Prophet
נְבִיאStrong’s H5030nevi (ne-vi)
Appears in 287 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Nevi is the Hebrew word usually translated “prophet”, “prophets” and “prophets your”. It appears in 287 verses of the Old Testament.
“In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”
Meaning
- Het
How it's translated
- the prophet 120
- the prophets 72
- a prophet 24
- prophets your 13
- prophets 11
- prophets of 11
- and the prophets 9
- and prophet 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 85
- 1 Kings 45
- 2 Kings 29
- 2 Chronicles 25
- Ezekiel 15
- Zechariah 12
27 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 9:6In contextNeither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
- Daniel 9:10In contextNeither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
- Daniel 9:24In contextSeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
- Zechariah 1:1In contextIn the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
- Zechariah 1:4In contextBe ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- Zechariah 1:5In contextYour fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
All 287 verses, by book
- Genesis 1
- 20:7
- Exodus 1
- 7:1
- Judges 1
- 6:8
- 1 Kings 45
- 1:81:101:221:231:321:341:381:441:4511:2913:1113:1813:2013:2313:2513:2613:2914:214:1816:716:1218:418:1318:1918:2018:2218:2518:3618:4019:119:1019:1419:1620:1320:2220:3520:3820:4122:622:722:1022:1222:1322:2222:23
- 2 Kings 29
- 2:32:52:72:153:113:134:14:385:35:85:135:226:16:129:19:49:710:1914:2517:1317:2319:220:120:1120:1421:1023:223:1824:2
- 2 Chronicles 25
- 9:2912:512:1513:2215:818:518:618:918:1118:1218:2118:2220:2021:1224:1925:1525:1626:2228:929:2532:2032:3235:1836:1236:16
- Ezra 1
- 9:11
- Jeremiah 85
- 1:52:82:262:304:95:135:316:137:258:18:1013:1314:1314:1414:1514:1818:1820:223:923:1123:1323:1423:1523:1623:2123:2523:2623:2823:3023:3123:3323:3423:3725:225:426:526:726:826:1126:1627:927:1427:1527:1627:1828:128:528:628:828:928:1028:1128:1228:1528:1729:129:829:1529:1929:2932:232:3234:635:1536:836:2637:237:337:637:1337:1938:938:1038:1442:242:443:644:445:146:146:1347:149:3450:151:59
- Zephaniah 1
- 3:4
- Malachi 1
- 4:5
Hebrew 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.