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προφητεύω
prophēteúō · Greek · Strong's G4395 · 28 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “prophesy”
What it means
to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
from G4396 (προφήτης);
How the KJV renders it
prophesy
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Are head coverings commanded in worship?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- What does 1 Timothy 2:12 mean about women teaching?
- Is speaking in tongues for today?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
Where it appears
28 occurrences in the Greek text, first 27 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 11:4 V-PAP-NSM1 Corinthians 11:5 V-PAP-NSF1 Corinthians 13:9 V-PAI-1P1 Corinthians 14:1 V-PAS-2P1 Corinthians 14:3 V-PAP-NSM1 Corinthians 14:4 V-PAP-NSM1 Corinthians 14:5 V-PAP-NSM1 Corinthians 14:24 V-PAS-3P1 Corinthians 14:31 V-PAN1 Corinthians 14:39 V-PAN1 Peter 1:10 V-AAP-NPMActs 2:17 V-FAI-3PActs 2:18 V-FAI-3PActs 19:6 V-IAI-3PActs 21:9 V-PAP-NPFJohn 11:51 V-AAI-3SJude 1:14 V-AAI-3SLuke 1:67 V-AAI-3SLuke 22:64 V-AAM-2SMatthew 7:22 V-AAI-1PMatthew 11:13 V-AAI-3PMatthew 15:7 V-AAI-3SMatthew 26:68 V-AAM-2SMark 7:6 V-AAI-3SMark 14:65 V-AAM-2SRevelation 10:11 V-AANRevelation 11:3 V-FAI-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.