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Strong's G4396 προφήτης (prophetes)

Prophetes means “prophet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4396 — milluah (“setting”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4396
Language Greek
Linked Usages 441
Books 51

Strong's G4396 Quick Answer

Strong's G4396 προφήτης (prophetes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. prophetes (prof-ay'-tace) n. 1. a foreteller ("prophet") 2. (by analogy) an inspired speaker It has 441 linked Bible usages across 51 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, prophet, prophets, said, and king. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
prophetes (prof-ay'-tace) n. 1. a foreteller ("prophet") 2. (by analogy) an inspired speaker
Usage
441 linked usages
Books
51 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
lord, prophet, prophets, said, and king

Meaning and Definition

prophetes (prof-ay'-tace) n. 1. a foreteller ("prophet") 2. (by analogy) an inspired speaker 3. (by extension) a poet [from a compound of G4253 and G5346] KJV: prophet Root(s): G4253, G5346

Original Word
προφήτης
Transliteration
prophetes
Derivation
Root: φημί R1: 4253 R2: 5346
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4396. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

prophet

Usage: 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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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

lord prophet prophets said king israel came thee god shalt behold saying

How Strong's G4396 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 259 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4396 (προφήτης) appears 320 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4396 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4396 in the New Testament

143 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G4396 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

259 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 20:7 Septuagint / Brenton

But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; but if thou restore her not, know that thou shalt die and all thine.

Exodus 7:1 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

Numbers 11:29 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord’s people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.

Strong's G4396 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

39 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4396.

Genesis 20:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; but if thou restore her not, know that thou shalt die and all thine.
Exodus 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Numbers 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to him, Art thou jealous on my account? and would that all the Lord’s people were prophets; whenever the Lord shall put his spirit upon them.
Numbers 12:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Hear my words: If there should be of you a prophet to the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.
Deuteronomy 13:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if there arise within thee a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,
Deuteronomy 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or the dreamer of that dream, because the Lord thy God tries you, to know whether ye love your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Deuteronomy 13:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that prophet or that dreamer of a dream, shall die; for he has spoken to make thee err from the Lord thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, who redeemed thee from bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in: so shalt thou abolish the evil from among you.
Deuteronomy 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord thy God shall raise up to thee a prophet of thy brethren, like me; him shall ye hear:
Deuteronomy 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will raise up to them a prophet of their brethren, like thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them as I shall command him.
Deuteronomy 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever man shall not hearken to whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in my name, I will take vengeance on him.
Deuteronomy 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the prophet whosoever shall impiously speak in my name a word which I have not commanded him to speak, and whosoever shall speak in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.
Deuteronomy 18:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whatsoever words that prophet shall speak in the name of the Lord, and they shall not come true, and not come to pass, this is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; that prophet has spoken wickedly: ye shall not spare him.
Deuteronomy 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there rose up no more a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
Judges 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, I am he that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I brought you up out of the house of your bondage.
1 Kingdoms 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all Israel knew from Dan even to Beersheba, that Samuel was faithful as a prophet to the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord manifested himself again in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel; and Samuel was accredited to all Israel as a prophet to the Lord from one end of the land to the other: and Eli was very old, and his sons kept advancing in wickedness, and their way was evil before the Lord.
1 Kingdoms 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now beforetime in Israel everyone in going to inquire of God said, Come and let us go to the seer; for the people beforetime called the prophet, the seer.
1 Kingdoms 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward thou shalt go to the hill of God, where is the encampment of the Philistines; there is Nasib the Philistine: and it shall come to pass when ye shall have entered into the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the Bama; and before them will be lutes, and a drum, and a pipe, and a harp, and they shall prophesy.
1 Kingdoms 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he comes thence to the hill, and behold a band of prophets opposite to him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied in the midst of them.
1 Kingdoms 10:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all that had known him before came, and saw, and, behold, he was in the midst of the prophets: and the people said every one to his neighbor, What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of them answered and said, And who is his father? and therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 19:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul sent messengers to take David, and they saw the assembly of the prophets, and Samuel stood as appointed over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesy.
1 Kingdoms 19:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Kingdoms 22:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gad the prophet said to David, Dwell not in the hold: go, and thou shalt enter the land of Judah. So David went, and came and dwelt in the city of Hereth.
1 Kingdoms 28:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul inquired of the Lord; and the Lord answered him not by dreams, nor by manifestations, nor by prophets.
1 Kingdoms 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Samuel said, Why hast thou troubled me, that I should come up? And Saul said, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines war against me, and God has departed from me, and no longer hearkens to me either by the hand of prophets or by dreams: and now I have called thee to tell me what I shall do.
2 Kingdoms 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I live in a house of cedar, and the ark of the Lord dwells in the midst of a tent.
2 Kingdoms 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
2 Kingdoms 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, for the Lord’s sake.
2 Kingdoms 24:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David rose early in the morning, and the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, the seer, saying, Go, and speak to David, saying,
3 Kingdoms 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men of David, did not follow Adonijah.
3 Kingdoms 1:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he did not call.
3 Kingdoms 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold, while she was yet talking with the king, Nathan the prophet came. And it was reported to the king,
3 Kingdoms 1:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, Nathan the prophet is here: and he came in to the king’s presence, and did obeisance to the king with his face to the ground.
3 Kingdoms 1:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada: and they came in before the king.
3 Kingdoms 1:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him to be king over Israel, and do ye sound the trumpet, and ye shall say, Let King Solomon live.
3 Kingdoms 1:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Zadok the priest went down, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they mounted Solomon upon the mule of King David, and led him away to Gihon.
3 Kingdoms 1:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and they have mounted him on the king’s mule;
3 Kingdoms 1:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him in Gihon, and have gone up thence rejoicing, and the city resounded: this is the sound which ye have heard.
3 Kingdoms 11:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time, that Jeroboam went forth from Jerusalem, and Ahijah the Shilonite the prophet found him in the way, and caused him to turn aside out of the way: and Ahijah was clad with a new garment, and they two were alone in the field.
3 Kingdoms 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God did on that day in Bethel, and the words which he spoke to the king: and they turned the face of their father.
3 Kingdoms 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to thee into thy house, and let him eat bread and drink water: but he lied to him.
3 Kingdoms 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;
3 Kingdoms 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, men were passing by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion was standing near the carcass: and they went in and spoke of it in the city where the old prophet dwelt.
3 Kingdoms 13:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,
3 Kingdoms 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that he smote all the house of Baasha, according to the word which the Lord spoke against the house of Baasha, and to Jehu the prophet,
3 Kingdoms 17:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah the prophet, the Tishbite of Tishbe of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.
3 Kingdoms 18:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when Jezebel smote the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.
3 Kingdoms 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Has it not been told to thee my lord, what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, that I hid a hundred men of the prophets of the Lord, by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
3 Kingdoms 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now send, gather to me all Israel to Mount Carmel, and the prophets of shame four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, that eat at Jezebel’s table.
3 Kingdoms 18:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahab sent to all Israel, and gathered all the prophets to Mount Carmel.
3 Kingdoms 18:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said to the people, I am left, the only one prophet of the Lord; and the prophets of Baal are four hundred and fifty men, and the prophets of the groves four hundred.
3 Kingdoms 18:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said to the prophets of shame, Choose to yourselves one calf, and dress it first, for ye are many; and call ye on the name of your god; but apply no fire.
3 Kingdoms 18:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they prophesied until the evening came; and it came to pass as it was the time of the offering of the sacrifice, that Elijah the Tishbite spoke to the prophets of the abominations, saying, Stand by for the present, and I will offer my sacrifice. And they stood aside and departed.
3 Kingdoms 18:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said to the people, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Elijah brings them down to the brook Kishon, and he slew them there.
3 Kingdoms 19:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahab told Jezebel his wife all that Elijah had done, and how he had slain the prophets with the sword.
3 Kingdoms 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty, because the children of Israel have forsaken thee: they have dug down thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword; and I only am left alone, and they seek my life to take it.
3 Kingdoms 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elijah said, I have been very jealous for the Lord Almighty; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, and they have overthrown thine altars, and have slain thy prophets with the sword! and I am left entirely alone, and they seek my life to take it.
3 Kingdoms 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
3 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen this great multitude? behold, I give it this day into thy hands; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.
3 Kingdoms 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Hadad king of Syria comes up against thee.
3 Kingdoms 21:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor by the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray. And the man would not smite him.
3 Kingdoms 21:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prophet went and stood before the king of Israel by the way, and bound his eyes with a bandage.
3 Kingdoms 21:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he hastened, and took away the bandage from his eyes; and the king of Israel recognized him, that he was one of the prophets.
3 Kingdoms 22:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel gathered all the prophets together, about four hundred men; and the king said to them, Shall I go up to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? and they said, Go up, and the Lord will surely give it into the hands of the king.
3 Kingdoms 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him?
3 Kingdoms 22:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat, each on his throne, armed in the gates of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
3 Kingdoms 22:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the prophets prophesied in like manner, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and the thing shall prosper, and the Lord shall deliver it and the king of Syria into thy hands.
3 Kingdoms 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, all the prophets speak with one mouth good concerning the king, let now thy words be like the words of one of them, and speak good things.
3 Kingdoms 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him, yea, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.
3 Kingdoms 22:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.
4 Kingdoms 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know, that the Lord this day is going to take thy lord away from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; be silent.
4 Kingdoms 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho drew near to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that the Lord is about to take away thy master today from thy head? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold your peace.
4 Kingdoms 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went also, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on the bank of Jordan.
4 Kingdoms 2:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho on the opposite side saw him, and said, The spirit of Elijah has rested upon Elisha. And they came to meet him, and did obeisance to him to the ground.
4 Kingdoms 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord, that we may inquire of the Lord by him? And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered and said, There is here Elisha son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
4 Kingdoms 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? go to the prophets of thy father, and the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said to him, Has the Lord called the three kings to deliver them into the hands of Moab?
4 Kingdoms 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his servants.
4 Kingdoms 4:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha returned to Gilgal: and a famine was in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisha said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
4 Kingdoms 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she said to her mistress, O that my lord were before the prophet of God in Samaria; then he would recover him from his leprosy.
4 Kingdoms 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when Elisha heard that the king of Israel had rent his garments, that he sent to the king of Israel, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy garments? Let Naaman, I pray thee, come to me, and let him know that there is a prophet in Israel.
4 Kingdoms 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his servants came near and said to him, Suppose the prophet had spoken a great thing to thee, wouldest thou not perform it? yet he has but said to thee, Wash, and be cleansed.
4 Kingdoms 5:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gehazi said, All is well: my master has sent me, saying, Behold, now are there come to me two young men of the sons of the prophets from Mount Ephraim; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
4 Kingdoms 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place wherein we dwell before thee is too narrow for us.
4 Kingdoms 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of his servants said, Nay, my Lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet that is in Israel reports to the king of Israel all the words whatsoever thou mayest say in thy bedchamber.
4 Kingdoms 9:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up thy loins, and take this cruse of oil in thy hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.
4 Kingdoms 9:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the young man the prophet went to Ramoth-gilead.
4 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt utterly destroy the house of Ahab thy master from before me, and shalt avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the Lord, at the hand of Jezebel,
4 Kingdoms 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now then do all ye the prophets of Baal call all his servants and his priests to me; let not a man be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to offer to Baal; everyone who shall be missing shall die. But Jehu did it in subtlety, that he might destroy the servants of Baal.
4 Kingdoms 10:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehu sent throughout all Israel, saying, Now then let all Baal’s servants, and all his priests, and all his prophets come, let none be lacking: for I am going to offer a great sacrifice; whosoever shall be missing, shall not live. So all the servants of Baal came, and all his priests, and all his prophets: there was not one left who came not. And they entered into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.
4 Kingdoms 14:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He recovered the coast of Israel from the entering in of Hamath to the Sea of Arabah, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet of Gath-hepher.
4 Kingdoms 17:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord testified against Israel and against Judah, even by the hand of all his prophets, and of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my ordinances, and all the law which I commanded your fathers, and all that I sent to them by the hand of my servants the prophets.
4 Kingdoms 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
until the Lord removed Israel from his presence, as the Lord spoke by all his servants the prophets; and Israel was removed from off their land to the Assyrians until this day.
4 Kingdoms 19:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sent Eliakim the steward, and Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
4 Kingdoms 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In those days was Hezekiah sick even to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came in to him, and said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Give charge to thy household; for thou shalt die, and not live.
4 Kingdoms 20:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord: and the shadow returned back ten degrees on the dial.
4 Kingdoms 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaiah the prophet went in to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to thee? And Hezekiah said, They came to me from a distant land, even from Babylon.
4 Kingdoms 21:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke by his servants the prophets, saying,
4 Kingdoms 23:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and every man of Judah and all who dwelt in Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people small and great; and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord.
4 Kingdoms 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 24:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of Syria, and the bands of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them into the land of Judah to prevail against it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
1 Chronicles 10:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept it not, because Saul inquired of a wizard to seek counsel, and Samuel the prophet answered him:
1 Chronicles 16:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Saying, Touch not my anointed ones, And deal not wrongfully with my prophets.
1 Chronicles 17:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under curtains of skins.
1 Chronicles 25:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The sons of Asaph; Zaccur, Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah: the sons of Asaph were next the king.
1 Chronicles 26:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and over all the holy things of God dedicated by Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, whatsoever they sanctified was by the hand of Shelomoth and his brethren.
1 Chronicles 29:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
2 Chronicles 9:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the acts of Solomon, the first and the last, behold, these are written in the words of Nathan the prophet, and in the words of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Joel the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah that were gathered to Jerusalem for fear of Shishak, and said to them, Thus said the Lord, Ye have left me, and I will leave you in the hand of Shishak.
2 Chronicles 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the acts of Rehoboam, the first and the last, behold, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and Iddo the seer, with his achievements.
2 Chronicles 13:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, then he strengthened himself, and cast out the abominations from all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and from the cities which Jeroboam possessed, in Mount Ephraim, and he renewed the altar of the Lord, which was before the temple of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at that time came Hanani the prophet to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because thou didst trust on the king of Syria, and didst not trust on the Lord thy God, therefore the army of Syria is escaped out of thy hand.
2 Chronicles 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
2 Chronicles 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, and God shall deliver it into the hands of the king.
2 Chronicles 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we may inquire of him?
2 Chronicles 18:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, and clothed in their robes, sitting in the open space at the entrance of the gate of Samaria: and all the prophets were prophesying before them.
2 Chronicles 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and thou shalt prosper; and the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king.
2 Chronicles 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the prophets have spoken favorably concerning the king with one mouth; let now, I pray thee, thy words be as the words of one of them, and do thou speak good things.
2 Chronicles 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4396, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 30 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 31 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 46 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 13 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 36 usages, New Testament
Mark 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 30 usages, New Testament
John 14 usages, New Testament
Acts 30 usages, New Testament
Romans 3 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 5 usages, New Testament
Ephesians 3 usages, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 8 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 9 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 6 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 8 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4396 FAQ

What does prophetes (προφήτης) mean?

Prophetes (Strong's G4396) is a Greek word most simply glossed "prophet". prophetes (prof-ay'-tace) n. 1. a foreteller ("prophet") 2. (by analogy) an inspired speaker

How many times is prophetes (προφήτης) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 441 linked usages for Strong's G4396 across 51 books.

Where can I study prophetes (προφήτης) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4396 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate prophetes (προφήτης)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, prophet, prophets, said, king, and israel. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4396 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 259 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 39 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4396, with linked reader references where each row is available.