Gloss
prophet, one who speaks inspired utterances; the writings of the OT prophets; see also {4735}
Forms of the word
Dictionary
προφήτης, -ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
prophētēs
Simplified transliteration
prophetes
Numbers
Strong's number
4396
GK Number
4737
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
144
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1f
Definition
pr. a spokesman for another; spc. a spokesman or interpreter for a deity; a prophet, seer, Tit. 1:12; in NT a prophet, a divinely commissioned and inspired person, Mt. 14:5; Lk. 7:16, 39; Jn. 9:17; a prophet in the Christian church, a person gifted for the exposition of divine truth, 1 Cor. 12:28, 29; a prophet, a foreteller of the future, Mt. 1:22, et al. freq.; οἱ προφῆται, the prophetic scriptures of the Old Testament, Lk. 16:29
Greek-English Concordance for προφήτης
| Luke 9:19 | They replied, “John the Baptist; others say, Elijah; still others that one of the ancient prophets (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) of old has risen.” |
| Luke 10:24 | For I tell you that many prophets (prophētai | προφῆται | nom pl masc) and kings desired to see what you see, but did not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” |
| Luke 11:47 | Woe to you! For you build memorials to the prophets (prophētōn | προφητῶν | gen pl masc), but your fathers killed them. |
| Luke 11:49 | Indeed, for this reason the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets (prophētas | προφήτας | acc pl masc) and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’ |
| Luke 11:50 | so that the blood of all the prophets (prophētōn | προφητῶν | gen pl masc), shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, |
| Luke 13:28 | There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth there, when you see Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets (prophētas | προφήτας | acc pl masc) in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves cast outside. |
| Luke 13:33 | Nevertheless I must continue on my way today and tomorrow and the next day; because it is not possible for a prophet (prophētēn | προφήτην | acc sg masc) to die outside of Jerusalem.” |
| Luke 13:34 | “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets (prophētas | προφήτας | acc pl masc) and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you did not want it! |
| Luke 16:16 | “The Law and the Prophets (prophētai | προφῆται | nom pl masc) were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone takes vigorous steps to enter it. |
| Luke 16:29 | But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets (prophētas | προφήτας | acc pl masc); let them listen to them.’ |
| Luke 16:31 | He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets (prophētōn | προφητῶν | gen pl masc), neither will they be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” |
| Luke 18:31 | Taking the twelve aside, he said to them, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets (prophētōn | προφητῶν | gen pl masc) regarding the Son of Man will be carried out. |
| Luke 20:6 | But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.” (prophētēn | προφήτην | acc sg masc) |
| Luke 24:19 | And he said to them, “What things?” They answered him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, |
| Luke 24:25 | So he said to them, “You foolish people, slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets (prophētai | προφῆται | nom pl masc) have spoken! |
| Luke 24:27 | Then, beginning with Moses and all the Prophets (prophētōn | προφητῶν | gen pl masc), he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the Scriptures. |
| Luke 24:44 | Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets (prophētais | προφήταις | dat pl masc) and psalms about me must be fulfilled.” |
| John 1:21 | So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) And he replied, “No.” |
| John 1:23 | He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) said.” |
| John 1:25 | So they asked him, saying, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) |
| John 1:45 | Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one of whom Moses wrote in the law, and of whom the prophets (prophētai | προφῆται | nom pl masc) wrote — Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man from Nazareth.” |
| John 4:19 | The woman said to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc). |
| John 4:44 | (for Jesus himself had testified that a prophet (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) has no honor in his own country). |
| John 6:14 | So when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “This is truly the prophet (prophētēs | προφήτης | nom sg masc) who was to come into the world.” |
| John 6:45 | It stands written in the prophets (prophētais | προφήταις | dat pl masc), ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. |
