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Strong's G4395 · Greek

προφητεύω

propheteuo · prof-ate-yoo'-o

from 4396; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

προφητεύω (G4395)

28 προφητεύω ( προφήτης ), [in LXX chiefly for נבא ni., hith.;] to be a προφήτης (q.v.), to prophesy : in the primary sense of telling forth the Divine counsels, Mt 7:22 26:68 , Mk 14:65 , Lk 1:67 22:64 , Ac 19:6 , I Co 11:4 , 5 13:9 14:1 , 3-5 , 24 , 31 , 39 , Re 11:3 ; with the idea of foretelling future events (an idea merely incidental, not essential; v. Lft., Notes , 83 f.), Mt 11:13 , Ac 2:17 , 18 (LXX) 21:9 ; seq. περί , Mt 15:7 , Mk 7:6 , I Pe 1:10 ; ἐπί , c. dat., Re 10:11 ; λέγων , Ju 14 ; ὅτι , Jo 11:51 .† SYN. : μαντεύομαι , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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