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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

προφῆτις

Lemmaπροφῆτις
Citation formπροφῆτις, ιδος, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa prophetess
Strong’sG4398
Transliterationprophētis
Definitiona female foreteller or an inspired woman
KJV glosses:--prophetess.
Derivationfeminine of
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
προφῆτιν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 2:20
προφῆτις
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Luke 2:36

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: προφητις.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for προφῆτις with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.