προφήτης
Transliteration
prophētēs (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ay'-tace
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of πρό (G4253) and φημί (G5346)
mGNT
144x in 8 unique form(s) TR
149x in 9 unique form(s) LXX
280x in 9 unique form(s)
προφῆται — 21x
προφήταις — 12x
προφήτας — 14x
Προφήτην — 2x
προφήτην — 10x
Προφήτης — 2x
προφήτης — 26x
προφήτου — 30x
προφητῶν — 32x
προφῆται — 21x
προφήταις — 10x
προφήτας — 15x
προφήτῃ — 1x
προφήτην — 12x
προφήτης — 27x
προφήτου — 26x
προφητῶν — 32x
προφῆταί — 3x
προφῆται — 35x
προφήταις — 14x
προφήτας — 40x
προφήτῃ — 7x
προφήτην — 34x
προφήτης — 69x
προφήτου — 28x
προφητῶν — 50x
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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, ὁ (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 ὁ 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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References

Exodus
Exodus 4:16; Exodus 7:1
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 18:15; Deuteronomy 18:15
Matthew
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 11:10; Matthew 11:11; Matthew 11:13; Matthew 11:14; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 12:39; Matthew 13:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 13:57; Matthew 17:11; Matthew 17:12; 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 24:15; Matthew 26:56; Matthew 27:9
Mark
Mark 6:4; Mark 6:15; Mark 6:15; Mark 9:12; Mark 11:32; Mark 13:14
Luke
Luke 1:70; Luke 1:76; Luke 3:4; Luke 4:17; Luke 4:24; Luke 4:27; Luke 7:16; Luke 7:28; Luke 7:39; Luke 7:39; Luke 10:24; Luke 11:47; Luke 11:49; Luke 13:28; Luke 13:33; Luke 16:29; Luke 16:31; Luke 18:31; Luke 20:6; Luke 24:19; Luke 24:19; Luke 24:25; Luke 24:27; Luke 24:44
John
John 1:21; John 1:23; John 1:25; John 1:45; John 4:19; John 4:44; John 6:14; John 6:45; John 7:40; John 7:52; John 7:52; John 8:52; John 8:55; John 9:17; John 12:38
Acts
Acts 2:16; Acts 2:30; Acts 3:18; Acts 3:21; Acts 3:22; Acts 3:23; Acts 3:24; Acts 3:25; Acts 7:37; Acts 7:37; Acts 7:42; Acts 7:48; Acts 7:52; Acts 8:28; Acts 10:43; Acts 11:27; Acts 13:1; Acts 13:15; Acts 13:20; Acts 13:27; Acts 13:40; Acts 15:15; Acts 15:32; Acts 21:10; Acts 24:14; Acts 26:22; Acts 26:27; Acts 28:23
Romans
Romans 1:2; Romans 11:3
1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Corinthians 12:29; 1 Corinthians 14:3; 1 Corinthians 14:24; 1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:32; 1 Corinthians 14:37
Ephesians
Ephesians 2:20; Ephesians 3:5; Ephesians 4:11
1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 2:15
Titus
Titus 1:12
Hebrews
Hebrews 1:1; Hebrews 11:32
James
James 5:10
1 Peter
1 Peter 1:10
2 Peter
2 Peter 2:16; 2 Peter 3:2
Revelation
Revelation 10:7; Revelation 11:10; Revelation 11:18; Revelation 16:6; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 18:24; Revelation 22:6; Revelation 22:9
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