Prophet
נְבִיאStrong’s H5029nevi (ne-vi)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nevi is the Aramaic word usually translated “prophet the” and “prophets the”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them.”
Meaning
- Het
How it's translated
- prophet the 2
- prophets the 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 5:2Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.
- Ezra 6:14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Aramaic dictionary
נְבִיא nevi · prophet
prophet Aramaic of na.vi (נָבִיא "prophet" H5030)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prophet” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROPH'ET, noun
[Latin propheta.]
- One that foretells future events; a predicter; a foreteller.
- In Scripture, a person illuminated, inspired or instructed by God to announce future events; as Moses, Elijah, David, Isaiah, etc.
- An interpreter; one that explains or communicates sentiments. Exodus 7:1
- One who pretends to foretell; an imposter; as a false prophet Acts 13:6
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.