The New Testament Greek Lexicon  Strong's Number:  4396 encodedOriginalWord Original Word Word Origin   προφήτης   from a compound of (4253) and (5346) Transliterated Word Phonetic Spelling   prophētēs   prof-ay'-tace MediaPlayer Parts of Speech TDNT   Noun Masculine   6:781,952  Definition   in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation the OT prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah. of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah the Messiah of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians they are associated with the apostles they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events. (Acts 11: in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration) of Epimenides (Tit. 1:  Translated Words   KJV (149) - prophet, 149; NAS (144) - prophet, 63; prophets, 81;  Verse Count KJV NAS   Matthew 36 Mark 6 Luke 30 John 14 Acts 30 Romans 3 1 Corinthians 5 Ephesians 3 1 Thessalonians 1 Titus 1 Hebrews 2 James 1 1 Peter 1 2 Peter 2 Revelation 8   Matthew 34 Mark 5 Luke 28 John 14 Acts 30 Romans 3 1 Corinthians 5 Ephesians 3 1 Thessalonians 1 Titus 1 Hebrews 2 James 1 1 Peter 1 2 Peter 2 Revelation 8 Search This Resource   Choose a letter below to browse the alphabetical list: a b g d e z h q  i k l m n c o p  r s t u f x y w   Previous Next propheteuo prophetikos   Get The Fonts  Download Now!  · Windows Version  · MacIntosh Version  · Linux Version   How to Install …   Buy This Resource Thayer's $12.99  Shop All Greek Lexicons

Abbreviations Legend: TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; Copyright Statement The New Testament Greek Lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain. NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. http://www.lockman.org/. Bibliography Information Thayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Prophetes". "The New Testament Greek Lexicon". <http://www.searchgodsword.org/lex/grk/view.cgi?number=4396>.