prophētēs · prophet

What it means

prophētēs (προφήτης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “prophet”.

Someone who speaks 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. Someone who speaks for God.
2. The awaited Prophet, like Moses.

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

Word study

Prophet: one who speaks on God's behalf. Formed from πρό, “before, in place of”, and φημί, “to speak”.

• The Old Testament prophets quoted Matthew 3:3
• “The law and the prophets” Matthew 5:17Luke 16:16
• “No prophet is welcome in his hometown” Luke 4:24
• “A prophet like me”: Jesus Acts 3:22Luke 24:19

How we translate it

“Prophets” 80 times, “prophet” 64. This edition keeps “prophet” with no deviations, as for the Hebrew נָבִיא.

How it is translated

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

• prophets ×80
• prophet ×64

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×37
• Mark×6
• Luke×29
• John×14
• Acts×30
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×6
• Ephesians×3
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• 1 Peter×1
• 2 Peter×2
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 1:22

  And all this has happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says:

• Matthew 2:5

  And they said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written through the prophet:

• Matthew 2:15

  and he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”

• Matthew 2:17

  Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, when he says:

• Matthew 2:23

  and he came and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

• Matthew 3:3

  For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, when he says, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

• Matthew 4:14

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says:

• Matthew 5:12

  Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

• Matthew 5:17

  “Do not think that I came to abolish the law or the prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill.

• Matthew 7:12

  So everything that you want people to do to you, so also you do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

• Matthew 8:17

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “He himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

• Matthew 10:41

  The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous man because he is righteous will receive a righteous man’s reward.

• Matthew 11:9

  But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

• Matthew 11:13

  For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John;

• Matthew 12:17

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says,

• Matthew 12:39

  But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

• Matthew 13:17

  For truly I tell you that many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

• Matthew 13:35

  so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will pour out things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

• Matthew 13:57

  And they stumbled over him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house.”

• Matthew 14:5

  And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him to be a prophet.

• Matthew 16:14

  And they said, “Some say John the Immerser, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

• Matthew 21:4

  Now this took place so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says,

• Matthew 21:11

  And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, the one from Nazareth of Galilee.”

• Matthew 21:26

  But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd; for all hold John as a prophet.”

• Matthew 21:46

  And although they were seeking to seize him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.

• Matthew 22:40

  On these two commandments hang the whole law and the prophets.”

• Matthew 23:29

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

• Matthew 23:30

  and you say, ‘If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in the blood of the prophets.’

• Matthew 23:31

  So you testify against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

• Matthew 23:34

  Because of this, look, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

• Matthew 23:37

  Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing!

• Matthew 24:15

  So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of through Daniel the prophet standing in a holy place (let the reader understand),

• Matthew 26:56

  But all this has happened so that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples left him and fled.

• Matthew 27:9

  Then was fulfilled what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, when he says, “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set, whom they priced from the sons of Israel,

• Mark 1:2

  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

• Mark 6:4

  And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his house.”

• Mark 6:15

  But others were saying, “He is Elijah”; and others were saying, “A prophet, like one of the prophets.”

• Mark 8:28

  And they said to him, saying, “John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”

• Mark 11:32

  But should we say, ‘From people’?” — they were afraid of the crowd, for all held that John really was a prophet.

• Luke 1:70

  just as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,

And 104 more times.