Strong's Greek · G4394
G4394 prophēteía
προφητεία
prof-ay-ti'-ah
prophecy
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prophēteía appears 19 times in Scripture, including Matthew 13:14 and Romans 12:6. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
prediction (scriptural or other)
In the King James Version
prophecy, prophesying
Derivation
from G4396 (προφήτης) ("prophecy");
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?”
“We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;”
“Do not treat prophecies with contempt,”
““Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.””
“to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.”
“Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.”
“Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,”
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.”
“In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
“Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
