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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A female prophet.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PROPHETESS

prof'-et-es (nebhi'ah; prophetis): Women were not excluded from the prophetic office in the Old Testament, and were honored with the right of prophetic utterance in the New Testament. It should be noted, however, that women like Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14) were not credited with the seer's insight into the future, but were called "prophetesses" because of the poetical inspiration of their speech. Among others mentioned as having the prophetic gift we find Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1), Anna (Luke 2:36) and the four daughters of Philip (Acts 21:8, 9).

See PROPHET.

C. E. Schenk

Greek

4398. prophetis -- a prophetess
... a prophetess. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: prophetis Phonetic
Spelling: (prof-ay'-tis) Short Definition: a prophetess Definition: a prophetess ...
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2403. Iezabel -- Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess
... Jezebel, the symbolic name of a false prophetess. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Iezabel Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ed-zab-ale') Short ...
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451. Hanna -- Anna, a prophetess
... Anna, a prophetess. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Hanna Phonetic
Spelling: (an'-nah) Short Definition: Anna Definition: Anna, a prophetess ...
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5323. Phanouel -- Phanuel, an Israelite
... Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Phanouel Phonetic Spelling: (fan-oo-ale') Short
Definition: Phanuel Definition: Phanuel, father of Anna the prophetess. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5031. nebiah -- a prophetess
... 5030, 5031. nebiah. 5032 . a prophetess. Transliteration: nebiah Phonetic Spelling:
(neb-ee-yaw') Short Definition: prophetess. Word Origin fem. ...
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5129. Noadyah -- "meeting with Yah," a Levite, also a prophetess
... Noadyah. 5130 . "meeting with Yah," a Levite, also a prophetess. Transliteration:
Noadyah Phonetic Spelling: (no-ad-yaw') Short Definition: Noadiah. ...
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2468. Chuldah -- an Israelite prophetess
... an Israelite prophetess. Transliteration: Chuldah Phonetic Spelling: (khool-daw')
Short Definition: Huldah. ... prophetess NASB Word Usage Huldah (2). Huldah. ...
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Library

The Prophet and the Prophetess.
... Homily III. Chapter XXVII."The Prophet and the Prophetess. "And what need is there
to say more? The male is wholly truth, the female wholly falsehood. ...
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The Prophetess a Misleader.
... Homily III. Chapter XXIV."The Prophetess a Misleader. "However, she, not
only presuming to say and to hear that there are many ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxiv the prophetess a misleader.htm

But Besides Other Things the Action of Miriam the Prophetess Also ...
... II."Ascetic and Moral. Chapter XIX. But besides other things the action
of Miriam the prophetess also gives rise to these� But ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter xix but besides other.htm

How Amon Reigned Instead of Manasseh; and after Amon Reigned ...
... CHAPTER 4. How Amon Reigned Instead Of Manasseh; And After Amon Reigned Josiah;
He Was Both Righteous And Religious. As Also Concerning Huldah The Prophetess. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how amon reigned.htm

The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, his Prophetess.
... Book VII. Chapter XXVI."The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess.
But Apelles, [901] sprung from these, thus expresses ...
/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxvi the doctrines of apelles.htm

Love Makes Suns
... his might.' Judges 5:51. These are the closing words of Deborah, the great
warrior-prophetess of Israel. They are in singular contrast ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/love makes suns.htm

The Manner in which Apollonius Refuted the Phrygians, and the ...
... money? [1626] When therefore I see the prophetess receiving gold and silver
and costly garments, how can I avoid reproving her?". 5 ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xviii the manner in which.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... I was of course very much surprised, but summoning all my Latinity, I called her
Manchegan prophetess, and expressing my admiration at her learning begged to ...
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The Rediscovered Law and Its Effects
... So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto
Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the rediscovered law and its.htm

As the Foam Upon Water
... "Love me and let us die!". Without in the entrance of the crypt some great-lunged
fanatic was calling the multitude to harken to the prophetess. ...
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Thesaurus

Prophetess (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A female prophet. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
PROPHETESS. ... CE Schenk. Multi-Version Concordance Prophetess (8 Occurrences). ...
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Deborah (10 Occurrences)
... Many years afterwards she died at Bethel, and was buried under the "oak of weeping",
Allon-bachuth (35:8). (2.) A prophetess, "wife" (woman?) of Lapidoth. ...
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Anna (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Grace, an aged widow, the daughter of Phanuel. She was
a "prophetess," like Miriam, Deborah, and Huldah (2 Chronicles 34:22). ...
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Noadiah (2 Occurrences)
... (1.) A Levite who returned from Babylon (Ezra 8:33). (2.) A false prophetess who
assisted Tobiah and Sanballat against the Jews (Nehemiah 6:14). ...
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Miriam (13 Occurrences)
... Exodus. She is called "the prophetess" (Exodus 15:20). She took the lead
in the song of triumph after the passage of the Red Sea. ...
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College (2 Occurrences)
... Hebrews mishneh (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:22), rendered in Revised Version
"second quarter", the residence of the prophetess Huldah. ...
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Ahikam (20 Occurrences)
... Brother of support = helper, one of the five whom Josiah sent to consult the prophetess
Huldah in connection with the discovery of the book of the law (2 Kings ...
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Achbor (7 Occurrences)
... (2.) One of Josiah's officers sent to the prophetess Huldah to inquire regarding
the newly-discovered book of the law (2 Kings 22:12, 14). ...
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Asher (43 Occurrences)
... Anna the prophetess was of this tribe (Luke 2:36). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
ASHER (1). ... To this tribe belonged the prophetess Anna (Luke 2:36). ...
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Shallum (27 Occurrences)
... of Israel (2 Chronicles 28:12). (9) The husband of the prophetess Huldah
(2 Kings 22:14 2 Chronicles 34:22). He was the keeper of ...
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Bible Concordance

Prophetess (8 Occurrences)

Luke 2:36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
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Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
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Exodus 15:20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 4:4 Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
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2 Kings 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
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2 Chronicles 34:22 So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter;) and they spoke to her to that effect.
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Nehemiah 6:14 Remember, my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
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Isaiah 8:3 I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said Yahweh to me, "Call his name'Maher Shalal Hash Baz.'
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Subtopics

Prophetess

Related Terms

Deborah (10 Occurrences)

Anna (1 Occurrence)

Noadiah (2 Occurrences)

Miriam (13 Occurrences)

College (2 Occurrences)

Ahikam (20 Occurrences)

Achbor (7 Occurrences)

Asher (43 Occurrences)

Shallum (27 Occurrences)