What does προφῆτις (prophētis) mean in the Bible?
προφῆτις (prophētis): Female prophet functioning with same divine authority and inspirational gift as male prophets
Greek · G4398
προφῆτις
A female foreteller or an inspired woman
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προφῆτιςG4398
Pronunciationprophētis
What does προφῆτις (prophētis) mean in the Bible?
προφῆτις (prophētis): Female prophet functioning with same divine authority and inspirational gift as male prophets
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How does the BSB render G4398?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a prophetess (2).
Where does προφῆτις (prophētis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 2:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita prophetess2×Luke 2:36, Revelation 2:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 2:36
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Luke1Revelation1
Source forms
προφῆτιν1xprophētinRevelation 2:20
προφῆτις1xprophētisLuke 2:36
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular1xRevelation 2:20
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular1xLuke 2:36
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Female prophet functioning with same divine authority and inspirational gift as male prophets
Strong'sG4398
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a female foreteller or an inspired woman
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 2:36Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
προφῆτις,profhtiv
a prophetess
Read verseRevelation 2:20Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
προφῆτιν,profhtin
a prophetess
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineLuke 2:361×
Accusative · Singular · FeminineRev 2:201×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 2:36–38προφῆτιςprophētis
Prophetess
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
προφῆτις is built from this root: