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Strong's #4395: propheteuo (pronounced prof-ate-yoo'-o)

from 4396; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office:--prophesy.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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prophēteuō

1) to prophesy, to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspirations, to predict

1a) to prophesy

1b) with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God

1c) to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation

1d) to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or praise of the divine counsels

1d1) under like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others

1e) to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G4396

Citing in TDNT: 6:781, 952




Usage:

This word is used 29 times:

Matthew 7:22: "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy"
Matthew 11:13: "and the law prophesied until John."
Matthew 15:7: "Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,"
Matthew 26:68: "Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?"
Mark 7:6: "unto them, Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as"
Mark 14:65: "and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike"
Luke 1:67: "with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,"
Luke 22:64: "asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?"
John 11:51: "high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die"
Acts 2:17: "and your daughters shall prophesy,"
Acts 2:17: "and your daughters shall prophesy,"
Acts 2:18: "my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:"
Acts 19:6: "they spake with tongues, and prophesied."
Acts 21:9: "four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy."
1 Corinthians 11:4: "man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoreth"
1 Corinthians 11:5: "woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her"
1 Corinthians 13:9: "in part, and we prophesy in part."
1 Corinthians 14:1: "gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy."
1 Corinthians 14:3: "But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and"
1 Corinthians 14:4: "edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church."
1 Corinthians 14:5: "but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than"
1 Corinthians 14:5: "ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh, with tongues, except"
1 Corinthians 14:24: "But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not,"
1 Corinthians 14:31: "For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all"
1 Corinthians 14:39: "Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak"
1 Peter 1:10: "have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto"
Jude 1:14: "the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord"
Revelation 10:11: "unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples,"
Revelation 11:3: "two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days,"









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