1. prophet, spokesperson of God — One who speaks on behalf of God, a prophet. This is the single core meaning of the noun throughout the New Testament, encompassing Old Testament prophets referenced in fulfillment formulas ('spoken through the prophet,' Matt 1:22, 2:5, 2:15, etc.), named prophets like Isaiah and Jeremiah, prophets as a class in Israel's history ('they persecuted the prophets,' Matt 5:12), Jesus identified as a prophet (Luke 7:16, John 9:17), the prophesied 'Prophet like Moses' (Acts 3:22, 7:37), and New Testament prophets exercising the gift of prophecy in the church (1 Cor 14:32, Eph 3:5). All auto-clustered variants represent mere grammatical case or number differences (singular/plural, nominative/genitive/dative/accusative) of this single lexical sense, not genuinely distinct meanings. 146×
AR["أَنبياءَ","أَنبياءُ","أَنبياءِ","أَنبِيَاءُ","أَنْبِياءَ","أَنْبِيَائِهِ","الأَنبياءُ","الأَنبياءِ","الأَنْبياءِ","الأَنْبِياءِ","الأَنْبِيَاءَ","الأَنْبِيَاءِ","الْأَنْبِيَاءِ"]·ben["ভবিষ্যদ্বক্তাদের","ভবিষ্যদ্বক্তারা","ভাববাদী","ভাববাদীগণ","ভাববাদীদের","ভাববাদীদের,","ভাববাদীদের;","ভাববাদীরা"]·DE["Prophet"]·EN["prophets"]·FR["prophète"]·heb["הַ-נְּבִיאִים","הַנְּבִיאִים","נְּבִיאִים","נְבִיאִים","נְבִיאָיו"]·HI["नबियोन","नबियोन-ने","भविष्यद्वक्ताओं","भविष्यद्वक्ताओं-में-से","भविष्यवक्ता","भविष्यवक्ताओं","भविष्यवक्ताओं-के","भविष्यवक्ताओं-को","भविष्यवक्ताओं-से"]·ID["itu","nabi","nabi-nabi","nabi-nabi,","para-nabi"]·IT["profeta"]·jav["Nabi","nabi","nabi.","para-nabi","para-nabi,","para-nabi."]·KO["선지자들","선지자들-중의","선지자들과","선지자들의","선지자들이","예언자들-을","예언자들-의","예언자들과","예언자들에게","예언자들의.","예언자들이"]·PT["profetas","profetas."]·RU["пророкам","пророки","пророки.","пророков"]·ES["profetas"]·SW["-wa-manabii","Manabii.","Walipokusanyika","manabii","na","wenye-hekima"]·TR["peygamber","peygamberler","peygamberlerden","peygamberlere","peygamberleri","peygamberlerin","peygamberlerinin"]·urd["نبی","نبیوں","نبیوں-میں-سے","نبیوں-نے","نبیوں-کو","نبیوں-کی","نبیوں-کے"]
Matt 2:23, Matt 5:12, Matt 5:17, Matt 7:12, Matt 11:13, Matt 13:17, Matt 16:14, Matt 22:40, Matt 23:29, Matt 23:30, Matt 23:31, Matt 23:34 (+38 more)
Senses
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)H2076 1. Qal: offer sacrifice (cultic) (116×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G0040 1. the Holy One, Holy Spirit (98×)H2931 1. ritually or morally unclean (88×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
προφήτ-ης, ου, Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect προφάτας [ᾱ], α, Refs 6th c.BC+ (πρό, φημί):— properly one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, Refs 5th c.BC+; Βάκχου π., perhaps of Orpheus, Refs 5th c.BC+; [Διονύσου] π., of the Bacchae, Refs; Νηρέως π., of Glaucus, Refs; especially of the Delphic Apollo, Διὸς π.…