prophet

Greek Noun Male

προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth), [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא;] one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft, Notes, 83f; Tr, Syn., §vi), a prophet; 1) in cl. (Æsch, Hdt, Plat, al.), of the interpreters of oracles. 2) In NT, (a) of the OT prophets: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al; (b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al; (with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76; (d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37 " (LXX); (e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al; (f) by meton, of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, Act.8:28, al; (g) of a poet: Tit.1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr, see Deiss, BS, 235f; MM, xxii). (AS)

prophet

Greek Noun Male

προφήτ-ης, ου, Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect προφάτας [ᾱ], α, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (πρό, φημί):— properly one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Βάκχου π, perhaps of Orpheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Διονύσου] π, of the Bacchae, [Refs]; Νηρέως π, of Glaucus, [Refs]; especially of the Delphic Apollo, Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the minister and interpreter at Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at the Ptoön,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare προφῆτις. 2) title of official keepers of the oracle at Branchidae, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; elsewhere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2.b) in Egyptian temples, member of the highest order of the clergy, priest, π. θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+] 3) interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the μάντις (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) possessor of oracular powers, of Amphiaraus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Pseudo-Bacis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Epimenides, [NT] 5) generally, interpreter, declarer, ἐγὼ π. σοι λόγων γενήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀτόμων, of the Epicureans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῶν Πύρρωνος λόγων, of Timon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; spokesman, [LXX] 5.b) metaphorically, proclaimer, harbinger, κώμου προφάτας, of the wine-bowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) herald at the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) in LXX, revealer of God's will, prophet, [LXX] III.2) in NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God, [NT]; and (as comprised in this), III.2.b) foreteller, prophet of future events, [NT] III.3) herbalist, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]; quack doctor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet; prophet; from a compound of g4253 (πρό) and g5346 (φημί)