HebrewH5030Noun (Masculine)

נָבִיא

na.vi

279Occurrences
H5030Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a prophet or (generally) inspired man

from H5012 (נָבָא);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. spokesman, speaker, prophet 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet Aramaic equivalent: ne.vi (*נְבִיא *"prophet" H5029)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נָבִיא appears 279 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
85
1 Kings
45
2 Kings
29
2 Chronicles
25
Ezk
15
Zechariah
12
1 Samuel
11
Isaiah
6

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:22BSB

‘Do not touch My anointed ones!Do no harm to My prophets!’

1 Samuel 28:6BSB

He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

2 Kings 9:1BSB

Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak under your belt, take this flask of oil, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

Jeremiah 1:5BSB

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,and before you were born I set you apartand appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Jeremiah 34:6BSB

In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah

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