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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 40 times in 36 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:8 - The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied H5012 by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:31 - The prophets prophesy H5012 falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:21 - Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy H5012 not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:14 - Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy H5012 lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy H5012 unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy H5012 in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they prophesy H5012 shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:14 - Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; H5012 and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:1 - Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied H5012 these things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:6 - And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied H5012 lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:13 - And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied H5012 in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy H5012 unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. H5012

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:25 - I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy H5012 lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:26 - How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy H5012 lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:32 - Behold, I am against them that prophesy H5012 false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:13 - And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied H5012 against all the nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - Therefore prophesy H5012 thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:9 - Why hast thou prophesied H5012 in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied H5012 against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:12 - Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy H5012 against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:18 - Micah the Morasthite prophesied H5012 in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:20 - And there was also a man that prophesied H5012 in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied H5012 against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:10 - For they prophesy H5012 a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy H5012 a lie unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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 BoxJer 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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