 he came H935 to the high H1116 place. H1116
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:10 - Now it came H1961 about on the next H4283 day H4283 that an evil H7451 spirit H7307 from God H430 came H6743 mightily H6743 upon Saul, H7586 and he raved H5012 in the midst H8432 of the house, H1004 while David H1732 was playing H5059 the harp with his hand, H3027 [fn]as usual; H3117 and [fn]a spear H2595 was in Saul’s H7586 hand. H3027
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - Then Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to take H3947 David, H1732 but when they saw H7200 the company H3862 of the prophets H5030 prophesying, H5012 with Samuel H8050 standing H5975 and presiding H5324 over H5921 them, the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H1961 upon the messengers H4397 of Saul; H7586 and they also H1571 prophesied. H5012
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - When it was told H5046 Saul, H7586 he sent H7971 other H312 messengers, H4397 and they also H1571 prophesied. H5012 So Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 again H3254 the third H7992 time, H7992 and they also H1571 prophesied. H5012
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - He [fn]proceeded H1980 there H8033 to Naioth H5121 in Ramah; H7414 and the Spirit H7307 of God H430 came H1961 upon him also, H1571 so that he went H1980 along prophesying H5012 continually H1980 until H5704 he came H935 to Naioth H5121 in Ramah. H7414
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - He also H1571 stripped H6584 off H6584 his clothes, H899 and he too H1571 prophesied H5012 before H6440 Samuel H8050 and [fn]lay H5307 down H5307 [fn]naked H6174 all H3605 that day H3117 and all H3605 that night. H3915 Therefore H5921 H3651 they say, H559 “Is Saul H7586 also H1571 among the prophets?” H5030
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - When midday H6672 was past, H5674 they [fn]raved H5012 until H5704 the time of the offering H5927 of the evening sacrifice; H4503 but there H369 was no H369 voice, H6963 no H369 one H369 answered, H6030 and no H369 [fn]one H369 paid H7182 attention. H7182
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - The king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat, H3092 “There is yet H5750 one H259 man H376 by whom we may inquire H1875 of the LORD, H3068 but I hate H8130 him, because H3588 he does not prophesy H5012 good H2896 concerning H5921 me, but evil. H7451 He is Micaiah H4321 son H1121 of Imlah.” H3229 But Jehoshaphat H3092 said, H559 “Let not the king H4428 say H559 so.” H3651
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 king H4428 of Judah H3063 were sitting H3427 each H376 on his throne, H3678 arrayed H3847 in their robes, H899 at the threshing H1637 floor H1637 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of Samaria; H8111 and all H3605 the prophets H5030 were prophesying H5012 before H6440 them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - All H3605 the prophets H5030 were prophesying H5012 thus, H3651 saying, H559 “Go H5927 up to Ramoth-gilead H7433 and prosper, H6743 for the LORD H3068 will give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king.” H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat, H3092 “Did I not tell H559 you that he would not prophesy H5012 good H2896 concerning H5921 me, but evil?” H7451
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 - Moreover, David H1732 and the commanders H8269 of the army H6635 set H914 apart H914 for the service H5656 some of the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 and of Heman H1968 and of Jeduthun, H3038 who were to prophesy H5012 with lyres, H3658 harps H5035 and cymbals; H4700 and the number H4557 of [fn]those H376 who performed H4399 their service H5656 was:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:2 - Of the sons H1121 of Asaph: H623 Zaccur, H2139 Joseph, H3130 Nethaniah H5418 and [fn]Asharelah; H841 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 were under H5921 the [fn]direction H3027 of Asaph, H623 who prophesied H5012 under H5921 the [fn]direction H3027 of the king. H4428
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:3 - Of Jeduthun, H3038 the sons H1121 of Jeduthun: H3038 Gedaliah, H1436 [fn]Zeri, H6874 Jeshaiah, H3470 [fn]Shimei, Hashabiah H2811 and Mattithiah, H4993 six, H8337 under H5921 the [fn]direction H3027 of their father H1 Jeduthun H3038 with the harp, H3658 who prophesied H5012 in giving H3034 thanks H3034 and praising H1984 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat, H3092 “There is yet H5750 one H259 man H376 by whom we may inquire H1875 of the LORD, H3068 but I hate H8130 him, for he never H369 prophesies H5012 good H2896 concerning H5921 me but always H3605 H3117 evil. H7451 He is Micaiah, H4321 son H1121 of Imla.” H3229 But Jehoshaphat H3092 said, H559 “Let not the king H4428 say H559 so.” H3651
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 were sitting H3427 each H376 on his throne, H3678 arrayed H3847 in their robes, H899 and they were sitting H3427 at the threshing H1637 floor H1637 at the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of Samaria; H8111 and all H3605 the prophets H5030 were prophesying H5012 before H6440 them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All H3605 the prophets H5030 were prophesying H5012 thus, H3651 saying, H559 “Go H5927 up to Ramoth-gilead H7433 and succeed, H6743 for the LORD H3068 will give H5414 it into the hand H3027 of the king.” H4428
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - Then the king H4428 of Israel H3478 said H559 to Jehoshaphat, H3092 “Did I not tell H559 you that he would not prophesy H5012 good H2896 concerning H5921 me, but evil?” H7451
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Then Eliezer H461 the son H1121 of Dodavahu H1735 of Mareshah H4762 prophesied H5012 against H5921 Jehoshaphat H3092 saying, H559 “Because you have allied H2266 yourself with Ahaziah, H274 the LORD H3068 has destroyed H6555 your works.” H4639 So the ships H591 were broken H7665 and could H6113 not go H1980 to Tarshish. H8659
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - “The priests H3548 did not say, H559 ‘Where H346 is the LORD?’ H3068
And those who handle H8610 the law H8451 did not know H3045 Me;
The [fn]rulers H7462 also transgressed H6586 against Me,
And the prophets H5030 prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168
And walked H1980 after H310 things that did not profit. H3276
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 falsely, H8267
And the priests H3548 rule H7287 [fn]on their own authority; H3027
And My people H5971 love H157 it so! H3651
But what H4100 will you do H6213 at the end H319 of it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the men H376 of Anathoth, H6068 who seek H1245 your life, H5315 saying, H559 “Do not prophesy H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 so H3808 that you will not die H4191 at our hand”; H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559 to me, “The prophets H5030 are prophesying H5012 falsehood H8267 in My name. H8034 I have neither H3808 sent H7971 them nor H3808 commanded H6680 them nor H3808 spoken H1696 to them; they are prophesying H5012 to you a false H8267 vision, H2377 divination, H7081 futility H457 and the deception H8649 of their own [fn]minds. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who are prophesying H5012 in My name, H8034 although it was not I who sent H7971 them—yet they keep saying, H559 ‘There will be no H3808 sword H2719 or famine H7458 in this H2088 land’ H776—by sword H2719 and famine H7458 those H1992 prophets H5030 shall [fn]meet H8552 their end! H8552
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “The people H5971 also to whom H834 they are prophesying H5012 will be thrown H7993 out into the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458 and the sword; H2719 and there H369 will be no H369 one H369 to bury H6912 them—neither them, nor their wives, H802 nor H369 their sons, H1121 nor H369 their daughters H1323—for I will pour H8210 out their own wickedness H7451 on them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah H3414 came H935 from Topheth, H8612 where H834 H8033 the LORD H3068 had sent H7971 him to prophesy; H5012 and he stood H5975 in the court H2691 of the LORDS H3068 house H1004 and said H559 to all H3605 the people: H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - When Pashhur H6583 the priest, H3548 the son H1121 of Immer, H564 who H1931 was chief H5057 officer H6496 in the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 heard H8085 Jeremiah H3414 prophesying H5012 these H428 things, H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - ‘And you, Pashhur, H6583 and all H3605 who live H3427 in your house H1004 will go H1980 into captivity; H7628 and you will enter H935 Babylon, H894 and there H8033 you will die H4191 and there H8033 you will be buried, H6912 you and all H3605 your friends H157 to whom H834 you have falsely H8267 prophesied.’” H5012
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - “Moreover, among the prophets H5030 of Samaria H8111 I saw H7200 an offensive H8604 thing: H8604
They prophesied H5012 by Baal H1168 and led H8582 My people H5971 Israel H3478 astray. H8582
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
“Do not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 who are prophesying H5012 to you.
They are leading H1891 you into futility; H1891
They speak H1696 a vision H2377 of their own [fn]imagination, H3820
Not from the mouth H6310 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - “I did not send H7971 these prophets, H5030
But they ran. H7323
I did not speak H1696 to them,
But they prophesied. H5012
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - “I have heard H8085 what H834 the prophets H5030 have said H559 who prophesy H5012 falsely H8267 in My name, H8034 saying, H559 ‘I had H2492 a dream, H2492 I had H2492 a dream!’ H2492
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - “How H4970 long? H5704 H4970 Is there H3426 anything in the hearts H3820 of the prophets H5030 who prophesy H5012 falsehood, H8267 even these prophets H5030 of the deception H8649 of their own heart, H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - “Behold, H2009 I am against H5921 those who have prophesied H5012 false H8267 dreams,” H2472 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “and related H5608 them and led H8582 My people H5971 astray H8582 by their falsehoods H8267 and reckless H6350 boasting; H6350 yet I did not send H7971 them or command H6680 them, nor H3808 do they furnish H3276 this H2088 people H5971 the slightest H3276 benefit,” H3276 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - ‘I will bring H935 upon that land H776 all H3605 My words H1697 which H834 I have pronounced H1696 against H5921 it, all H3605 that is written H3789 in this H2088 book H5612 which H834 Jeremiah H3414 has prophesied H5012 against H5921 all H3605 the nations. H1471
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Therefore you shall prophesy H5012 against H413 them all H3605 these H428 words, H1697 and you shall say H559 to them,
‘The LORD H3068 will roar H7580 from on high H4791
And utter H5414 His voice H6963 from His holy H6944 habitation; H4583
He will roar H7580 mightily H7580 against H5921 His [fn]fold. H5116
He will shout H1959 like those who tread H1869 the grapes,
Against H413 all H3605 the inhabitants H3427 of the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - “Why H4069 have you prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 saying, H559 ‘This H2088 house H1004 will be like Shiloh H7887 and this H2088 city H5892 will be desolate, H2717 without H369 inhabitant’?” H3427 And all H3605 the people H5971 gathered H6950 about H413 Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then the priests H3548 and the prophets H5030 spoke H559 to the officials H8269 and to all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559 “A death H4194 sentence H4941 for this H2088 man! H376 For he has prophesied H5012 against H413 this H2088 city H5892 as you have heard H8085 in your hearing.” H241
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah H3414 spoke H559 to all H3605 the officials H8269 and to all H3605 the people, H5971 saying, H559 “The LORD H3068 sent H7971 me to prophesy H5012 against H413 this H2088 house H1004 and against H413 this H2088 city H5892 all H3605 the words H1697 that you have heard. H8085
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - [fn]Micah H4318 of Moresheth H4183 prophesied H5012 in the days H3117 of Hezekiah H2396 king H4428 of Judah; H3063 and he spoke H559 to all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 has said, H559
“Zion H6726 will be plowed H2790 as a field, H7704
And Jerusalem H3389 will become H1961 ruins, H5856
And the mountain H2022 of the house H1004 as the [fn]high H1116 places H1116 of a forest.”’ H3293
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - Indeed, H1571 there was also H1571 a man H376 who prophesied H5012 in the name H8034 of the LORD, H3068 Uriah H223 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098 from Kiriath-jearim; H7157 and he prophesied H5012 against H5921 this H2088 city H5892 and against H5921 this H2088 land H776 words H1697 similar to all H3605 those of Jeremiah. H3414
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - “For they prophesy H5012 a lie H8267 to you in order H4616 to remove H7368 you far H7368 from your land; H127 and I will drive H5080 you out and you will perish. H6
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - “So do not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of the prophets H5030 who speak H559 to you, saying, H559 ‘You will not serve H5647 the king H4428 of Babylon,’ H894 for they prophesy H5012 a lie H8267 to you;

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