προφητεία prophēteia

Greek word for “prophecy” · Strong’s G4394 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

προφητεία, -ας, ἡ; (προψητεύω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for prophēteia in context, with how often each is used:

• prophecy 16
• prophecies 2
• there are prophesies 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 22 (4), 1 Corinthians 13 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2), 2 Peter 1 (2), Matthew 13 (1), Romans 12 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1), 1 Thessalonians 5 (1), 1 Timothy 1 (1), 1 Timothy 4 (1)

Forms

• προφητείας 10
• προφητεία 5
• προφητείαν 2
• προφητεῖαι 1
• προφητείᾳ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with prophēteia more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• βιβλίον biblion “scroll” 4
• γλῶσσα glōssa “tongue” 4
• γνῶσις gnōsis “knowledge” 3
• ἐάν ean “if” 5
• λόγος logos “word” 5
• χάρισμα charisma “gift” 2
• πληγή plēgē “plague/blow/wound” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 3
• εἴτε eite “whether” 2
• ἐγγύς engus “near” 2
• μακάριος makarios “blessed” 2
• τηρέω tēreō “to keep” 2

Key verses

The verses using prophēteia that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 13:14 — And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not…
• Romans 12:6 — Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
• 1 Corinthians 12:10 — To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of…
• 1 Corinthians 13:2 — And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and…
• 1 Corinthians 14:6 — Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by…
• 1 Timothy 1:18 — This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
• 1 Timothy 4:14 — Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
• 2 Peter 1:21 — For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
• Revelation 1:3 — Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
• Revelation 19:10 — And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus:…
• Revelation 22:18 — For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues…
• Revelation 22:19 — And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.