G4398
G4398 — προφῆτις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
prophetis (prof-ay`-tis) n.
1. a female foreteller or an inspired woman
[feminine of G4396]
KJV: prophetess
Root(s): G4396
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
prophetess
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προφῆτις, προφητιδος, ἡ (προφήτης), the Sept. for ðÀáÄéàÈä, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luk 2:36; Rev 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): ἡ προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προφῆτις (prophetess)
Luke 2:36
- KJV: And there was one Anna a prophetess the daughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aser she was of a great age and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity
- GK: και ην Άννα προφήτις θυγάτηρ Φανουήλ εκ φυλής Ασήρ αύτη προβεβηκυία εν ημέραις πολλαίς ζήσασα έτη μετά ανδρός επτά από της παρθενίας αυτής
Revelation 2:20
- KJV: Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel which calleth herself a prophetess to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto idols
- GK: αλλ΄ έχω κατά σου ότι αφείς την γυναίκά σου την Ιεζάβηλ η λεγει εαυτήν προφήτιν και διδάσκει και πλανα τους εμούς δούλους πορνεύσαι και φαγείν ειδωλόθυτα