1) to prophesy 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to prophesy 1a1a) under influence of divine spirit 1a1b) of false prophets 1b)(Hithpael) 1b1) to prophesy 1b1a) under influence of divine spirit 1b1b) of false prophets Aramaic equivalent: ne.va (נבא "to prophesy" H5013)
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na.va · to prophesy · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Numbers 11:25 · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּThen the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.Numbers 11:26 · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּTwo men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.Numbers 11:27 · מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםA young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”1 Samuel 10:5 · מִֽתְנַבְּאִֽים׃After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.1 Samuel 10:6 · וְהִתְנַבִּ֖יתָThen the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.1 Samuel 10:10 · וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֖אWhen Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.1 Samuel 10:11 · נִבָּ֑אWhen all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”1 Samuel 10:13 · מֵֽהִתְנַבּ֔וֹתAnd when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.1 Samuel 18:10 · וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣אThe next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,1 Samuel 19:20 · נִבְּאִ֔ים · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּhe sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.1 Samuel 19:21 · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּWhen this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.1 Samuel 19:23 · וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔אSo Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.1 Samuel 19:24 · וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֤אThen Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”1 Kings 18:29 · וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֔וּMidday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.1 Kings 22:8 · יִתְנַבֵּ֨אThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.1 Kings 22:10 · מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםDressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.1 Kings 22:12 · נִבְּאִ֥יםAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”1 Kings 22:18 · יִתְנַבֵּ֥אThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”1 Chronicles 25:1 · הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛יםAdditionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:1 Chronicles 25:2 · הַנִּבָּ֖אFrom the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.1 Chronicles 25:3 · הַנִּבָּ֕אFrom the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.2 Chronicles 18:7 · מִתְנַבֵּ֨אThe king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.2 Chronicles 18:9 · מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםDressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.2 Chronicles 18:11 · נִבְּאִ֥יםAnd all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and triumph, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”2 Chronicles 18:17 · יִתְנַבֵּ֥אThen the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”2 Chronicles 20:37 · וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞אThen Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.Jeremiah 2:8 · נִבְּא֣וּThe priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Jeremiah 5:31 · נִבְּא֣וּ־The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?Jeremiah 11:21 · תִנָּבֵא֙Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”Jeremiah 14:14 · נִבְּאִ֣ים · מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֥ים“The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.Jeremiah 14:15 · הַנִּבְּאִ֣יםTherefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!Jeremiah 14:16 · נִבְּאִ֣יםAnd the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.Jeremiah 19:14 · לְהִנָּבֵ֑אThen Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,Jeremiah 20:1 · נִבָּ֖אWhen Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,Jeremiah 20:6 · נִבֵּ֥אתָAnd you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”Jeremiah 23:13 · הִנַּבְּא֣וּ“Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.Jeremiah 23:16 · הַנִּבְּאִ֣יםThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.Jeremiah 23:21 · נִבָּֽאוּ׃I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.Jeremiah 23:25 · הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים“I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’Jeremiah 23:26 · נִבְּאֵ֣יHow long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?Jeremiah 23:32 · נִבְּאֵ֞י“Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.Jeremiah 25:13 · נִבָּ֥אI will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.Jeremiah 25:30 · תִּנָּבֵ֣אSo you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.Jeremiah 26:9 · נִבֵּ֨יתָHow dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.Jeremiah 26:11 · נִבָּא֙Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”Jeremiah 26:12 · לְהִנָּבֵ֞אBut Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.Jeremiah 26:18 · נִבָּ֔א“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’Jeremiah 26:20 · מִתְנַבֵּא֙ · וַיִּנָּבֵ֞אNow there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.Jeremiah 27:10 · נִבְּאִ֣יםFor they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.Jeremiah 27:14 · נִבְּאִ֥יםDo not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.Jeremiah 27:15 · נִבְּאִ֥ים · הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםFor I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”Jeremiah 27:16 · הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤ים · נִבְּאִ֥יםThen I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.Jeremiah 28:6 · נִבֵּ֗אתָ“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.Jeremiah 28:8 · וַיִּנָּ֨בְא֜וּThe prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.Jeremiah 28:9 · יִנָּבֵ֖אAs for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”Jeremiah 29:9 · נִבְּאִ֥יםFor they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”Jeremiah 29:21 · הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםThis is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.Jeremiah 29:26 · וּמִתְנַבֵּ֑א‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.Jeremiah 29:27 · הַמִּתְנַבֵּ֖אSo now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?Jeremiah 29:31 · נִבָּ֨א“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,Jeremiah 32:3 · נִבָּ֜אFor Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.Jeremiah 37:19 · נִבְּא֥וּWhere are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?Amos 2:12 · תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.Amos 3:8 · יִנָּבֵֽא׃The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?Amos 7:12 · תִּנָּבֵֽא׃And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.Amos 7:13 · לְהִנָּבֵ֑אBut never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”Amos 7:15 · הִנָּבֵ֖אBut the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’Amos 7:16 · תִנָּבֵא֙Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’Zechariah 13:3 · יִנָּבֵ֣א · בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ׃And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.Zechariah 13:4 · בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹAnd on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.