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προφήτης

prophētēsprophetHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine144 occurrences15 books138 verses

Definition

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 (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet;

1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles.

2. In NT,

(a) of the OT prophets: Matthew 5:12, Mark 6:15, Luke 4:27, John 8:52, Romans 11:3, al.;

(b) of prophets in general: Matthew 10:41; 13:57; 21:46, Mark 6:4, Luke 13:33, al.;

(with) of John the Baptist: Matthew 21:26, Mark 6:15, Luke 1:76;

(d) of Christ: Matthew 21:11, John 6:14, Acts 3:22, 23; 7:37" (LXX) ;

(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Acts 15:32, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 2:20, al.;

(f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luke 24:27, Acts 8:28, al.;

(g) of a poet: Titus 1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., see Deiss., BS, 235f.; MM, xxii).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as προφήτης:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

144 total
  1. Matthew 1:22προφήτου · prophet
    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
  2. Matthew 2:5προφήτου · prophet
    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
  3. Matthew 2:15προφήτου · prophet
    …where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
  4. Matthew 2:17προφήτου · prophet
    Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
  5. Matthew 2:23προφητῶν · prophets
    …and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
  6. Matthew 3:3προφήτου · prophet
    This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
  7. Matthew 4:14προφήτου · prophet
    …to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
  8. Matthew 5:12προφήτας · prophets
    Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
  9. Matthew 5:17προφήτας · Prophets
    Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.
  10. Matthew 7:12προφῆται · Prophets
    In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
  11. Matthew 8:17προφήτου · prophet
    This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
  12. Matthew 10:41προφήτην · a prophet; προφήτου · a prophet; προφήτου · a prophet’s
    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
  13. Matthew 11:9προφήτην · A prophet; προφήτου · than a prophet
    What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
  14. Matthew 11:13προφῆται · Prophets
    For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
  15. Matthew 12:17προφήτου · prophet
    This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
  16. Matthew 12:39προφήτου · prophet
    Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
  17. Matthew 13:17προφῆται · prophets
    For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
  18. Matthew 13:35προφήτου · prophet
    So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
  19. Matthew 13:57προφήτης · a prophet
    And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
  20. Matthew 14:5προφήτην · a prophet
    Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
  21. Matthew 16:14προφητῶν · prophets
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
  22. Matthew 21:4προφήτου · prophet
    This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
  23. Matthew 21:11προφήτης · prophet
    The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
  24. Matthew 21:26προφήτην · a prophet
    But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”
  25. Matthew 21:46προφήτην · a prophet
    Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
  26. Matthew 22:40προφῆται · Prophets
    All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
  27. Matthew 23:29προφητῶν · prophets
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
  28. Matthew 23:30προφητῶν · prophets
    And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
  29. Matthew 23:31προφήτας · prophets
    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
  30. Matthew 23:34προφήτας · prophets
    Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.
  31. Matthew 23:37προφήτας · prophets
    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  32. Matthew 24:15προφήτου · prophet
    So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
  33. Matthew 26:56προφητῶν · prophets
    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.
  34. Matthew 27:9προφήτου · prophet
    Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
  35. Mark 1:2προφήτῃ · prophet
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
  36. Mark 6:4προφήτης · a prophet
    Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
  37. Mark 6:15Προφήτης · [He is] a prophet; προφητῶν · prophets [of old]
    Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
  38. Mark 8:28προφητῶν · prophets
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
  39. Mark 11:32προφήτης · a prophet
    But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.
  40. Luke 1:70προφητῶν · prophets
    …as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
  41. Luke 1:76προφήτης · a prophet
    And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
  42. Luke 3:4προφήτου · [the] prophet
    …as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
  43. Luke 4:17προφήτου · prophet
    …the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
  44. Luke 4:24προφήτης · prophet
    Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
  45. Luke 4:27προφήτου · prophet
    And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
  46. Luke 6:23προφήταις · prophets
    Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.