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προφήτης
prophḗtēs · Greek · Strong's G4396 · 145 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “prophet”
What it means
a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
from a compound of G4253 (πρό) and G5346 (φημί);
How the KJV renders it
prophet
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
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Is 1 Enoch inspired or canonical scripture?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
Where it appears
145 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 12:28 N-APM1 Corinthians 12:29 N-NPM1 Corinthians 14:29 N-NPM1 Corinthians 14:32 N-DPM1 Corinthians 14:37 N-NSM1 Peter 1:10 N-NPM1 Thessalonians 2:15 N-APM2 Peter 2:16 N-GSM2 Peter 3:2 N-GPMActs 2:16 N-GSMActs 2:30 N-NSMActs 3:18 N-GPMActs 3:21 N-GPMActs 3:22 N-ASMActs 3:23 N-GSMActs 3:24 N-NPMActs 3:25 N-GPMActs 7:37 N-ASMActs 7:42 N-GPMActs 7:48 N-NSMActs 7:52 N-GPMActs 8:28 N-ASMActs 8:30 N-ASMActs 8:34 N-NSMActs 10:43 N-NPMActs 11:27 N-NPMActs 13:1 N-NPMActs 13:15 N-GPMActs 13:20 N-GSMActs 13:27 N-GPMActs 13:40 N-DPMActs 15:15 N-GPMActs 15:32 N-NPMActs 21:10 N-NSMActs 24:14 N-DPMActs 26:22 N-NPMActs 26:27 N-DPMActs 28:23 N-GPMActs 28:25 N-GSMEphesians 2:20 N-GPMEphesians 3:5 N-DPMEphesians 4:11 N-APMHebrews 1:1 N-DPMHebrews 11:32 N-GPMJames 5:10 N-APMJohn 1:21 N-NSMJohn 1:23 N-NSMJohn 1:25 N-NSMJohn 1:46 N-NPMJohn 4:19 N-NSMJohn 4:44 N-NSMJohn 6:14 N-NSMJohn 6:45 N-DPMJohn 7:40 N-NSMJohn 7:52 N-NSMJohn 8:52 N-NPMJohn 8:53 N-NPMJohn 9:17 N-NSMJohn 12:38 N-GSMLuke 1:70 N-GPM
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.