Prophetess
προφῆτιςStrong’s G4398prophētis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Prophētis is the Greek word usually translated “prophetess”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;”
Meaning
Usually translated “prophetess”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a prophetess 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
προφῆτις prophētis · prophetess
προφῆτις, -ιδος, ἡ fem, of προφήτης, [in LXX: Exo.15:20, Jdg.4:4, 4Ki.22:14, 2Ch.34:22, Isa.8:3 (נְבִיאָה) * ;] a prophetess: Luk.2:36, Rev.2:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prophetess” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROPH'ETESS, noun
A female prophet; a woman who foretells future events, as Miriam, Huldah, Anna, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.