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prophētēs G4396

προφήτης (prophētēs) means “prophet” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

προφήτης Greek · G4396 143 tagged occurrences in 138 verses

Pronunciation guide: prof-ay'-tace Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G4396

προφήτης · prophētēs · prophet

προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth), [in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ;] one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet; 1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles. 2. In NT, (a) of the OT prophets: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al.; (b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al.; (with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76; (d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37" (LXX) ; (e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al.; (f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, Act.8:28, al.; (g) of a poet: Tit.1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., see Deiss., BS, 235f.; MM, xxii). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

a prophet, poet; a person gifted at expositing divine truth.

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How translators render G4396

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
prophets 71
prophet 35
a prophet 23
of prophets 2
than a prophet 2
a prophets 1
he is a prophet 1
prophets foretold 1
prophets of old 1
prophets were proclaimed 1
some prophets 1
the prophet 1
the prophets 1
to be prophets 1
to him 1
to prophets 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the prophets 39
the prophet 28
prophets 25
a prophet 21
of the prophets 13
prophet 6
of the prophet 4
that prophet 3
of 2
of the 2
a prophets 1
by the prophet 1
in the prophets 1
of a prophet 1
of prophets 1
that a prophet 1
the 1
to the prophets 1
unto the prophets 1

Verses containing G4396

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  1. Matthew 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

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  2. Matthew 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:

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  3. Matthew 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

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  4. Matthew 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

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  5. Matthew 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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  6. Matthew 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

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  7. Matthew 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

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  8. Matthew 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  9. Matthew 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

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  10. Matthew 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

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  11. Matthew 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

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  12. Matthew 10:41 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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  13. Matthew 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  14. Matthew 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

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  15. Matthew 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

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  16. Matthew 12:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

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  17. Matthew 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  18. Matthew 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

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  19. Matthew 13:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

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  20. Matthew 14:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

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  21. Matthew 16:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

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  22. Matthew 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

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  23. Matthew 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

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  24. Matthew 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

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  25. Matthew 21:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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  26. Matthew 22:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

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  27. Matthew 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

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  28. Matthew 23:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  29. Matthew 23:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  30. Matthew 23:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

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  31. Matthew 23:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

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  32. Matthew 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  33. Matthew 26:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But this has all happened so that the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted Him and fled.

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  34. Matthew 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

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  35. Mark 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”

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  36. Mark 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

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  37. Mark 6:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

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  38. Mark 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

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  39. Mark 11:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

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  40. Luke 1:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

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  41. Luke 1:76 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

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  42. Luke 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

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  43. Luke 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

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  44. Luke 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

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  45. Luke 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”

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  46. Luke 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.

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  47. Luke 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

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  48. Luke 7:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences

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

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  49. Luke 7:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”

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  50. Luke 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.

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