Numbers 11:27
And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
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Prophesy
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Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
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32 occurrences in 26 verses.
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This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.
Numbers
11 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
1 Kings
22 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
2 Chronicles
11 verses
Isaiah
21 verses
Jeremiah
2219 verses
Ezekiel
3226 verses
Joel
11 verses
Amos
66 verses
Micah
42 verses
Zechariah
11 verses
Matthew
22 verses
Mark
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
Acts
33 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Corinthians
55 verses
Revelation
22 verses
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נָבָא
nâbâʼ · naw-baw'
68 times translated as this KJV form115 total Strong's occurrences
to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Strong's KJV usage: prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 11:27Strong's last: Zechariah 13:3
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prophēteúō · prof-ate-yoo'-o
14 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
Strong's KJV usage: :--prophesy.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 15:7Strong's last: Revelation 11:3
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nâṭaph · naw-taf'
4 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
Strong's KJV usage: drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Micah 2:6Strong's last: Micah 2:11
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châzâh · khaw-zaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form51 total Strong's occurrences
to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
Strong's KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Strong's first: Isaiah 30:10Strong's last: Isaiah 30:10
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nâbîyʼ · naw-bee'
1 times translated as this KJV form313 total Strong's occurrences
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Strong's KJV usage: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 13:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 13:2
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G4395
Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
G4395
Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
G4395
And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
G4395
And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee?
G4395
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
G4395
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
G4395
And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
no direct Strong's tag
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
G4395
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
G4395
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
G4395
But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:
G4395
For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
G4395
Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
G4395
And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
G4395
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
English meaning and historical usage.
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prophesy
PROPH'ESY, verb transitive To foretell future events; to predict.
I hate him, for he doth not prophesy good concerning
me, but evil. 1 Kings 22:8.
1. To foreshow. [Little used.]
PROPH'ESY, verb intransitive To utter predictions; to make declaration of events to come. Jeremiah 11:21.
1. In Scripture, to preach; to instruct in religious doctrines; to interpret or explain Scripture or religious subjects; to exhort. 1 Corinthians 13:9. Ezekiel 37:4.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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