Greek noun (feminine) · G4394
προφητεία
propheteiaprof-ay-ti'-ah
prophecy
19 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prophēteía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4394is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4394
prediction (scriptural or other)
The King James renders it: prophecy, prophesying.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
propheteia is rendered "prophecy". It stands 19 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:14In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
Matthew 13:14προφητεία
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Seven of the word's nineteen uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- prophecy15
- Prophecies2
- of prophecy1
- prophesies1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- προφητείας9
- προφητεία5
- προφητείαν2
- προφητείᾳ1
- προφητεῖαι1
- προφητείας.¶1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular8N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular5N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular1N-DSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF
Matthew
one use
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
- προφητείαpropheteianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Romans
one use
We have different gifts according to the grace given us. If one’s gift is prophecy, let him use it in proportion to his faith;
- προφητείανpropheteiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
1 Corinthians
five uses
to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
- προφητείαpropheteianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
- προφητείανpropheteiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be restrained; where there is knowledge, it will be dismissed.
- προφητεῖαιpropheteiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: prophesies
Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?
- προφητείᾳpropheteianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers, but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is for believers, not for unbelievers.
- προφητείαpropheteianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
1 Thessalonians
one use
Do not treat prophecies with contempt,
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: Prophecies
1 Timothy
two uses
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: prophecies
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
2 Peter
two uses
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
- προφητείαpropheteianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- προφητείαpropheteianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Revelation
seven uses
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
These witnesses have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall during the days of their prophecy, and power to turn the waters into blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
- προφητείας.¶propheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of prophecy
“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.
- προφητείαςpropheteiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: prophecy
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.