nevia · prophetess

What it means

nevia (נְבִיאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “prophetess”.

A woman who speaks on behalf of God.

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. A woman who speaks for God.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Judges×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Isaiah×1

• Exodus 15:20

  Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

• Judges 4:4

  Now Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she was judging Israel at that time.

• 2 Kings 22:14

  Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the garments —she was living in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter— and they spoke with her.

• 2 Chronicles 34:22

  So Hilkiah and those of the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments; and she was living in Jerusalem in the second quarter; and they spoke to her to this effect.

• Nehemiah 6:14

  Remember, my Elohim, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of his, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were frightening me.

• Isaiah 8:3

  And I went near to the prophetess, and she conceived and bore a son. And YHWH said to me, “Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz;