Greek verb · G4395
προφητεύω
propheteuoprof-ate-yoo'-o
to prophesy
28 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: prophēteúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4395is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4395
to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the prophetic office
The King James renders it: prophesy.
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
propheteuo is rendered "to prophesy". It stands 28 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:22Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
Matthew 7:22ἐπροφητεύσαμεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's twenty-eight uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- prophesying6
- prophesied4
- do prophesy3
- to prophesy3
- he prophesied2
- they will prophesy2
- you may prophesy2
- having prophesied1
- shall prophesy1
- we did prophesy1
- we prophesy1
- were prophesying1
and 1 more, 28 uses in all
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 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 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
- ἐπροφήτευσεν4
- προφητεύων4
- προφήτευσον3
- προφητεύσουσιν3
- προφητεύειν2
- προφητεύητε2
- ἐπροφήτευον1
- ἐπροφητεύσαμεν1
- ἐπροφήτευσαν1
- προεφήτευσεν1
- προφητεύομεν1
- προφητεύουσα1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular4V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular3V-AAM-2S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-FAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural2V-PAS-2P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-AAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
Matthew
four uses
Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’
- ἐπροφητεύσαμενepropheteusamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we did prophesy
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
- ἐπροφήτευσανepropheteusanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: prophesied
You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
- ἐπροφήτευσενepropheteusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: prophesied
and said, “Prophesy to us, Christ! Who hit You?”
- προφήτευσονpropheteusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do prophesy
Mark
two uses
Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
- ἐπροφήτευσενepropheteusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: prophesied
Then some of them began to spit on Him. They blindfolded Him, struck Him with their fists, and said to Him, “Prophesy!” And the officers received Him with slaps in His face.
- προφήτευσονpropheteusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do prophesy
Luke
two uses
Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:
- ἐπροφήτευσενepropheteusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: prophesied
They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”
- προφήτευσονpropheteusonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do prophesy
John
one use
Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
- ἐπροφήτευσενepropheteusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he prophesied
Acts
four uses
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- προφητεύσουσινpropheteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will prophesy
Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.
- προφητεύσουσινpropheteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will prophesy
And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
- ἐπροφήτευονepropheteuonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were prophesying
He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
- προφητεύουσαι.¶propheteuousaiverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: prophesying
1 Corinthians
eleven uses
Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
- προφητεύωνpropheteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is just as if her head were shaved.
- προφητεύουσαpropheteuousaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: prophesying
For we know in part and we prophesy in part,
- προφητεύομενpropheteuomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we prophesy
Earnestly pursue love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.
- προφητεύητεpropheteueteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may prophesy
But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.
- προφητεύωνpropheteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.
- προφητεύωνpropheteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.
- προφητεύητεpropheteueteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may prophesy
- προφητεύωνpropheteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
But if an unbeliever or uninstructed person comes in while everyone is prophesying, he will be convicted and called to account by all,
- προφητεύωσινpropheteuosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall prophesy
For you can all prophesy in turn so that everyone may be instructed and encouraged.
- προφητεύεινpropheteueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
- προφητεύεινpropheteueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
1 Peter
one use
Concerning this salvation, the prophets who foretold the grace to come to you searched and investigated carefully,
- προφητεύσαντεςpropheteusantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having prophesied
Jude
one use
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
- προεφήτευσενproepheteusenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He prophesied
Revelation
two uses
And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
- προφητεῦσαιpropheteusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
- προφητεύσουσινpropheteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will prophesy
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.