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Lexicon :: Strong's G4395 - prophēteuō

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προφητεύω
Transliteration
prophēteuō (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ate-yoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
28x in 16 unique form(s) TR
28x in 16 unique form(s) LXX
109x in 28 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Trench's Synonyms: vi. προφητεύω, μαντεύομαι.

Strong’s Definitions

προφητεύω prophēteúō, prof-ate-yoo'-o; from G4396; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office:—prophesy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G4395 in the following manner: prophesy (28x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G4395 in the following manner: prophesy (28x).

  1. to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict

    1. to prophesy

    2. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining esp. to the kingdom of God

    3. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation

    4. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or praise of the divine counsels

      1. under like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others

    5. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προφητεύω prophēteúō, prof-ate-yoo'-o; from G4396; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office:—prophesy.
STRONGS G4395:
προφητεύω; future προφητεύσω; imperfect προεφήτευον (Acts 19:6 R G) and ἐπροφήτευον (ibid. L T Tr WH; (1 Kings 22:12); Jer. (Jeremiah 2:8); Jer 23:21; 25:13); 1 aorist προεφήτευσα (R G in Matthew 7:22; Matthew 11:13; Matthew 15:7; Mark 7:6; Luke 1:67; (John 11:51; Jude 1:14)) and ἐπροφήτευσα (which form codex Sinaiticus gives everywhere, and T Tr WH have everywhere restored, and Lachmann also with the single exception of Jude 1:14; add, Sir. 48:13; 1 Esdr. 6:1; Jeremiah 33:9, 11, 20; Jeremiah 26:9, 11, 20; Jeremiah 35:8 (Jeremiah 28:8); Jer. 36:31 (Jer. 24:31); the Alexandrian translators more common use the forms προεφήτευον, προεφήτευσα, perfect participle προπεφητευκως, Eus. h. e. 5, 17; perfect passive infinitive προπεφητευσθαι, Clement of Alexandria, strom., p. 603; on the forms used by Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. lxxv, edition 3; cf. (WH. Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. cxxv, edition 3; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 162; Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 12, 5; (Buttmann, 35 (30f)); cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 268; (Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word)); (προφήτης, which see); the Sept. for נִבָּא and הִתְנַבֵּא; Vulg.propheto (three timesprophetizo); to prophesy, i. e. to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspiration; to predict (Herodotus, Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, others);
a. universally, Matthew 7:22.
b. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God: Matthew 11:13; Acts 2:17, 18; Acts 21:9; περί τίνος, Matthew 15:7; Mark 7:6; 1 Peter 1:10; ἐπί τίνι, over i. e. concerning one (see ἐπί, B. 2 f. β'., p. 234a), Revelation 10:11; εἰς τινα (i. e. Christ), the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; προφητεύειν followed by λέγων, with the words uttered by the prophet, Jude 1:14; followed by ὅτι, John 11:51.
c. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation: Matthew 26:68; Mark 14:65; Luke 22:64, cf. 7:39; John 4:19.
d. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or in praise of the divine counsels: Luke 1:67; Acts 19:6 (1 Samuel 10:10, 11; 1 Samuel 19:20, 21, etc.); — or, under the like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.), 1 Corinthians 11:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 13:9; 1 Corinthians 14:1, 3, 4, 5, 24, 31, 39.
e. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office: Revelation 11:3. (On the word see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Samuel
10:10; 10:11; 19:20; 19:21
1 Kings
22:12
Jeremiah
2:8; 23:21; 25:13; 26:9; 26:11; 26:20; 28:8; 33:9; 33:11; 33:20; 35:8; 36:31
Matthew
7:22; 7:22; 11:13; 11:13; 15:7; 15:7; 26:68
Mark
7:6; 7:6; 14:65
Luke
1:67; 1:67; 7:39; 22:64
John
4:19; 11:51; 11:51
Acts
2:17; 2:18; 19:6; 19:6; 21:9
1 Corinthians
11:4; 11:5; 13:9; 14:1; 14:3; 14:4; 14:5; 14:24; 14:31; 14:39
1 Peter
1:10
Jude
1:14; 1:14; 1:14
Revelation
10:11; 11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4395 matches the Greek προφητεύω (prophēteuō),
which occurs 109 times in 95 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 11:25–Jer 29:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:25 - And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - But two men remained in the camp; one's name was Eldad, and the other's name was Medad. And the spirit rested on them. (Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:27 - And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:5 - Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:6 - Then the spirit of the LORD will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:10 - When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:13 - When Saul had finished prophesying, he went to the high place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:20 - So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:21 - When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:23 - So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 19:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:24 - He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, "Is Saul also among the prophets?")

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:10 - Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:12 - All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the LORD will hand it over to the king."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:18 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the LORD's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:9 - Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:11 - All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the LORD will hand it over to the king!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:17 - The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:37 - Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, "Because you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the LORD will shatter what you have made." The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:1 - Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - Your priests did not ask, 'Where is the LORD?' Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - Then the LORD told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, "Stop prophesying in the name of the LORD or we will kill you!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - Then I said, "Oh, Lord GOD, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, 'You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said to me, "Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - I did not send those prophets, though they claim to be prophesying in my name. They may be saying, 'No war or famine will happen in this land.' But I, the LORD, say this about them: 'War and starvation will kill those prophets.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the LORD had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the LORD's temple and stood in its courtyard and called out to all the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security in the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - You, Pashhur, and all your household will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - The LORD says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - The LORD says, "I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, 'I have had a dream! I have had a dream!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - I, the LORD, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the LORD, affirm it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:15 - So the LORD, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. "Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - "Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them: 'Like a lion about to attack, the LORD will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - How dare you claim the LORD's authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!" Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. "The LORD sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - Now there was another man who prophesied as the LORD's representative against this city and this land just as Jeremiah did. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - For I, the LORD, affirm that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - I also told the priests and all the people, "The LORD says, 'Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that the valuable articles taken from the LORD's temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. But they are prophesying a lie to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the LORD do all this! May the LORD make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the LORD's temple and the people who were carried into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the LORD truly sent him when what he prophesied came true."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9 - They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the LORD, affirm it!'

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