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
Codex Sinaiticus
- Tobit — 14:4, 14:5
- Sirach — 36:15
- Jeremiah — 2:8, 2:26, 4:9, 5:31, 23:25, 39:32
- Zechariah — 1:4, 1:5
- Matthew — 7:12, 11:13, 22:40
- Luke — 10:24, 16:16, 24:25
- John — 1:45, 8:52, 8:53
- Acts of the Apostles — 3:24, 10:43, 11:27, 13:1, 15:32, 26:22
- 1 Corinthians — 12:29, 14:29
- 1 Peter — 1:10
- Revelation — 11:10, 18:20
- Epistle of Barnabas — 5:6
Ignatius of Antioch
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 8:40
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:18
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 31:1, 52:1
- Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:7
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 51:3, 68:6, 75:3, 80:5, 87:4, 89:3, 90:2, 112:5, 119:3
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 6:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 18:22, 22:10, 22:12, 22:13
- 2 Kings — 10:19, 10:21, 23:2
- 2 Chronicles — 18:9, 18:11, 18:12, 35:15
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:1
- Ezra (Beta) — 5:2
- Tobit — 14:4, 14:5, 14:5
- Sirach — 36:21
- Jeremiah — 2:8, 2:26, 4:9, 5:13, 5:31, 14:13, 14:14, 14:15, 23:25, 34:12, 34:15, 35:8, 39:32, 44:19
- Lamentations — 2:9, 2:14
- Ezekiel — 13:4, 13:16, 22:28
- Micah — 3:11
- Zephaniah — 3:4
- Zechariah — 1:4, 1:5, 13:4
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 11 — 1:15
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 7:12, 11:13, 13:17, 22:40
- Luke — 10:24, 16:16, 24:25
- John — 1:46, 8:52, 8:53
- Acts — 3:24, 10:43, 11:27, 13:1, 15:32, 26:22
- 1 Corinthians — 12:29, 14:29
- 1 Peter — 1:10
- Revelation — 11:10, 18:20
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 11:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΡΟΠΗΤΩΝ — (of) prophets, (of) a prophet
- ΠΡΟΣΦΗΤΑΣ — prophet, a prophet, prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗ — prophet, a prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΣ — prophet, a prophet, of a prophet, prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤ — prophet, a prophet, spokesman, an interpreter
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑ — prophets, a prophet, the prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΙΣ — to prophets, for prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΑΣ — prophet, a prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΕΣ — prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗ — prophet, a prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΝ — prophet, a prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ — prophet, a prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΙΚΩΣ — prophetically, by way of prophecy
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΟΥ — of a prophet, of the prophet
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΩ — of prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΩ' — of prophets, prophets'
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤΩΝ — of prophets
- ΠΡΟΦΗΤ‾Η‾ — prophet, a prophet
- ΤΩΝΠΡΟΦΗΤΩΝ — (of) the prophets
- ΦΡΟΦΗΤΗΣ — prophet, a prophet
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