STRONGS G4398:
προφῆτις,
προφητιδος,
ἡ (
προφήτης), the
Sept. for
נְבִיאָה,
a prophetess (
Vulg.,
Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions:
Luke 2:36;
Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage,
a female who declares or interprets oracles (
Euripides,
Plato,
Plutarch):
ἡ προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία,
Diodorus 1, 2.
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