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Lexicon :: Strong's H5030 - nāḇî'

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נָבִיא
Transliteration
nāḇî'
Pronunciation
naw-bee'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1277a

Strong’s Definitions

נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x

The KJV translates Strong's H5030 in the following manner: prophet (312x), prophecy (1x), them that prophesy (1x), prophet (with H376) (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 316x
The KJV translates Strong's H5030 in the following manner: prophet (312x), prophecy (1x), them that prophesy (1x), prophet (with H376) (1x), variant (1x).
  1. spokesman, speaker, prophet

    1. prophet

    2. false prophet

    3. heathen prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבִיא nâbîyʼ, naw-bee'; from H5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:—prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
STRONGS H5030: Abbreviations
נָבִיא 306 noun masculine spokesman, speaker, prophetנ׳ Genesis 20:7 155 times; suffix נְבִיאֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:1; plural נְבִיאִים Numbers 11:29 + 82 times; נְנִאִים Jeremiah 27:18 + 16 times; suffix נְבִיאַי Psalm 105:15; נְבִיָאו 1 Kings 22:22; נְבִיאָו֯ 2 Kings 17:13, etc.; —
1. genuine prophet of י׳, נביא, anciently called רֹאֶה, 1 Samuel 9:9 (antiquarian note); change probably occurred in times of Elijah and is first reflected in Ehpraimitic source literally as applied to Abraham Genesis 20:7; Moses Deuteronomy 34:10, M. and other early prophets. Hosea 6:5; Hosea 12:11 (twice in verse); Hosea 12:14 (twice in verse); Amos 2:11, 12; of prophets in ecstatic state Numbers 12:6 (E), Numbers 11:24 (JE). So in Judaic literature, of prophet like Moses Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 (D), of Aaron (as mouthpiece of Moses) Exodus 7:1 (P), of Samuel 1 Samuel 3:20, an unknown Judges 6:8; in time of Samuel prophets were organized in bands: חֶבֶל נביאים 1 Samuel 10:5, 10:10; להקת הנ׳ 1 Samuel 19:20; and in time of Elijah were בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים = members of prophets' guilds 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 5, 7, 15; 2 Kings 4:1, 38 (twice in verse); נָבִיא of genuine prophets (besides phrases), in Judaic prophets, only Jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:5; Ezekiel, Ezekiel 2:5 = Ezekiel 33:33; of ancient prophets Jeremiah 28:8, 9 (3 times in verse); Zechariah 1:6; Zechariah 8:9; especially הנביאים הראשׁנים Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7, 12, compare הנביאים עבדי(וׅ my (his) servants the prophets 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13, 23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2 (all RD) Ezra 9:11; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 3:7; Zechariah 1:6, compare Ezekiel 38:17; Daniel 9:6; עבדוֺ הַנּ׳ his servant the prophet 1 Kings 14:18; 2 Kings 14:25; הַנָּבִיא with proper name: Jerome, 2 Chronicles 36:12; Daniel 9:2 + 31 times Jeremiah (but Greek Version of the LXX only + 4 times, the rest probably redactional, see GieJer. xxvii); Elijah 1 Kings 18:36 (om Greek Version of the LXX), 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23; Nathan 2 Samuel 7:2 + 10 times Samuel and Kings; + 4 times Chronicles; Psalm 51:2 (title); Isaiah, 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 20:1, 14 = Isaiah 37:2; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1; 2 Kings 20:11; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20, 32; Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:1; Habakkuk 3:1 (titles); Haggai, Haggai 1:1, 3, 12; Haggai 2:1, 10; Zechariah, Zechariah 1:1, 7 (titles); elsewhere several others in Samuel, Kings and Chronicles + 15 times; נביא is used elsewhere of Genuine prophecy only 1 Samuel 9:9 + 34 times Samuel and Kings; 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15, + 13 times Chronicles; Psalm 74:9 complains of absence of נ׳; לַחְתֹּם חָזוֺן וְנָבִיא Daniel 9:24 see חתם
2. false prophets: prophets as official class, beside priests, character as false prophets: Isaiah 28:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:1, 10; Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 14:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 23:11, 33, 34; Jeremiah 26:7, 8, 11, 16; Jeremiah 32:32; Zechariah 7:3, app. also 2 Kings 23:2; Nehemiah 9:32; Lamentations 2:20; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezekiel 7:26 (in these not characterized); always false (except of ancient and special prophets given above) in Amos 7:14; Hosea 4:5; Hosea 9:7, 8; Micah 3:5, 6, 11; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 2:8, 30; Jeremiah 5:13, 31; Jeremiah 14:13, 14, 15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:9 + 16 times Jeremiah 27:9, 14, 15, 16, 18; Jeremiah 29:8, 15; Jeremiah 37:19; Ezekiel 13:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 13:3, 4, 9, 16; Ezekiel 14:4, 7, 9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 22:25, 28; Zephaniah 3:4; Lamentations 2:9, 14; Lamentations 4:13; especially discredited Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 18:20 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 18:22 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:2, 4, 5; such a prophet Hananiah called הַנָּבִיא Jeremiah 28:1, 5, 10, 12, 15, 17 (Greek Version of the LXX omits in all but Jeremiah 28:1, where ψευδοπροφήτης). Usage of prophets themselves gives such a bad flavour to נביא, that we are not surprised that it is absent from exilic Isaiah, the Wisdom Literature, and Psalms (except for special reasons in 3 Psalms given under 1).
3. heathen prophets 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 3:13 (twice in verse); נביאי האשׁדה 1 Kings 18:19; נביאי הבעל 1 Kings 18:19, 22, 25, 40; 2 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 22:6, 10, 12, 13, 22, 23 2 Chronicles 18:5; 18:9; 18:11; 18:12; 18:21; 18:22.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

20:7; 20:7

Exodus

7:1; 7:1

Numbers

11:24; 11:29; 12:6

Deuteronomy

13:2; 13:4; 13:6; 18:15; 18:18; 18:20; 18:22; 34:10

Judges

6:8

1 Samuel

3:20; 9:9; 9:9; 10:5; 10:10; 19:20

2 Samuel

7:2

1 Kings

14:18; 18:19; 18:19; 18:20; 18:22; 18:25; 18:36; 18:40; 19:1; 20:35; 22:6; 22:10; 22:12; 22:13; 22:22; 22:22; 22:23

2 Kings

2:3; 2:5; 2:7; 2:15; 3:13; 4:1; 4:38; 9:7; 10:19; 14:25; 17:13; 17:13; 17:23; 19:2; 20:1; 20:11; 20:14; 21:10; 23:2; 24:2

1 Chronicles

16:22

2 Chronicles

18:5; 18:9; 18:11; 18:12; 18:21; 18:22; 21:12; 26:22; 32:20; 32:32; 36:12

Ezra

9:11

Nehemiah

9:32

Psalms

51:2; 74:9; 105:15; 105:15

Isaiah

3:2; 9:14; 28:7; 29:10; 37:2; 38:1; 39:1

Jeremiah

1:5; 2:8; 2:26; 2:30; 4:9; 5:13; 5:31; 6:13; 7:25; 8:1; 8:10; 13:13; 14:13; 14:14; 14:15; 14:18; 18:18; 23:9; 23:11; 23:33; 23:34; 25:4; 26:5; 26:7; 26:8; 26:11; 26:16; 27:9; 27:14; 27:15; 27:16; 27:18; 27:18; 28:1; 28:1; 28:5; 28:8; 28:9; 28:10; 28:12; 28:15; 28:17; 29:1; 29:8; 29:15; 29:19; 32:32; 35:15; 37:19; 44:4

Lamentations

2:9; 2:14; 2:20; 4:13

Ezekiel

2:5; 7:26; 13:2; 13:3; 13:4; 13:9; 13:16; 14:4; 14:7; 14:9; 14:10; 22:25; 22:28; 33:33; 38:17

Daniel

9:2; 9:6; 9:24

Hosea

4:5; 6:5; 9:7; 9:8; 12:11; 12:14

Amos

2:11; 2:12; 3:7; 7:14

Micah

3:5; 3:6; 3:11

Habakkuk

1:1; 3:1

Zephaniah

3:4

Haggai

1:1; 1:3; 1:12; 2:1; 2:10

Zechariah

1:1; 1:4; 1:6; 1:6; 1:7; 7:3; 7:7; 7:12; 8:9; 13:2; 13:4; 13:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5030 matches the Hebrew נָבִיא (nāḇî'),
which occurs 317 times in 288 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (2Ki 24:2–Jer 2:30)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And Yahweh sent against him marauding bands of Chaldeans, marauding bands of Arameans, marauding bands of Moabites, and marauding bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh which He had spoken by the hand of His slaves the prophets H5030.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:22 -

“Do not touch My anointed ones,

And against My prophets H5030 do no evil.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 17:1 -

Now it happened when David inhabited his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet H5030, “Behold, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under tent curtains.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:1 -

Moreover, David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals; and the number of [fn]those who performed their service was:

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:29 - Now the acts of King David, from first to last, behold, they are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet H5030 and in the chronicles of Gad the seer,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 -

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the [fn]chronicles of Nathan the prophet H5030, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of [fn]Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:5 - Now Shemaiah the prophet H5030 came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you [fn]to Shishak.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:15 -

Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the [fn]records of Shemaiah the prophet H5030 and of Iddo the seer, according to genealogical record? Now there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:22 - Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the [fn]treatise of the prophet H5030 Iddo.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:8 -

Now when Asa heard these words and the [fn]prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet H5030 spoke, he strengthened himself and took away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then renewed the altar of Yahweh which was in front of the porch of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets H5030, four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:6 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not yet a prophet H5030 of Yahweh here that we may inquire of him?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, clothed in their royal garments, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets H5030 were prophesying before them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All the prophets H5030 were also prophesying thus, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, and Yahweh will give it into the hand of the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 -

Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets H5030, as if from one mouth, are good to the king. So please let your word be like one of them and speak that which is good.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:21 - “And he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets H5030.’ Then He said, ‘You shall entice him and also prevail. Go out and do so.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:22 - “So now, behold, Yahweh has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets H5030, but Yahweh has spoken calamity against you.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:20 -

And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, establish your faith in Yahweh your God and you will be established. Establish your faith in His prophets H5030 and succeed.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 -

Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet H5030 saying, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of your father David, ‘Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father and the ways of Asa king of Judah,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:19 - Yet He sent prophets H5030 to them to bring them back to Yahweh; though they testified against them, they did not give ear.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:15 - Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet H5030 who said to him, “Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not delivered their own people from your hand?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:16 - Now it happened that as he was talking with him, [fn]the king said to him, “Have we given you to be a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?” Then the prophet H5030 stopped and said, “I know that God has counseled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:22 -

Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet H5030 Isaiah, the son of Amoz, has written.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:9 - But a prophet H5030 of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out before the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because of the wrath of Yahweh, the God of your fathers, against Judah, He has given them into your hand, and you have killed them in a rage which has even reached heaven.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:25 -

He then caused the Levites to stand in the house of Yahweh with cymbals, with harps, and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet H5030; for the command was from Yahweh by the hand of His prophets H5030.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 -

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet H5030, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:32 -

Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of lovingkindness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet H5030, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - And there had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet H5030; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah celebrated with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet H5030 who spoke from the mouth of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets H5030, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:11 - which You have commanded by the hand of Your slaves the prophets H5030, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an impure land with the impurity of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end, and with their uncleanness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:7 -

“You have also [fn]set up prophets H5030 to call out in Jerusalem concerning [fn]you, ‘A king is in Judah!’ So now it will be heard by the king according to these words. So now, come, let us take counsel together.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:14 - Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets H5030 who were trying to make me afraid.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:26 -

“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You,

And cast Your law behind their backs

And killed Your prophets H5030 who had testified to them

So that they might return to You,

And they [fn]committed great [fn]blasphemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:30 -

“However, You bore with them for many years,

And testified to them by Your Spirit by the hand of Your prophets H5030,

Yet they would not give ear.

So You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 -

“So now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness,

Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You,

Which has found us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets H5030, our fathers, and all Your people,

From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. When [fn]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness;

According to the abundance of Your compassion blot out my transgressions.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:9 -

We do not see our signs;

There is no longer any prophet H5030,

Nor is there any among us who knows how long.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:15 -

“Do not touch My anointed ones,

And to My prophets H5030 do no evil.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 -

The mighty man and the man of war,

The judge and the prophet H5030,

The diviner and the elder,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:15 -

The head is the elder and the [fn]highly respected man,

And the prophet H5030 who teaches falsehood is the tail.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:7 -

And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink:

The priest and the prophet H5030 reel with strong drink;

They are swallowed up by wine, they stagger from strong drink;

They reel while [fn]having visions;

They totter when rendering a verdict.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:10 -

For Yahweh has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep;

He has shut your eyes, the prophets H5030;

And He has covered your heads, the seers.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household with Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet H5030, the son of Amoz.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:1 -

In those days Hezekiah became ill to the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet H5030 the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet H5030 came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:5 -

“Before I formed you in the [fn]innermost parts I knew you,

And before you came out from the womb I set you apart;

I have given you as a prophet H5030 to the nations.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 -

“The priests did not say, ‘Where is Yahweh?’

And those who handle the law did not know Me;

The [fn]shepherds also transgressed against Me,

And the prophets H5030 prophesied by Baal

And walked after things that did not profit.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:26 -

“As the thief is shamed when he is found,

So the house of Israel is shamed;

They, their kings, their princes,

And their priests and their prophets H5030,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 -

“In vain I have struck your sons;

They received no discipline.

Your sword has devoured your prophets H5030

Like a destroying lion.


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