King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4398
Transliteration: prophētis
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay'-tis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a prophetess
Meaning: a prophetess
προφῆτις, προφητιδος, ἡ (προφήτης), the Sept. for נְבִיאָה, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luke 2:36; Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): ἡ προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2.
Word Summary
prophētis: a prophetess
Original Word: προφῆτιςTransliteration: prophētis
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay'-tis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a prophetess
Meaning: a prophetess
Strong's Concordance
prophetess. Feminine of prophetes; a female foreteller or an inspired woman -- prophetess.
see GREEK prophetes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4398: προφῆτιςπροφῆτις, προφητιδος, ἡ (προφήτης), the Sept. for נְבִיאָה, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luke 2:36; Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): ἡ προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2.