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Lexicon :: Strong's H5012 - nāḇā'

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נָבָא
Transliteration
nāḇā'
Pronunciation
naw-baw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1277

Strong’s Definitions

נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x

The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 115x
The KJV translates Strong's H5012 in the following manner: prophesy (111x), prophesying (2x), prophet (2x).

  1. to prophesy

    1. (Niphal)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

    2. (Hithpael)

      1. to prophesy

        1. under influence of divine spirit

        2. of false prophets

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָבָא nâbâʼ, naw-baw'; a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse):—prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
STRONGS H5012: Abbreviations
† [נָבָא] verb denominative prophesy (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions); —
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִבֵּא Jeremiah 20:1 + 7 times; 2nd person masculine singular נִבֵּאתָ Jeremiah 20:6 + 2 times; נִבֵּיתָ Jeremiah 26:9; 1st person singular נִבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:7; 3rd person plural נִבֵּאוּ Jeremiah 2:8 + 3 times; נִבָּ֑אוּ Jeremiah 23:21; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִנָּבֵא Amos 3:8 + 9 times Imperfect; Imperative הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:15 + 27 times; Infinitive הִנָּבֵא Amos 7:13; suffix הִנָּֽבְאוֹ Zechariah 13:3; הִנָּֽבְאֹתוֹ Zechariah 13:4, + 4 times Infinitive; Participle נִבָּא Jeremiah 26:18 + 20 times Participle; —
1. prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state, with song 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20 and music 1 Chronicles 25:1, 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:3.
b. the word of י׳ : absolute Amos 2:12; Amos 3:8 (emended יחרד We Now needless), Amos 7:12, Amos 7:13; Joel 3:1 [Joel 2:28]; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 28:9; Jeremiah 32:3; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:19 [Ezekiel 21:14]; Ezekiel 37:7; Ezekiel 38:17 but especially in phrase הִנָּבֵא וֶאַמַדְתָּ Ezekiel 12:27; Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 21:33 [Ezekiel 21:28]; Ezekiel 30:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 36:3; Ezekiel 37:7, Ezekiel 37:12; Ezekiel 38:14, Ezekiel 38:17; with accusative Jeremiah 20:1; Jeremiah 25:30; Jeremiah 28:6; followed by עַל against Amos 7:16; Jeremiah 25:13; Jeremiah 26:20; Ezekiel 4:7; Ezekiel 11:4; Ezekiel 13:17; Ezekiel 25:2; Ezekiel 28:21; Ezekiel 29:2; Ezekiel 34:2; Ezekiel 35:2; Ezekiel 36:6; Ezekiel 38:2; Ezekiel 39:1; unto Ezekiel 37:4; אֶל unto Amos 7:15; Jeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:12; Jeremiah 28:8; Ezekiel 36:1; Ezekiel 37:9; against Ezekiel 6:2; Ezekiel 13:2; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:7 [Ezekiel 21:2]; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 11:21; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 26:9.
2. of false prophets: absolute Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:4; with accusative 1 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 18:11; שֶׁקֶר Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 23:25; Jeremiah 27:10, Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:21; לַשָּׁ֑קֶר Jeremiah 27:15; בַּשֶּׁקֶר Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 20:6; Jeremiah 29:9; נִבְּאֵי הַשּׁ׳ Jeremiah 23:26; compare Jeremiah 23:32; with לֵ Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 23:16; Jeremiah 27:15, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 37:19; followed by אֶל concerning Ezekiel 13:16.
3. compare heathen prophets, בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 2:8.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְנַבִּיתָ 1 Samuel 10:16 ; 1st person singular הִנַּבֵּאתִי Ezekiel 37:10; Imperfect יִתְנַבֵּא 1 Samuel 10:10 + 7 times; 3rd person masculine plural יִתְנַבְּאוּ Numbers 11:25 + 5 times; Imperative הִנַּבְּאוּ Jeremiah 23:13; Infinitive הִתְנַבּוֺת 1 Samuel 10:13; Participle מִתְנַבֵּא Jeremiah 26:20 + 9 times Participle; —
1. Prophesy under influence of divine spirit:
a. in the ecstatic state Numbers 11:25, Numbers 11:26, Numbers 11:27 (J), with music 1 Samuel 10:5, 1 Samuel 10:6, 1 Samuel 10:10, 1 Samuel 10:13, in frenzy 1 Samuel 19:20,1 Samuel 19:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 19:23, 1 Samuel 19:24; excited to violence 1 Samuel 18:10 (= מְשֻׁגָּע mad 2 Kings 9:11); Jeremiah 29:26.
b. apart from ecstatic state, absolute Ezekiel 37:10, with לְ 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27; על 1 Kings 22:18 2 Chronicles 18:17, 2 Chronicles 18:7; 2 Chronicles 20:37; בְּשֵׁם י׳ Jeremiah 26:20.
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state 1 Kings 18:29; בַּבַּעַל Jeremiah 23:13.
3. of false prophets 1 Kings 22:10 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14; Ezekiel 13:17.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5013.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

11:25; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27

1 Samuel

10:5; 10:6; 10:10; 10:10; 10:11; 10:13; 10:13; 10:16; 18:10; 19:20; 19:20; 19:21; 19:23; 19:24

1 Kings

18:29; 22:8; 22:10; 22:12; 22:18

2 Kings

9:11

1 Chronicles

25:1; 25:2; 25:3

2 Chronicles

18:7; 18:9; 18:11; 18:17; 20:37

Jeremiah

2:8; 2:8; 5:31; 11:21; 14:14; 14:14; 14:15; 14:16; 19:14; 20:1; 20:1; 20:6; 20:6; 23:13; 23:13; 23:16; 23:21; 23:21; 23:25; 23:25; 23:26; 23:32; 25:13; 25:30; 26:9; 26:9; 26:11; 26:12; 26:18; 26:18; 26:20; 26:20; 26:20; 27:10; 27:14; 27:15; 27:15; 27:16; 27:16; 28:6; 28:8; 28:9; 29:9; 29:21; 29:26; 29:27; 29:31; 32:3; 37:19

Ezekiel

4:7; 6:2; 11:4; 11:13; 12:27; 12:27; 13:2; 13:2; 13:16; 13:17; 13:17; 21:2; 21:2; 21:14; 21:14; 21:28; 25:2; 28:21; 29:2; 30:2; 34:2; 34:2; 35:2; 36:1; 36:3; 36:6; 37:4; 37:7; 37:7; 37:7; 37:9; 37:10; 37:10; 37:12; 38:2; 38:14; 38:17; 38:17; 39:1

Joel

2:28

Amos

2:12; 3:8; 3:8; 7:12; 7:13; 7:13; 7:15; 7:15; 7:16

Zechariah

13:3; 13:3; 13:4; 13:4

H5012

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Strong's Number H5012 matches the Hebrew נָבָא (nāḇā'),
which occurs 115 times in 102 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Jer 27:15–Amo 7:16)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:15 - For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy H5012 a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy H5012 unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy H5012 unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy H5012 a lie unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:6 - Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, H5012 to bring again the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:8 - The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied H5012 both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:9 - The prophet which prophesieth H5012 of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:9 - For they prophesy H5012 falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:21 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy H5012 a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:26 - The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, H5012 that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:27 - Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet H5012 to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:31 - Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied H5012 unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:3 - For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, H5012 and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where are now your prophets which prophesied H5012 unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:7 - Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy H5012 against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:2 - Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy H5012 against them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:4 - Therefore prophesy H5012 against them, prophesy, H5012 O son of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 - And it came to pass, when I prophesied, H5012 that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:27 - Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth H5012 of the times that are far off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:2 - Son of man, prophesy H5012 against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, H5012 and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:16 - To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy H5012 concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:17 - Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy H5012 out of their own heart; and prophesy H5012 thou against them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:46 - Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy H5012 against the forest of the south field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:2 - Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy H5012 against the land of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:9 - Son of man, prophesy, H5012 and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:14 - Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, H5012 and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:28 - And thou, son of man, prophesy H5012 and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:2 - Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy H5012 against them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:21 - Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy H5012 against it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:2 - Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy H5012 against him, and against all Egypt:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:2 - Son of man, prophesy H5012 and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy H5012 against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, H5012 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:2 - Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy H5012 against it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:1 - Also, thou son of man, prophesy H5012 unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:3 - Therefore prophesy H5012 and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:6 - Prophesy H5012 therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:4 - Again he said unto me, Prophesy H5012 upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:7 - So I prophesied H5012 as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, H5012 there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:9 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy H5012 unto the wind, prophesy, H5012 son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:10 - So I prophesied H5012 as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:12 - Therefore prophesy H5012 and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:2 - Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy H5012 against him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:14 - Therefore, son of man, prophesy H5012 and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:17 - Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied H5012 in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:1 - Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy H5012 against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:28 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, H5012 your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:12 - But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy H5012 not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 3:8 - The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? H5012

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:12 - Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy H5012 there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:13 - But prophesy H5012 not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:15 - And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy H5012 unto my people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:16 - Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy H5012 not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac.

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