prophēteuō · prophesy

What it means

prophēteuō (προφητεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prophesy”.

Speak on God's behalf.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To make known a message that comes from God, about the present or the future.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• prophesy ×14
• prophesied ×8
• prophesies ×5
• prophesying ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Acts×4
• 1 Corinthians×11
• 1 Peter×1
• Jude×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 7:22

  Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many miracles?’

• Matthew 11:13

  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;

• Matthew 15:7

  Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied well about you, saying,

• Matthew 26:68

  saying, “Prophesy to us, Messiah! Who is it that struck you?”

• Mark 7:6

  But he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

• Mark 14:65

  And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and to strike him and to say to him, “Prophesy!” And the attendants received him with blows.

• Luke 1:67

  And Zechariah his father was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

• Luke 22:64

  and blindfolding him, they kept asking him, saying, “Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?”

• John 11:51

  He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

• Acts 2:17

  ‘And it will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out from my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams;

• Acts 2:18

  and even on my male slaves and on my female slaves in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.

• Acts 19:6

  And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they were speaking in tongues and prophesying.

• Acts 21:9

  And this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.

• 1 Corinthians 11:4

  Every man who prays or prophesies having something down over his head dishonors his head.

• 1 Corinthians 11:5

  But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head; for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaved.

• 1 Corinthians 13:9

  For we know in part and we prophesy in part;

• 1 Corinthians 14:1

  Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

• 1 Corinthians 14:3

  But the one who prophesies speaks to people words of building up and encouragement and comfort.

• 1 Corinthians 14:4

  The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the assembly.

• 1 Corinthians 14:5

  Now I want all of you to speak in tongues, but even more that you prophesy; and the one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the assembly may receive building up.

• 1 Corinthians 14:24

  But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in, he is convicted by all, he is examined by all,

• 1 Corinthians 14:31

  For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged.

• 1 Corinthians 14:39

  So then, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

• 1 Peter 1:10

  Concerning this salvation the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and searched carefully,

• Jude 1:14

  And Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about these, saying, Look, the Lord came with his holy myriads

• Revelation 10:11

  And they say to me, “You must again prophesy about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”

• Revelation 11:3

  And I will grant to my two witnesses that they will prophesy for one thousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

And 1 more times.