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Name of God’s Son

ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙ, προφηται

PROPHĒTAI, prophētai

Sounds Like: pro-FEE-tai

Translations: prophets, (to) prophets, (of) prophets

From the root: ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to individuals who speak on behalf of God or a deity, often foretelling future events or delivering divine messages. In Koine Greek, it is a masculine noun. The form 'ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙ' is the plural form, which can function as nominative (the subject of a sentence), dative (indicating to whom or for whom something is done), or vocative (used for direct address).

Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Dative or Vocative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G4396 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Barnabus
  • Letter of Barnabas — 5:6
Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:7
Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 43:1, 43:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Ignatius of Antioch
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 9:1, 9:2
  • Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 8:2, 9:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Polycarp of Smyrna
  • Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
  • Mandate 11 — 1:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
Twelve Disciples

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ.

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