נָבִיא
na.vi
“prophet”
Definition
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
from H5012 (נָבָא);
- spokesman, speaker, prophet 1a) prophet 1b) false prophet 1c) heathen prophet Aramaic equivalent: ne.vi (*נְבִיא *"prophet" H5029)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
נָבִיא appears 279 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
‘Do not touch My anointed ones!Do no harm to My prophets!’
He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
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.
“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.”
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.