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: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al.; (b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al.; (with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76; (d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37" (LXX) ; (e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al.; (f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, Act.8:28, al.; (g) of a poet: Tit.1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., see Deiss., BS, 235f.; MM, xxii). (AS)
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G4396 — προφήτης
prophētēs · prophet · Greek
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Matthew 1:22 · προφήτουNow all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,Matthew 2:5 · προφήτου·They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is written through the prophet,Matthew 2:15 · προφήτουand was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”Matthew 2:17 · προφήτουThen that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying,Matthew 2:23 · προφητῶνand came and lived in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”Matthew 3:3 · προφήτουFor this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.”Matthew 4:14 · προφήτουthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,Matthew 5:12 · προφήταςRejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 5:17 · προφήτας·“Don’t think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets. I didn’t come to destroy, but to fulfill.Matthew 7:12 · προφῆται.¶Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.Matthew 8:17 · προφήτουthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: “He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.”Matthew 10:41 · προφήτην · προφήτου · προφήτουHe who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.Matthew 11:9 · προφήτου.But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.Matthew 11:13 · προφῆταιFor all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.Matthew 12:17 · προφήτουthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,Matthew 12:39 · προφήτου.But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.Matthew 13:17 · προφῆταιFor most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them; and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.Matthew 13:35 · προφήτουthat it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.”Matthew 13:57 · προφήτηςThey were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”Matthew 14:5 · προφήτηνWhen he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.Matthew 16:14 · προφητῶν.They said, “Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”Matthew 21:4 · προφήτουAll this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,Matthew 21:11 · προφήτηςThe multitudes said, “This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”Matthew 21:26 · προφήτηνBut if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.”Matthew 21:46 · προφήτηνWhen they sought to seize him, they feared the multitudes, because they considered him to be a prophet.Matthew 22:40 · προφῆται.¶The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”Matthew 23:29 · προφητῶν“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,Matthew 23:30 · προφητῶν,and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’Matthew 23:31 · προφήτας·Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who killed the prophets.Matthew 23:34 · προφήταςTherefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;Matthew 23:37 · προφήτας“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not!Matthew 24:15 · προφήτου“When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),Matthew 26:56 · προφητῶν.¶But all this has happened, that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him, and fled.Matthew 27:9 · προφήτουThen that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him upon whom a price had been set, whom some of the children of Israel priced,Mark 1:2 · προφήτῃ·As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.Mark 6:4 · προφήτηςJesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”Mark 6:15 · προφήτης · προφητῶν.But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”Mark 8:28 · προφητῶν.They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”Mark 11:32 · προφήτηςIf we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.Luke 1:70 · προφητῶν(as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets who have been from of old),Luke 1:76 · προφήτηςAnd you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,Luke 3:4 · προφήτουAs it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.Luke 4:17 · προφήτουThe book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written,Luke 4:24 · προφήτηςHe said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.Luke 4:27 · προφήτου·There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed, except Naaman, the Syrian.”Luke 6:23 · προφήταιςRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.Luke 7:16 · προφήτηςFear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”Luke 7:26 · προφήτην; · προφήτου.But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.Luke 7:39 · προφήτης,Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner.”Luke 9:8 · προφήτηςand by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.Luke 9:19 · προφήτηςThey answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”Luke 10:24 · προφῆταιfor I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”Luke 11:47 · προφητῶν,Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.Luke 11:49 · προφήταςTherefore also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,Luke 11:50 · προφητῶνthat the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;Luke 13:28 · προφήταςThere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets, in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being thrown outside.Luke 13:33 · προφήτηνNevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, for it can’t be that a prophet perish outside of Jerusalem.’Luke 13:34 · προφήτας“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!Luke 16:16 · προφῆταιThe law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.Luke 16:29 · προφήτας·“But Abraham said to him, ‘They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.’Luke 16:31 · προφητῶν“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’”Luke 18:31 · προφητῶνHe took the twelve aside, and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.Luke 20:6 · προφήτηνBut if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”Luke 24:19 · προφήτηςHe said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;Luke 24:25 · προφῆται·He said to them, “Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!Luke 24:27 · προφητῶνBeginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.Luke 24:44 · προφήταιςHe said to them, “This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled.”John 1:21 · προφήτηςThey asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”John 1:23 · προφήτης.He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”John 1:25 · προφήτης;They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”John 1:45 · προφῆται,Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”John 4:19 · προφήτηςThe woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.John 4:44 · προφήτηςFor Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.John 6:14 · προφήτηςWhen therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, “This is truly the prophet who comes into the world.”John 6:45 · προφήταις·It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.John 7:40 · προφήτης.Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”John 7:52 · προφήτηςThey answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”John 8:52 · προφῆται,Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’John 8:53 · προφῆταιAre you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”John 9:17 · προφήτηςTherefore they asked the blind man again, “What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.”John 12:38 · προφήτουthat the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”Acts 2:16 · προφήτουBut this is what has been spoken through the prophet Joel:Acts 2:30 · προφήτηςTherefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,Acts 3:18 · προφητῶνBut the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.Acts 3:21 · προφητῶν.¶whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God spoke long ago by the mouth of his holy prophets.Acts 3:22 · προφήτηνFor Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.Acts 3:23 · προφήτουIt will be, that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’Acts 3:24 · προφῆταιYes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those who followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.Acts 3:25 · προφητῶνYou are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.’Acts 7:37 · προφήτηνThis is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’Acts 7:42 · προφητῶν·But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?Acts 7:48 · προφήτηςHowever, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,Acts 7:52 · προφητῶνWhich of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.Acts 8:28 · προφήτηνHe was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.Acts 8:30 · προφήτηνPhilip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”Acts 8:34 · προφήτηςThe eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”Acts 10:43 · προφῆταιAll the prophets testify about him, that through his name everyone who believes in him will receive remission of sins.”Acts 11:27 · προφῆταιNow in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.Acts 13:1 · προφῆταιNow in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.Acts 13:15 · προφητῶνAfter the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”Acts 13:20 · προφήτου·After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.Acts 13:27 · προφητῶνFor those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.Acts 13:40 · προφήταις·Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:Acts 15:15 · προφητῶνThis agrees with the words of the prophets. As it is written,Acts 15:32 · προφῆταιJudas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers with many words, and strengthened them.Acts 21:10 · προφήτηςAs we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.Acts 24:14 · προφήταιςBut this I confess to you, that after the Way, which they call a sect, so I serve the God of our fathers, believing all things which are according to the law, and which are written in the prophets;Acts 26:22 · προφῆταιHaving therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen,Acts 26:27 · προφήταις;King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”Acts 28:23 · προφητῶνWhen they had appointed him a day, many people came to him at his lodging. He explained to them, testifying about the Kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning until evening.Acts 28:25 · προφήτουWhen they didn’t agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,Romans 1:2 · προφητῶνwhich he promised before through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,Romans 3:21 · προφητῶν,But now apart from the law, a righteousness of God has been revealed, being testified by the law and the prophets;Romans 11:3 · προφήτας“Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.”1 Corinthians 12:28 · προφήτας,God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.1 Corinthians 12:29 · προφῆται;Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all miracle workers?1 Corinthians 14:29 · προφῆταιLet the prophets speak, two or three, and let the others discern.1 Corinthians 14:32 · προφητῶν · προφήταιςThe spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets,1 Corinthians 14:37 · προφήτηςIf any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him recognize the things which I write to you, that they are the commandment of the Lord.Ephesians 2:20 · προφητῶν,being built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone;Ephesians 3:5 · προφήταιςwhich in other generations was not made known to the children of men, as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;Ephesians 4:11 · προφήτας,He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;1 Thessalonians 2:15 · προφήταςwho killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn’t please God, and are contrary to all men;Titus 1:12 · προφήτης·One of them, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”Hebrews 1:1 · προφήταιςGod, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,Hebrews 11:32 · προφητῶν·What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;James 5:10 · προφήταςTake, brothers, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.1 Peter 1:10 · προφῆταιConcerning this salvation, the prophets sought and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,2 Peter 2:16 · προφήτουbut he was rebuked for his own disobedience. A mute donkey spoke with a man’s voice and stopped the madness of the prophet.2 Peter 3:2 · προφητῶνthat you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:Revelation 10:7 · προφήτας.¶but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the prophets.Revelation 11:10 · προφῆταιThose who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.Revelation 11:18 · προφήταιςThe nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”Revelation 16:6 · προφητῶνFor they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”Revelation 18:20 · προφῆται,“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”Revelation 18:24 · προφητῶνIn her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”Revelation 22:6 · προφητῶνHe said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”Revelation 22:9 · προφητῶνHe said to me, “See you don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”