Lexicon :: Strong's G4394 - prophēteia

προφητεία

Transliteration

prophēteia (Key)

Pronunciation

prof-ay-ti'-ah

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From προφήτης (G4396) ("prophecy")

Greek Inflections of προφητεία [?]

mGNT
19x in 5 unique form(s) TR
19x in 5 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 4 unique form(s)

προφητεία — 5x

προφητείᾳ — 1x

προφητεῖαι — 1x

προφητείαν — 2x

προφητείας — 10x

προφητεῖαι — 1x

προφητεία — 5x

προφητείᾳ — 1x

προφητείαν — 2x

προφητείας — 10x

προφητεία — 1x

προφητείᾳ — 2x

προφητείαν — 2x

προφητείας — 1x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:781,952

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G4394 in the following manner: prophecy (16x), prophesying (3x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

prophecy
1. a discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events
2. Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
  1. of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due
  2. of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets
  3. the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

προφητεία prophēteía, prof-ay-ti'-ah; from G4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):—prophecy, prophesying.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G4394:

προφητεία, προφητείας, ἡ (προφητεύω, which see), Hebrew נְבוּאָה, prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. — of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: Matthew 13:14; 2 Peter 1:20, 21 (on this passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); — of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Revelation 11:6; Revelation 22:19; τό πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Revelation 19:10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Revelation 1:3; Revelation 22:7, 10, 18; — of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called προφῆται (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.): Romans 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 1 Corinthians 14:6, 22; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1 Corinthians 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; — specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1 Timothy 4:14; plural 1 Timothy 1:18 (see προάγω, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Sept., Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)

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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew: 13:14
Romans: 12:6
1 Corinthians: 12:10; 13:2; 13:8; 14:6; 14:22
1 Thessalonians: 5:20
1 Timothy: 1:18; 4:14
2 Peter: 1:20; 1:21
Revelation: 1:3; 11:6; 19:10; 22:7; 22:10; 22:18; 22:19

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G4394 matches the Greek προφητεία (prophēteia),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 13:14

Mat 13:14 - And in them is fulfilled the prophecy^G4394 of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

Rom 12:6

Rom 12:6 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy,^G4394 let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

1Co 12:10

1Co 12:10 - To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy;^G4394 to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

1Co 13:2

1Co 13:2 - And though I have the gift of prophecy,^G4394 and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

1Co 13:8

1Co 13:8 - Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies,^G4394 they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

1Co 14:6

1Co 14:6 - Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying,^G4394 or by doctrine?

1Co 14:22

1Co 14:22 - Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying^G4394 serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

1Th 5:20

1Th 5:20 - Despise not prophesyings.^G4394

1Ti 1:18

1Ti 1:18 - This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies^G4394 which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

1Ti 4:14

1Ti 4:14 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy,^G4394 with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

2Pe 1:20

2Pe 1:20 - Knowing this first, that no prophecy^G4394 of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

2Pe 1:21

2Pe 1:21 - For the prophecy^G4394 came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

Rev 1:3

Rev 1:3 - Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,^G4394 and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

Rev 11:6

Rev 11:6 - These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy:^G4394 and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

Rev 19:10

Rev 19:10 - And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.^G4394

Rev 22:7

Rev 22:7 - Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy^G4394 of this book.

Rev 22:10

Rev 22:10 - And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy^G4394 of this book: for the time is at hand.

Rev 22:18

Rev 22:18 - For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy^G4394 of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Rev 22:19

Rev 22:19 - And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy,^G4394 God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.