Words the Bible translates as prophesy
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- prophēteuōπροφητεύωto prophesy: to speak a message that comes from God rather than from oneself, as God's inspired spokesperson
- navaנָבָאto prophesy: to act as a prophet, speaking out a message presented as God's word (whether the speaker truly received it or not)
- ḥazahחָזָהto see, in the heightened sense of perceiving something with full attention: to behold, gaze upon, or receive a vision
- nataphנָטַףto prophesy, preach: to pour out a stream of inspired words
+1 more meaning
- to drip, drop: to fall or flow slowly in drops, as water, dew, myrrh, honey, or wine
- na'amנָאַםto prophesynot studied yet
- nevaנְבָאto prophesynot studied yet
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