Dor. and Boeot.
2. title of official keepers of the oracle at Branchidae, CIG 2884, al., Supp.Epigr. 1.426 (Milet., i A.D. ); elsewhere, IG 14.961, 1032, 1084, 2433 ( Massilia ), 9(2).1109.22 (Coropa, ii/i B.C. ), etc. in Egyptian temples, member of the highest order of the clergy, priest,
3. interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the
4. possessor of oracular powers, of Amphiaraus, A. Th. 611, cf. Ag. 409 (lyr.); of Pseudo-Bacis, Ar. Av. 972; of Epimenides, Ep.Tit 1:12 .
5. generally, interpreter, declarer,
II herald at the games, B. 9.28 (pl.).
III in LXX, revealer of God’s will, prophet, 1Sa 9:9,al.: - hence,
2. in NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God, 1Co 12:28, Cor. 14.32; and (as comprised in this), foreteller, prophet of future events, Act 2:30, Act 3:18; Act 3:21; 2Pe 3:2 .
3. herbalist, Ps.- Dsc. 1.10, al.; quack doctor, Gal. 16.761.
pr. a spokesman for another; spc. a spokesman or interpreter for a deity; a prophet, seer, Tit 1:12;
in NT a prophet, a divinely commissioned and inspired person, Mat 14:5; Luk 7:16; Luk 7:39; Joh 9:17;
a prophet in the Christian church, a person gifted for the exposition of divine truth, 1Co 12:28-29;
a prophet, a foreteller of the future, Mat 1:22, et al. freq.;
G4396 —
I. In Greek writings from Aeschylus, Herodotus, and Pindar down:
1. an interpreter of oracles (whether uttered by the gods or the
2. a foreteller, soothsayer, seer.
II. In the N. T.
1. "one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence, his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially future events, and in p*articular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation. The title is applied to a. the O. T. prophets" — and with allusion to their age, life, death, deeds: Mat 5:12; Mat 12:39; Mat 13:17; Mat 23:29-31; Mar 6:15; Luk 4:27; Luk 10:24; Luk 11:47; Luk 13:28; Joh 8:52, Joh 8:55 Act 3:25; Act 7:52; Act 13:20; Rom 11:3; 1Th 2:15; Heb 11:32; Jam 5:10; appeal is made to their utterances as having foretold the kingdom, deeds, death, of Jesus the Messiah: Mat 1:22; Mat 2:5, Mat 2:15, Mat 2:17, Mat 2:23; Mat 3:3; Mat 4:14; Mat 8:17; Mat 11:13; Mat 12:17; Mat 13:35; Mat 21:4; Mat 24:15; Mat 26:56; Mat 27:9; Mar 13:14 Rec.; Luk 1:70; Luk 3:4; Luk 4:17; Luk 18:31; Luk 24:25; Joh 1:23, Joh 1:45(46); ; Act 2:16; Act 3:18, Act 3:21, Act 3:24; Act 7:37, Act 7:48; Act 10:43; Act 13:27; Act 15:15; Act 26:22; Rom 1:2; Heb 1:1; 1Pe 1:10; 2Pe 3:2; Rev 10:7; in the number of prophets David also is reckoned, as one who predicted the resurrection of Christ, Act 2:30f; so too is Balaam, 2Pe 2:16 (see
b. John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah: Mat 21:26; Mar 6:15; Mar 11:32; Luk 1:76; Luk 20:6, whom Jesus declares to be greater than the O. T. prophets, because in him the hope of the Jews respecting Elijah as the forerunner of the Messiah was fulfilled: Mat 11:9-11, Mat 11:14 (cf. Mat 17:11, Mat 17:12; Mar 9:12f); Luk 7:28 (R G T Tr brackets).
c. That illustrious prophet whom the Jews (apparently on the ground of Deu 18:15) expected to arise just before the Messiah's advent: Joh 1:21, Joh 1:25; Joh 7:40. those two illustrious prophets, the one Elijah, the other Enoch or Moses (but compare the commentaries; e. g. Stuart, commentary vol. ii, p. 219f), who according to the writer of the Apocalypse will publicly appear shortly before the visible return of Christ from heaven: Rev 11:10 (cf. 3).
d. the Messiah: Act 3:22, Act 3:23; Act 7:37, after Deu 18:15; Jesus the Messiah, inasmuch as he is about to fulfil the expectation respecting this Messiah, Mat 21:11; Joh 6:14.
e. universally, "a man filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges the salvation of men": Mat 21:46; Luk 13:33; Luk 24:19; Joh 7:52; in the proverb that a prophet is without honor in his own country, Mat 13:57; Mar 6:4; Luk 4:24; Joh 4:44. he may be known — now by his supernatural knowledge of hidden things (even though past), Luk 7:39; Joh 4:19 (
f. The prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among the Christians: Mat 10:41; Mat 23:34; Act 15:32; 1Co 14:29, 1Co 14:37; Rev 22:6, Rev 22:9; they are associated with apostles in Luk 11:49; 1Co 12:28, 1Co 12:29; Eph 2:20; Eph 3:5; Eph 4:11; Rev 18:20; they discerned and did what was best for the Christian cause, Act 13:1f; foretold certain future events, Act 11:27; Act 21:10ff; and in the religious assemblies of the Christians, being suddenly seized by the Spirit (whose promptings, however, do not impair their self-government, 1Co 14:32), give utterance in glowing and exalted but intelligible language to those things which the Holy Spirit teaches them, and which have power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, stimulate, their hearers, 1Co 14:3, 1Co 14:24. (Cf. Harnack, Lehre der Zwölf Apostel, Proleg. § 5 i. 2, p. 93ff, 119ff; Bonwetsch in (Luthardt's) Zeitschr. f. kirchl. Wissen. as above with 1884, pp. 408ff, 460ff) g. Prophets both of the Old Testament and of the New Testament are grouped together under the name
2. a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration): so of Epimenides, Tit 1:12.
προφήτης , - ου , ὁ
( < πρόφημι , to speak forth),
[in LXX chiefly for H5030;]
one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will ( v. Lft., Notes , 83 I.; Tr., Syn. , § vi), a prophet;
1. in cl . ( Æsch ., Hdt ., Plat ., a1.), of the interpreters of oracles.
2. In NT,
(a) of the OT prophets: Mat 5:12, Mar 6:15, Luk 4:27, Joh 8:52, Rom 11:3, al. ;
(b) of prophets in general: Mat 10:41; Mat 13:57; Mat 21:46, Mar 6:4, Luk 13:33, al. ;
(c) of John the Baptist: Mat 21:26, Mar 6:15, Luk 1:76;
(d) of Christ: Mat 21:11, Joh 6:14, Act 3:22-23; Act 7:37 ( LXX );
(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act 15:32 , 1Co 12:28, Eph 2:20, al. ;
(f) by meton ., of the writings of prophets: Luk 24:27 Act 8:28, al. ;
(g) of a poet: Tit 1:12 (on the use of the term in Papyri and Inscr ., v. Deiss., BS , 235 f .; MM , xxii).
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原文字根：以前-宣稱（者） 相當於：H5030（
字義溯源：說預言者，先知，先知講道，先知書；由（G4253（
1）先知（118）數量太多，不能盡錄；
2）先知的（11）太10:41；太10:41；可6:15；可8:28；路1:70；徒3:18；徒3:21；徒3:25；徒13:27；林前14:32；啓18:24；
3）先知書（7）路24:44；約6:45；徒8:28；徒8:30；徒13:15；徒24:14；徒28:23；
7）先知之（1）啓22:6；
8）先知阿（1）啓18:20；
9）先知講道（1）林前14:29；
10）比先知（1）太11:9；
11）先知們（1）彼前1:10