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 πΔαΘΜΰ and δΔϊΐπΗαΕΜΰ; 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.)

προφητεύω prophēteuō 28x to exercise the function of a προφήτης ; to prophesy, to foretell the future, Mat_11:13 ; to divine, Mat_26:68 ; Mar_14:65 ; Luk_22:64 ; to prophesy, to set forth matter of divine teaching by special fa culty, 1Co_13:9 ; 1Co_14:1 prophesy.

προφητεύω ( < προφήτης ), [in LXX chiefly for H5012 ni ., hith.;] to be a προφήτης ( q.v. ), to prophesy: in the primary sense of telling forth the Divine counsels, Mat_7:22 ; Mat_26:68 , Mar_14:65 , Luk_1:67 ; Luk_22:64 , Act_19:6 , 1Co_11:4-5 ; 1Co_13:9 ; 1Co_14:1 ; 1Co_14:3-5 ; 1Co_14:24 ; 1Co_14:31 ; 1Co_14:39 , Heb_11:3 ; with the idea of foretelling future events (an idea merely incidental, not essential; v. Lft., Notes , 83 f .), Mat_11:13 , Act_2:17-18 ( LXX ) Act_21:9 ; seq . περί , Mat_15:7 , Mar_7:6 , 1Pe_1:10 ; ἐπί , c . dat ., Rev_10:11 ; λέγων , Jud_1:14 ; ὅτι , Joh_11:51 .† SYN.: μαντεύομαι G3132 , q.v.

προφητεύω [page 555] In Gnomon 93 (= BGU V. p. 34) it is laid down : τοῖς θάπτουσι τὰ ἱερὰ ζ̣ω̣̑ [ια ] ο̣ὐ̣κ̣ [ὲξ ]ὸν προ̣φῃτεύειν οὐδὲ ναὸν κωμάζειν ο̣[ὐ ]δὲ τρ̣ε̣ϕ̣ε̣ι̣ν̣ ῒ̣ε̣ρὰ [ζ ]ω̣̑ [ι ]α̣. An interesting ex. of the verb is quoted by Boll Offenbarung p. 137 n 9 . : π . κόσμου c. 1 ἡ ψυχὴ . . . θείῳ ψυχῆς ὄμματι τὰ θεῖα καταλαβοῦσα τοῖς τε ἀνθρώποις προφητεύουσα : see also his reff. to Reitzenstein Poimandres , particularly pp. 154 n. 1 , 203 f., and 220 ff. The wrongly augmented form προεφήτευσεν is found in the LXX in 1Ki_18:10 [MT 1Sa_18:10 ] A and Sir_46:20 , but has disappeared from the critical text of the NT : cf. Winer-Schmiedel Gr . p. 102.

προφητεύω doric προφα_τεύω fut. -εύσω aor1 ἐπροφήτευσα "to be an interpreter" of the gods, μαντεύεο, Μοῖσα, προφατεύσω δ᾽ ἐγώ Pind. ; τίς προφητεύει θεοῦ who "is his" "interpreter?" Eur. ; ὅστις σοι προφητεύσει τάδε who "will give" thee "this oracular advice", id=Eur. in NTest. "to expound scripture, to speak and preach under the influence of the Holy Spirit."

προφητεύω (προφήτης), [in LXX chiefly for נָבָא ni., hith. ;] to be a προφήτης (which see), to prophesy: in the primary sense of telling forth the Divine counsels, Mat.7:22 26:68, Mrk.14:65, Luk.1:67 22:64, Act.19:6, 1Co.11:4-5 13:9 14:1 14:3-5 14:24 14:31 14:39, Heb.11:3; with the idea of foretelling future events (an idea merely incidental, not essential; see Lft., Notes, 83 f.), Mat.11:13, Act.2:17-18" (LXX) Act.21:9; before περί, Mat.15:7, Mrk.7:6, 1Pe.1:10; ἐπί, with dative, Rev.10:11; λέγων, Ju 14; ὅτι, Jhn.11:51.† SYN.: μαντεύομαι, q.v (AS)