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Prophetess

נְבִיאָהStrong’s H5031

neviah (ne-vi-ah)

Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Neviah is the Hebrew word usually translated “prophetess”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.”
Exodus 15:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Hetessancient type endowed with gift of song (Miriam) · later type consulted for a word (Huldah) · false prophetess (Noadiah) · wife of Isaiah the prophet
How it's translated
  • the prophetess 5
  • a prophetess 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1
  • Judges 1
  • 2 Kings 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1
  • Nehemiah 1
  • Isaiah 1

6 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

נְבִיאָה neviah · prophetess

1) prophetess 1a) ancient type endowed with gift of song (Miriam) 1b) later type consulted for a word (Huldah) 1c) false prophetess (Noadiah) 1d) wife of Isaiah the prophet

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

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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.