nava (to prophesy)

Meaning

To prophesy(Niphal) · (Hithpael)

How it's translated

prophesying 22
prophesy 21
and prophesy 9
and they prophesied 7
and he prophesied 6
who are prophesying 6
who prophesied 5
he prophesies 4

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Jeremiah 36
Ezekiel 31
1 Samuel 10
Amos 6
1 Kings 5
2 Chronicles 5

10 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Zechariah 13:4In contextAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive:
Numbers 11:25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers 11:26But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.
Numbers 11:27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
1 Samuel 10:5After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
1 Samuel 10:6And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

All 102 verses, by book

Numbers 3: 11:25 11:26 11:27
1 Samuel 10: 10:5 10:6 10:10 10:11 10:13 18:10 19:20 19:21 19:23 19:24
1 Kings 5: 18:29 22:8 22:10 22:12 22:18
1 Chronicles 3: 25:1 25:2 25:3
2 Chronicles 5: 18:7 18:9 18:11 18:17 20:37
Jeremiah 36: 2:8 5:31 11:21 14:14 14:15 14:16 19:14 20:1 20:6 23:13 23:16 23:21 23:25 23:26 23:32 25:13 25:30 26:9 26:11 26:12 26:18 26:20 27:10 27:14 27:15 27:16 28:6 28:8 28:9 29:9 29:21 29:26 29:27 29:31 32:3 37:19
Ezekiel 31: 4:7 6:2 11:4 11:13 12:27 13:2 13:16 13:17 20:46 21:2 21:9 21:14 21:28 25:2 28:21 29:2 30:2 34:2 35:2 36:1 36:3 36:6 37:4 37:7 37:9 37:10 37:12 38:2 38:14 38:17 39:1
Joel 1: 2:28
Amos 6: 2:12 3:8 7:12 7:13 7:15 7:16
Zechariah 2: 13:3 13:4

Hebrew dictionary

נָבָא nava · to prophesy

1) to prophesy 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to prophesy 1a1a) under influence of divine spirit 1a1b) of false prophets 1b)(Hithpael) 1b1) to prophesy 1b1a) under influence of divine spirit 1b1b) of false prophets Aramaic equivalent: ne.va (נבא "to prophesy" H5013)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “prophesy” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PROPH'ESY, verb transitive

To foretell future events; to predict.

“me, but evil” 1 Kings 22:8
To foreshow. [Little used.]

All definitions and other forms of “prophesy”

PROPH'ESY, verb intransitive

To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come.

In Scripture, to preach; to instruct in religious doctrines; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to exhort. 1 Corinthians 13:9 Ezekiel 37:4

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.