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Hebrew verb · H5012

נָבָא

nabanaw-baw'

to prophesy

115 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: nâbâʼ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5012is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 10 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 78
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5012

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

The King James renders it: prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.

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

naba is rendered "to prophesy". It stands 115 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.

  • Forty of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Numbers 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-eight different ways.

The first use

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

Numbers 11:25וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Forty of the word's 115 uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 29 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • prophesying22
  • prophesy21
  • and prophesy9
  • and they prophesied7
  • and he prophesied6
  • who are prophesying6
  • who prophesied5
  • he prophesies4
  • they prophesied4
  • to prophesy3
  • you must prophesy3
  • and I prophesied2

and 17 more, 115 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.

נָבָלnabalfoolishUses18

The words it stands beside

All 115, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

78 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

  • הִנָּבֵ֖א7
  • וְהִנָּבֵ֖א7
  • הִנָּבֵ֣א6
  • נִבְּאִ֥ים6
  • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּ5
  • מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖ים3
  • נִבְּאִ֣ים3
  • הִנָּבֵא֙2
  • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛ים2
  • הַנִּבְּאִ֣ים2
  • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥ים2
  • יִתְנַבֵּ֥א2

and 66 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular19HVNv2ms
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural10HTd/VNrmpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural10HVNrmpa
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singular9HC/VNv2ms
  • Hc/Vtw3mp6Hc/Vtw3mp
  • Hc/Vtw3ms5Hc/Vtw3ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singular5HVNrmsa
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine plural5HVtrmpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular4HVNi2ms
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural4HVNp3cp
  • preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)3HR/VNcc
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVNi3ms

Numbers

three uses
  • Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

    Numbers 11:25

    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.

    Numbers 11:26

    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

    Numbers 11:27

    • מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםmitnabeimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying

1 Samuel

twelve uses
  • After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

    1 Samuel 10:5

    • מִֽתְנַבְּאִֽים׃mitnabeimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

    1 Samuel 10:6

    • וְהִתְנַבִּ֖יתָvehitnabitaHc/Vtq2mstagged: and you will prophesy
  • When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

    1 Samuel 10:10

    • וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֖אvaiyitnabe'Hc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prophesied
  • All those who had formerly known Saul and saw him prophesying with the prophets asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

    1 Samuel 10:11

    • נִבָּ֑אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

    1 Samuel 10:13

    • מֵֽהִתְנַבּ֔וֹתmehitnabotpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from prophesying
  • The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

    1 Samuel 18:10

    • וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣אvaiyitnabe'Hc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prophesied
  • he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

    1 Samuel 19:20

    • נִבְּאִ֔יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

    1 Samuel 19:21

    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

    1 Samuel 19:23

    • וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֔אvaiyitnabe'Hc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prophesied
  • Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

    1 Samuel 19:24

    • וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֤אvaiyitnabe'Hc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prophesied

1 Kings

five uses
  • Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

    1 Kings 18:29

    • וַיִּֽתְנַבְּא֔וּvaiyitnabeuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

    1 Kings 22:8

    • יִתְנַבֵּ֨אyitnabe'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prophesies
  • Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

    1 Kings 22:10

    • מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםmitnabeimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

    1 Kings 22:12

    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”

    1 Kings 22:18

    • יִתְנַבֵּ֥אyitnabe'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prophesies

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

    1 Chronicles 25:1

    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛יםhanebiimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who prophesied
  • From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

    1 Chronicles 25:2

    • הַנִּבָּ֖אhaniba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who prophesied
  • From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 25:3

    • הַנִּבָּ֕אhaniba'the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who prophesied

2 Chronicles

five uses
  • The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

    2 Chronicles 18:7

    • מִתְנַבֵּ֨אmitnabe'verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • Dressed in royal attire, the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets prophesying before them.

    2 Chronicles 18:9

    • מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֖יםmitnabeimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • And all the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will deliver it into the hand of the king.”

    2 Chronicles 18:11

    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”

    2 Chronicles 18:17

    • יִתְנַבֵּ֥אyitnabe'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prophesies
  • Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were wrecked and were unable to sail to Tarshish.

    2 Chronicles 20:37

    • וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞אvaiyitnabe'Hc/Vtw3mstagged: and he prophesied

Jeremiah

forty uses
  • The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

    Jeremiah 2:8

    • נִבְּא֣וּnibeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they prophesied
  • The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

    Jeremiah 5:31

    • נִבְּא֣וּ־nibeu-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have prophesied
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”

    Jeremiah 11:21

    • תִנָּבֵא֙tinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must prophesy
  • “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.

    Jeremiah 14:14

    • נִבְּאִ֣יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
    • מִֽתְנַבְּאִ֥יםmitnabeimverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!

    Jeremiah 14:15

    • הַנִּבְּאִ֣יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
  • And the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.

    Jeremiah 14:16

    • נִבְּאִ֣יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Then Jeremiah returned from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the courtyard of the house of the LORD and proclaimed to all the people,

    Jeremiah 19:14

    • לְהִנָּבֵ֑אlehinave'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
  • When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things,

    Jeremiah 20:1

    • נִבָּ֖אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”

    Jeremiah 20:6

    • נִבֵּ֥אתָnibetaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you prophesied
  • “Among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray.

    Jeremiah 23:13

    • הִנַּבְּא֣וּhinabeuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they prophesied
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 23:16

    • הַנִּבְּאִ֣יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
  • I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

    Jeremiah 23:21

    • נִבָּֽאוּ׃nibauverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they prophesied
  • “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’

    Jeremiah 23:25

    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who prophesy
  • How long will this continue in the hearts of these prophets who prophesy falsehood, these prophets of the delusion of their own minds?

    Jeremiah 23:26

    • נִבְּאֵ֣יnibeeiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prophesy
  • “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 23:32

    • נִבְּאֵ֞יnibeeiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prophesy
  • I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

    Jeremiah 25:13

    • נִבָּ֥אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prophesied
  • So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

    Jeremiah 25:30

    • תִּנָּבֵ֣אtinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prophesy
  • How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 26:9

    • נִבֵּ֨יתָnibeitaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: have you prophesied
  • Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people, “This man is worthy of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears!”

    Jeremiah 26:11

    • נִבָּא֙niba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has prophesied
  • But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard.

    Jeremiah 26:12

    • לְהִנָּבֵ֞אlehinave'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
  • “Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’

    Jeremiah 26:18

    • נִבָּ֔אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.

    Jeremiah 26:20

    • מִתְנַבֵּא֙mitnabe'verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
    • וַיִּנָּבֵ֞אvaiyinave'Hc/VNw3mstagged: and he prophesied
  • For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.

    Jeremiah 27:10

    • נִבְּאִ֣יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.

    Jeremiah 27:14

    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”

    Jeremiah 27:15

    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
  • Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

    Jeremiah 27:16

    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.

    Jeremiah 28:6

    • נִבֵּ֗אתָnibetaverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have prophesied
  • The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.

    Jeremiah 28:8

    • וַיִּנָּ֨בְא֜וּvaiyinaveuHc/VNw3mptagged: and they prophesied
  • As for the prophet who prophesies peace, only if the word of the prophet comes true will the prophet be recognized as one the LORD has truly sent.”

    Jeremiah 28:9

    • יִנָּבֵ֖אyinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he prophesies
  • For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”

    Jeremiah 29:9

    • נִבְּאִ֥יםnibeimverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: prophesying
  • This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

    Jeremiah 29:21

    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֥יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
  • ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons.

    Jeremiah 29:26

    • וּמִתְנַבֵּ֑אumitnabe'conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: and prophesies
  • So now, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who poses as a prophet among you?

    Jeremiah 29:27

    • הַמִּתְנַבֵּ֖אhamitnabe'the definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: who is prophesying
  • “Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,

    Jeremiah 29:31

    • נִבָּ֨אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has prophesied
  • For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.

    Jeremiah 32:3

    • נִבָּ֜אniba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

    Jeremiah 37:19

    • נִבְּא֥וּnibeuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they prophesied

Ezekiel

thirty-seven uses
  • You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

    Ezekiel 4:7

    • וְנִבֵּאתָ֖venibetaHc/VNq2mstagged: and you will prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

    Ezekiel 6:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man!”

    Ezekiel 11:4

    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

    Ezekiel 11:13

    • כְּהִנָּ֣בְאִ֔יkehinaveipreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when prophesied I
  • “Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’

    Ezekiel 12:27

    • נִבָּֽא׃niba'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: prophesying
  • “Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!

    Ezekiel 13:2

    • הִנָּבֵ֛אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
    • הַנִּבָּאִ֑יםhanibaimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who are prophesying
  • those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’

    Ezekiel 13:16

    • הַֽנִבְּאִים֙hanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who prophesied
  • Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them

    Ezekiel 13:17

    • הַמִּֽתְנַבְּא֖וֹתhamitnabeotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · feminine pluraltagged: who prophesy
    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

    Ezekiel 20:46

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֛אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

    Ezekiel 21:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

    Ezekiel 21:9

    • הִנָּבֵא֙hinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!

    Ezekiel 21:14

    • הִנָּבֵ֕אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—

    Ezekiel 21:28

    • הִנָּבֵ֤אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites and prophesy against them.

    Ezekiel 25:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against Sidon and prophesy against her.

    Ezekiel 28:21

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

    Ezekiel 29:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֣אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “Son of man, prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Wail, ‘Alas for that day!’

    Ezekiel 30:2

    • הִנָּבֵא֙hinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?

    Ezekiel 34:2

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

    Ezekiel 35:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • “And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.

    Ezekiel 36:1

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers,

    Ezekiel 36:3

    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • Therefore, prophesy concerning the land of Israel and tell the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I have spoken in My burning zeal because you have endured the reproach of the nations.

    Ezekiel 36:6

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!

    Ezekiel 37:4

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • So I prophesied as I had been commanded. And as I prophesied, there was suddenly a noise, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

    Ezekiel 37:7

    • וְנִבֵּ֖אתִיvenibetiHc/VNq1cstagged: and I prophesied
    • כְּהִנָּֽבְאִי֙kehinaveipreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: when prophesied I
  • Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

    Ezekiel 37:9

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

    Ezekiel 37:10

    • וְהִנַּבֵּ֖אתִיvehinabetiHc/Vtq1cstagged: and I prophesied
  • Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.

    Ezekiel 37:12

    • הִנָּבֵ֨אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • “Son of man, set your face against Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him

    Ezekiel 38:2

    • וְהִנָּבֵ֖אvehinave'conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and prophesy
  • Therefore prophesy, son of man, and tell Gog that this is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when My people Israel are dwelling securely, will you not take notice of this?

    Ezekiel 38:14

    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one of whom I have spoken in former days through My servants, the prophets of Israel, who in those times prophesied for years that I would bring you against them?

    Ezekiel 38:17

    • הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛יםhanibeimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who prophesied
  • “As for you, O son of man, prophesy against Gog and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal.

    Ezekiel 39:1

    • הִנָּבֵ֣אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy

Joel

one use
  • And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.

    Joel 2:28

    • וְנִבְּא֖וּvenibeuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will prophesy

Amos

six uses
  • “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

    Amos 2:12

    • תִּנָּבְאֽוּ׃tinaveuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you must prophesy
  • The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?

    Amos 3:8

    • יִנָּבֵֽא׃yinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he prophesy
  • And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

    Amos 7:12

    • תִּנָּבֵֽא׃tinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will prophesy
  • But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”

    Amos 7:13

    • לְהִנָּבֵ֑אlehinave'preposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to prophesy
  • But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

    Amos 7:15

    • הִנָּבֵ֖אhinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: prophesy
  • Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’

    Amos 7:16

    • תִנָּבֵא֙tinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must prophesy

Zechariah

three uses
  • And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

    Zechariah 13:3

    • יִנָּבֵ֣אyinave'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prophesy
    • בְּהִנָּבְאֽוֹ׃behinaveopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when prophecies he
  • And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.

    Zechariah 13:4

    • בְּהִנָּֽבְאֹת֑וֹbehinaveotopreposition + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: when prophecies he

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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.

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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