STRONGS NUMBER G4398


Word Summary
prophētis: a prophetess
Original Word: προφῆτις
Transliteration: prophētis
Phonetic Spelling: (prof-ay'-tis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a prophetess
Meaning: a prophetess
Strong's Concordance
prophetess.

Feminine of prophetes; a female foreteller or an inspired woman -- prophetess.

see GREEK prophetes

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4398: προφῆτις

προφῆτις, προφητιδος, (προφήτης), the Sept. for נְבִיאָה, a prophetess (Vulg., Tertullianprophetissa, prophetis), a woman to whom future events or things hidden from others are at times revealed, either by inspiration or by dreams and visions: Luke 2:36; Revelation 2:20. In Greek usage, a female who declares or interprets oracles (Euripides, Plato, Plutarch): προφῆτις τῆς ἀληθείας ἱστορία, Diodorus 1, 2.