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Strong's G4396 · Greek

προφήτης

prophetes · prof-ay'-tace

from a compound of 4253 and 5346; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

προφήτης (G4396)

144 προφήτης , -ου, ὁ [ πρόφημι , to speak forth ), [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ;] one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (v. Lft., Notes , 83 f.; Tr., Syn. , § vi), a prophet ; in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles. In NT, of the OT prophets: Mt 5:12 , Mk 6:15 , Lk 4:27 , Jo 8:52 , Ro 11:3 , al.; of prophets in general: Mt 10:41 13:57 21:46 , Mk 6:4 , Lk 13:33 , al.; of John the Baptist: Mt 21:26 , Mk 6:15 , Lk 1:76 ; of Christ: Mt 21:11 , Jo 6:14 , Ac 3:22 , 23 7:37 (LXX); of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Ac 15:32 , I Co 12:28 , Eph 2:20 , al.; by meton., of the writings of prophets: Lk 24:27 , Ac 8:28 , al.; of a poet: Tit 1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., v. Deiss., BS , 235 f.; MM, xxii).

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