Strong's Greek · G4396
G4396 prophḗtēs
προφήτης
prof-ay'-tace
prophet
Looking for Hebrew H4396 milluʼâh? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G4396. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
prophḗtēs appears 144 times in Scripture, including Matthew 1:22 and Matthew 2:15. 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
a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
In the King James Version
prophet
Derivation
Appears 144 times in Scripture
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.”
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.”
“Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:”
“to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:”
“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.”
“In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.”
“This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’””
“and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.””
“where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.””
“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:”
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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).
