Quick Definition
προφητεία, ας, ἡ n.f. prophecy
Strong's Definition
from 4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other)
KJV Usage: prophecy, prophesying
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | φημί
33.460 · Communication · Prophesy
inspired utterance, prophecy an utterance inspired by God It is possible that προφητεία in 1CO 13:8 refers to the action of producing such inspired utterances rather than to the resulting verbal form of the utterances themselves.
MAT 13:14 · 1CO 13:8 · 1CO 14:6 · 1CO 14:22 · 1TH 5:20 · 1TI 1:18 · 1TI 4:14 · 2PE 1:20 · 2PE 1:21 · REV 1:3 · REV 11:6 · REV 22:7 · REV 22:10 · REV 22:18 · REV 22:19
1 1CO 13:2 It is possible to interpret προφητεία in 1CO 13:2 as meaning simply ‘to make inspired utterances,’ since the verb ἔχω in certain contexts may mean ‘to have the capacity to’ or ‘to be able to.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προφητεία, -as, 7, (προφητεύω. q. v-), Hebr. 7812), prophecy, i. e. discourse emanating from divine inspiration and declaring the purposes of God, whether by reproving and admonishing the wicked, or comforting the afflicted, or revealing things hidden; esp. by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T.—of the utterances of the O. T. propkets: Mt. xiii. 14; 2 Pet. i. 20, 21 (on this pass. see γίνομαι, 5 e.a.) ; —of the prediction of events relating to Christ’s kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions pertaining thereto: Rev. xi. 6; xxii.19; τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς προφητείας, the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, Rev. xix. 10; οἱ λόγοι τῆς προφητείας, Rey. 1.8; xxii. 7, 10,18; -- οὗ the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called mpopara (see προφήτης, 11. 1£.): Ro. xii. 6; 1 Co. xii. 10; xiii. 2; xiv. 6,22; plur. the gifts and utterances of these prophets, 1 Co. xiii.8; 1 Th. v. 20;—spee. of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, 1 Tim. iv. 14; plur. i. 18 [see προάγω, 2 a. and ef. the Comm.]. ({Sept., Joseph.]; among native Grk. writ. used only by Leian. Alex. 40, 60; [to which add inserr. (see L. and §. s. v. I.)].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προφητεία prophēteia 19x
prophecy, a prediction of future events, Mt. 13:14; 2 Pet. 1:20, 21; prophecy, a gifted faculty of setting forth and enforcing revealed truth, 1 Cor. 12:10; 13:2; prophecy, matter of divine teaching set forth by special gift, 1 Tim. 1:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† προφητεία, -ας, ἡ
(< προψητεύω), [in LXX for נְבוּאָה, חָזוֹן;]
the gift (and its exercise) of interpreting the Divine will and purpose, prophecy, prophesying: of OT prophecy, Mt 13:14, II Pe 1:20, 21; of NT prophecy, Ro 12:6, I Co 12:10 13:2 14:6, 22, I Ti 4:14, Re 11:6 22:19; pl., I Co 13:8, I Th 5:20, I Ti 1:18; οἱ λόγοι τῆς π., Re 1:3 22:7, 10, 18; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς π., Re 19:10 (Luc., FlJ, LXX, π.; v. Deiss., BS, 235 f.; MM, xxii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
προφητεία. The noun is well established against Grimm’s reduction of its vogue: thus P Tebt II. p. 448 (Index VI. (d)) gives its occurrences in a series of documents (mostly ii/A.D.) relating to the sales of the office of ‘‘prophet’’ at the temple of Soknebtunis, e.g. 294° (A.D. 146) where a certain Paknebkis offers ὠνήσασθαι τὴν τοῦ προκειμένου ἱεροῦ προφη[τ]εία[ν for the sum of 2200 drachmae, and 26. 29519 (A.D. 126-138) where Marsisachus offers 520 drachmae and extra payments τῇ[9] Te προφητείας κα]ὶ λεσωνίας τῆς καὶ βαιοφορίας, ‘‘for the post of prophet and lesones or palmbearer.’’ The history of the post is discussed by the editors Ρ. 64 f. προφητεύω. In Gnomon 93 (= BGU Ν. p. 34) it is laid down: τοῖς θάπτουσι τὰ ἱερὰ ζῷ[ια] οὐκ [ἐξ]ὸν προφητεύειν οὐδὲ ναὸν κωμάζειν ο[ὐ]δὲ τρέφειν ἱερὰ [{Ἰῶι]α. An interesting ex. of the verb is quoted by Boll Ofexbarung p. 137 πϑ.: π. κόσμου c. I ἡ ψυχὴ... «θείῳ ψυχῆς ὄμματι τὰ θεῖα καταλαβοῦσα τοῖς τε ἀνθρώποις προφητεύουσα : see also his reff. to Reitzenstein Pozmandres, particularly pp. 154 n.1, 203 f., and 220 ff. The wrongly augmented form προεφήτευσεν is found in the LXX in 1 Kingd 1819 A and Sir 46*°, but has disappeared from the critical text of the NT: cf. Winer-Schmiedel Gr. p- 102.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
προφητεία (prophēteia) — prophecy. προφητ-εία, ἡ, gift of interpreting the will of the gods, gift of prophecy, διδασκαλίαν ὡς π. ἐκχεῶ [LXX]; ἡ δὲ προφητείη δίης φρενός ἐστιν ἀπορρώξ Oracle texts cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. concrete, prophecy or oracular response, [LXX+3rd c.AD+]
II. office of προφήτης [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III. in NT, gift of expounding scripture, or of speaking and preaching, under the influence of the Holy Spirit (compare προφήτης), [NT]