Strong's Lexicon
G4394 — προφητεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4394 |
|---|---|
| Word: | προφητεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4396 ("prophecy") |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 19 |
| Transliteration: | propheteia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | prof-ay-tei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. prediction (scriptural or other) |
| KJV Renderings: | prophecy, prophesying |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προφητεία, προφητείας, ἡ (προφητεύω, which see), Hebrew ðÀáåÌàÈä, prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. — of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: Mat 13:14; 2Pe 1:20-21 (on this passage see γίνομαι, 5 e. α.); — of the prediction of events relating to Christ’s kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Rev 11:6; Rev 22:19; τό πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Rev 19:10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Rev 1:3; Rev 22:7; Rev 22:10; Rev 22:18; — of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called προφῆται (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.): Rom 12:6; 1Co 12:10; 1Co 13:2; 1Co 14:6; 1Co 14:22; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1Co 13:8; 1Th 5:20; — specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1Ti 4:14; plural (see προάγω, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Sept., Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
προφητεία (prophecy)
Matthew 13:14
- KJV: And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias which saith By hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see and shall not perceive
- GK: και αναπληρούται επ΄ αυτοίς η προφητεία Ησαϊου η λέγουσα ακοή ακούσετε και ου συνήτε και βλέποντες βλέψετε και ου ίδητε
Romans 12:6
- KJV: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us whether prophecy according to the proportion of faith
- GK: έχοντες δε χαρίσματα κατά την χάριν την δοθείσαν ημίν διάφορα είτε προφητείαν κατά την αναλογίαν της πίστεως
1 Corinthians 12:10
- KJV: To another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues
- GK: άλλω δε ενεργήματα δυνάμεων άλλω δε προφητεία άλλω δε διακρίσεις πνευμάτων ετέρω δε γένη γλωσσών άλλω δε ερμηνεία γλωσσών
1 Corinthians 13:2
- KJV: And though I have prophecy and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have not charity I am nothing
- GK: και εάν έχω προφητείαν και ειδώ τα μυστήρια πάντα και πάσαν την γνώσιν και εάν έχω πάσαν την πίστιν ώστε όρη μεθιστάνειν αγάπην δε μη έχω ουθέν ειμι
1 Corinthians 13:8
- KJV: Charity never faileth but whether prophecies they shall fail whether tongues they shall cease whether knowledge it shall vanish away
- GK: η αγάπη ουδέποτε εκπίπτει είτε δε προφητείαι καταργηθήσονται είτε γλώσσαι παύσονται είτε γνώσις καταργηθήσεται
1 Corinthians 14:6
- KJV: Now brethren if I come unto you speaking with tongues what shall I profit you except I shall speak to you either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying or by doctrine
- GK: νυνί δε αδελφοί εάν έλθω προς υμάς γλώσσαις λαλών τι υμάς ωφελήσω εάν μη υμίν λαλήσω η εν αποκαλύψει η εν γνώσει η εν προφητεία η εν διδαχή
1 Corinthians 14:22
- KJV: Wherefore tongues are for a sign not to them that believe but to them that believe not but prophesying not for them that believe not but for them which believe
- GK: ώστε αι γλώσσαι εις σημείόν εισιν ου τοις πιστεύουσιν αλλά τοις απίστοις η δε προφητεία ου τοις απίστοις αλλά τοις πιστεύουσιν
1 Thessalonians 5:20
- KJV: Despise not prophesyings
- GK: προφητείας μη εξουθενείτε
1 Timothy 1:18
- KJV: This charge I commit unto thee son Timothy according to the prophecies which went before on thee that thou by them mightest war a good warfare
- GK: ταύτην την παραγγελίαν παρατίθεμαί σοι τέκνον Τιμόθεε κατά τας προαγούσας επί σε προφητείας ίνα στρατεύη εν αυταίς την καλήν στρατείαν