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GreekG4395Verb

προφητεύω

prophēteuō

27Occurrences
G4395Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office

from G4396 (προφήτης);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to be a *προφήτης *(which see), to prophesy: in the primary sense of telling forth the Divine counsels,; with the idea of foretelling future events (an idea merely incidental, not essential; see Lft., Notes, 83 f.), " (LXX) ; ἐπί, with dative; λέγων; ὅτι.
Synonyms
μαντεύομαι, q.v
LXX: chiefly for נָבָא ni., hith.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

προφητεύω appears 27 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
10
Acts
4
Matthew
4
Luke
2
Mark
2
Revelation
2
1 Peter
1
John
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 11:4BSB

Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.

1 Corinthians 14:4BSB

The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

1 Peter 1:10BSB

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,

John 11:51BSB

Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

Matthew 15:7BSB

You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.