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Lexicon :: Strong's G4398 - prophētis

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προφῆτις
Transliteration
prophētis (Key)
Pronunciation
prof-ay'-tis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong’s Definitions

προφῆτις prophētis, prof-ay'-tis; feminine of G4396; a female foreteller or an inspired woman:—prophetess.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G4398 in the following manner: prophetess (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G4398 in the following manner: prophetess (2x).
  1. a prophetess

  2. a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions

  3. a female who declares or interprets oracles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
προφῆτις prophētis, prof-ay'-tis; feminine of G4396; a female foreteller or an inspired woman:—prophetess.
STRONGS G4398:
προφῆτις, προφητιδος, (προφήτης), the Sept. for נְבִיאָה, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luke 2:36; Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
2:36
Revelation
2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4398 matches the Greek προφῆτις (prophētis),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:36 - And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:20 - But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols.
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