Lexical Summary prophētis: a prophetess Original Word: προφῆτιςTransliteration: prophētis Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay'-tis) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a prophetess Meaning: a prophetess Strong's Concordance prophetess. Feminine of prophetes; a female foreteller or an inspired woman -- prophetess. see GREEK prophetes Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4398: προφῆτιςπροφῆτις, προφητιδος, ἡ (προφήτης), the Sept. for נְבִיאָה, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luke 2:36; Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): ἡ προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2. |
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