noun · feminine
profētias
Greekπροφῆτις (profētis)
Strong’sG4398
a prophetess
stem profēti-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
προφῆτις, -ιδος, ἡ fem, of προφήτης,
[in LXX: Ex 15:20, Jg 4:4, IV Ki 22:14, II Ch 34:22, Is 8:3 (נְבִיאָה)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4398 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidprof-ay'-tis
a female foreteller or an inspired woman
Fromfeminine of G4396;
King Jamesprophetess.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | profētias1×προφῆτις | profētiais |
| object accusative | profētian1×προφῆτιν | profētiain |
| direct address vocative | profētiar | profētiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | profētiau | profētiaiu |
| to, for dative | profētia | profētiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
profētia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
profētias“prophetess”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 2:36“prophetess”Kai ate Hannas profētias, thugatēras Fanouēl, ek fulau Asēr houtas probainarētas en hēmerai pollai, zōaratas meta anērou eteim hepta apo tau partheniau autau,There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,
profētian“prophetess”objectaccusative singular1×
Revelation 2:20“prophetess”alla echamō kata su hoti afiēkasō tan gunaikan Iezabel, tas legarōtas heautan profētian, kai didaskatō kai planatō toin ēmoin douloin porneuara kai esthiara eidōlothuteim.But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.