What does προφήτης · νόμος mean in the Bible?
προφήτης · νόμος is a Greek phrase meaning "Prophets and Law".
Greek · G4396, G3551
πάντες οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ νόμος
A foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet · law
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προφήτης G4396 a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
Pronunciation prophḗtēs
One who forth-tells God's will as His authorized interpreter, not merely predicting future events.
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νόμος G3551 law
Pronunciation nómos
Encompasses both the Mosaic law and any binding principle or force impelling moral action
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What does πάντες οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ νόμος (pantes hoi prophētai kai ho nomos) mean in the Bible?
προφήτης · νόμος is a Greek phrase meaning "Prophets and Law".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4396, G3551?
G4396, G3551 is connected to 144 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Prophets and Law
Source Gloss
Prophets and Law
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 144 Case pattern Genitive (58) Number pattern Plural (78)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 13:57 · Matt 21:11 · Mark 6:4 · Mark 6:15 · Mark 11:32 · Luke 1:76 · Luke 4:24 · Luke 7:16 · Luke 7:39 · Luke 9:8 · Luke 9:19 · Luke 24:19 · John 1:21 · John 1:23 · John 1:25 · John 4:19 27×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 7:12 · Matt 11:13 · Matt 13:17 · Matt 22:40 · Luke 10:24 · Luke 16:16 · Luke 24:25 · John 1:45 · John 8:52 · John 8:53 · Acts 3:24 · Acts 10:43 · Acts 11:27 · Acts 13:1 · Acts 15:32 · Acts 26:22 21×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 2:23 · Matt 16:14 · Matt 23:29 · Matt 23:30 · Matt 26:56 · Mark 6:15 · Mark 8:28 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 11:47 · Luke 11:50 · Luke 16:31 · Luke 18:31 · Luke 24:27 · Acts 3:18 · Acts 3:21 · Acts 3:25 32×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:22 · Matt 2:5 · Matt 2:15 · Matt 2:17 · Matt 3:3 · Matt 4:14 · Matt 8:17 · Matt 10:41 · Matt 11:9 · Matt 12:17 · Matt 12:39 · Matt 13:35 · Matt 21:4 · Matt 24:15 · Matt 27:9 · Luke 3:4 26×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Luke 6:23 · Luke 24:44 · John 6:45 · Acts 13:40 · Acts 24:14 · Acts 26:27 · 1 Cor 14:32 · Eph 3:5 · Heb 1:1 · Rev 11:18 10×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Mark 1:2 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:12 · Matt 5:17 · Matt 23:31 · Matt 23:34 · Matt 23:37 · Luke 11:49 · Luke 13:28 · Luke 13:34 · Luke 16:29 · Rom 11:3 · 1 Cor 12:28 · Eph 4:11 · 1 Thess 2:15 · Jas 5:10 · Rev 10:7 15×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 10:41 · Matt 11:9 · Matt 14:5 · Matt 21:26 · Matt 21:46 · Luke 7:26 · Luke 13:33 · Luke 20:6 · Acts 3:22 · Acts 7:37 · Acts 8:28 · Acts 8:30 12×
Word Origins
πάντες οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ νόμος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain