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Lexicon :: Strong's G4394 - prophēteia

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προφητεία
Transliteration
prophēteia (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ay-ti'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From προφήτης (G4396) ("prophecy")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong’s Definitions

προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

  1. prophecy

    1. a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events

    2. Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets

      1. of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due

      2. of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets

      3. the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.
STRONGS G4394:
προφητεία, προφητείας, ἡ (προφητεύω, which see), Hebrew נְבוּאָה, prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. — of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: Matthew 13:14; 2 Peter 1:20, 21 (on this passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); — of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Revelation 11:6; Revelation 22:19; τό πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Revelation 19:10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7, 10, 18; — of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called προφῆται (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6, 22; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; — specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1 Timothy 4:14; plural 1 Timothy 1:18 (see προάγω, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Sept., Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
13:14
Romans
12:6
1 Corinthians
12:10; 13:2; 13:8; 14:6; 14:22
1 Thessalonians
5:20
1 Timothy
1:18; 4:14
2 Peter
1:20; 1:21
Revelation
1:3; 11:6; 19:10; 22:7; 22:10; 22:18; 22:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4394 matches the Greek προφητεία (prophēteia),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:14 - et adimpletur eis prophetia Esaiae dicens auditu audietis et non intellegetis et videntes videbitis et non videbitis

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:6 - habentes autem donationes secundum gratiam quae data est nobis differentes sive prophetiam secundum rationem fidei

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:10 - alii operatio virtutum alii prophetatio alii discretio spirituum alii genera linguarum alii interpretatio sermonum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:2 - et si habuero prophetiam et noverim mysteria omnia et omnem scientiam et habuero omnem fidem ita ut montes transferam caritatem autem non habuero nihil sum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 13:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 13:8 - caritas numquam excidit sive prophetiae evacuabuntur sive linguae cessabunt sive scientia destruetur

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:6 - nunc autem fratres si venero ad vos linguis loquens quid vobis prodero nisi si vobis loquar aut in revelatione aut scientia aut prophetia aut in doctrina

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 14:22 - itaque linguae in signum sunt non fidelibus sed infidelibus prophetia autem non infidelibus sed fidelibus

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:20 - prophetias nolite spernere

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 1:18 - hoc praeceptum commendo tibi fili Timothee secundum praecedentes in te prophetias ut milites in illis bonam militiam

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:14 - noli neglegere gratiam quae in te est quae data est tibi per prophetiam cum inpositione manuum presbyterii

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:20 - hoc primum intellegentes quod omnis prophetia scripturae propria interpretatione non fit

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 1:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 1:21 - non enim voluntate humana adlata est aliquando prophetia sed Spiritu Sancto inspirati locuti sunt sancti Dei homines

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:3 - beatus qui legit et qui audiunt verba prophetiae et servant ea quae in ea scripta sunt tempus enim prope est

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:6 - hii habent potestatem cludendi caelum ne pluat diebus prophetiae ipsorum et potestatem habent super aquas convertendi eas in sanguinem et percutere terram omni plaga quotienscumque voluerint

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 19:10 - et cecidi ante pedes eius ut adorarem eum et dicit mihi vide ne feceris conservus tuus sum et fratrum tuorum habentium testimonium Iesu Deum adora testimonium enim Iesu est spiritus prophetiae

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:7 - et ecce venio velociter beatus qui custodit verba prophetiae libri huius

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:10 - et dicit mihi ne signaveris verba prophetiae libri huius tempus enim prope est

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:18 - contestor ego omni audienti verba prophetiae libri huius si quis adposuerit ad haec adponet Deus super illum plagas scriptas in libro isto

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:19 - et si quis deminuerit de verbis libri prophetiae huius auferet Deus partem eius de ligno vitae et de civitate sancta et de his quae scripta sunt in libro isto
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