- προφητεία
- the gift of interpreting the will of the gods
- προφητεία
- prophecy
- prophecy, prophesying; the gift of communicating and enforcing revealed truth.
- προφητεία
- prophecy
- G:N-F
- προφητεία, -ας, ἡ
(< προψητεύω) [in LXX for נְבוּאָה, חָזוֹן ;]
the gift (and its exercise) of interpreting the Divine will and purpose, prophecy, prophesying: of OT prophecy,; of NT prophecy,Refs
Mat.13:14, 2Pe.1:20-21; pl.,Refs
Rom.12:6, 1Co.12:10 13:2 14:6 14:22, 1Ti.4:14, Rev.11:6 22:19; οἱ λόγοι τῆς π.,Refs
1Co.13:8, 1Th.5:20, 1Ti.1:18; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς π., Rev.19:10 (Luc., FlJ, LXX, π.; see Deiss., BS, 235 f.; MM, xxii).†Refs
Rev.1:3 22:7, 10 22:18
(AS)
1) prophecy
1a) a 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; esp. by foretelling future events
1b) Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due
1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets
1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ
1a) a 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; esp. by foretelling future events
1b) Used in the NT of the utterance of OT prophets
1b1) of the prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining to it, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due
1b2) of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called prophets
1b3) the gifts and utterances of these prophets, esp. of the predictions of the works of which, set apart to teach the gospel, will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ
προφητεία
prophēteia
prof-ay-ti'-ah
From G4396 (“prophecy”); prediction (scriptural or other)
KJV Usage: prophecy, prophesying.