προφητεύω

προφητεύω — prophēteúō

προφητεύω; future προφητεύσω; imperfect προεφήτευον (Act 19:6 R G) and ἐπροφήτευον (ibid. L T Tr WH; (1Ki 22:12); Jer.; ); 1 aorist προεφήτευσα (R G in Mat 7:22; Mat 11:13; Mat 15:7; Mar 7:6; Luk 1:67; (Joh 11:51; Jud 1:14)) and ἐπροφήτευσα (which form codex Sinaiticus gives everywhere, and T Tr WH have everywhere restored, and Lachmann also with the single exception of Jud 1:14; add, Sir 48:13; 1Es 6:1; Jer 33:9; Jer 33:11; Jer 33:20; Jer 26:9; Jer 26:11; Jer 26:20; Jer 35:8;; the Alexandrian translators more common use the forms προεφήτευον, προεφήτευσα, perfect participle προπεφητευκως, Eus. h. e. 5, 17; perfect passive infinitive προπεφητευσθαι, Clement of Alexandria, strom., p. 603; on the forms used by Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. lxxv, edition 3; cf. (WH. Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. cxxv, edition 3; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 162; Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 12, 5; (Buttmann, 35 (30f)); cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 268; (Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word)); (προφήτης, which see); the Sept. for נִבָּא and הִתְנַבֵּא; Vulg.propheto (three timesprophetizo); to prophesy, i. e. to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspiration; to predict (Herodotus, Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, others);

a. universally, Mat 7:22.

b. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God: Mat 11:13; Act 2:17-18; Act 21:9; περί τίνος, Mat 15:7; Mar 7:6; 1Pe 1:10; ἐπί τίνι, over i. e. concerning one (see ἐπί, B. 2 f. β'., p. 234a), Rev 10:11; εἰς τινα (i. e. Christ), the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; προφητεύειν followed by λέγων, with the words uttered by the prophet, Jud 1:14; followed by ὅτι, Joh 11:51.

c. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation: Mat 26:68; Mar 14:65; Luk 22:64; cf. Luk 7:39; Joh 4:19.

d. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or in praise of the divine counsels: Luk 1:67; Act 19:6 (1Sa 10:10-11; 1Sa 19:20-21, etc.); — or, under the like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.), 1Co 11:4-5; 1Co 13:9; 1Co 14:1; 1Co 14:3-5; 1Co 14:24; 1Co 14:31; 1Co 14:39.

e. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office: Rev 11:3. (On the word see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)