נָבָאnâbâʼ
prophesy, (in oldest forms, of religious ecstasy with or without song and music; later, essentially religious instruction, with occasional predictions)
Pronunciation: naw-baw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5012
Meanings
Niph`al
1. prophesy, under influence of divine spirit
a. in the ecstatic state, with song (1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Chronicles 25:1)
b. the word of ׳ י (Amos 2:12; Amos 3:8; Amos 7:12)
2. of false prophets (Jeremiah 23:21; Ezekiel 13:2; Zechariah 13:3)
3. compare heathen prophets (Jeremiah 2:8)
Hithpa`el
1. Prophesy, under influence of divine spirit
a. in the ecstatic state (Numbers 11:25; Numbers 11:26; Numbers 11:27)
b. apart from ecstatic state (Ezekiel 37:10; 1 Kings 22:8; Jeremiah 29:27)
2. of heathen prophets of Baal in ecstatic state (1 Kings 18:29; Jeremiah 23:13)
3. of false prophets (1 Kings 22:10; 2 Chronicles 18:9; Jeremiah 14:14)
Same root
- נְבָאnᵉbâʼ · H5013{to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse) to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)}
- נְבוּאָהnᵉbûwʼâh · H5016a prediction (spoken or written)
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼ · H5030a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Where it appears
Appears 115 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 11:25 And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Then he gave the seventy elders the same Spirit that was upon Moses. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this never happened again.
- Numbers 11:26 Two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed behind in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but they had not gone out to the Tabernacle. Yet the Spirit rested upon them as well, so they prophesied there in the camp.
- Numbers 11:27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
- 1 Samuel 10:5 “When you arrive at Gibeah of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.
- 1 Samuel 10:6 At that time the Spirit of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.
- 1 Samuel 10:10 When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw a group of prophets coming toward them. Then the Spirit of God came powerfully upon Saul, and he, too, began to prophesy.
See every passage
- Numbers 11:25, 11:26, 11:27
- 1 Samuel 10:5, 10:6, 10:10, 10:11, 10:13, 18:10, 19:20, 19:21, 19:23, 19:24
- 1 Kings 18:29, 22:8, 22:10, 22:12, 22:18
- 1 Chronicles 25:1, 25:2, 25:3
- 2 Chronicles 18:7, 18:9, 18:11, 18:17, 20:37
- Jeremiah 2:8, 5:31, 11:21, 14:14, 14:15, 14:16, 19:14, 20:1, 20:6, 23:13, 23:16, 23:21, 23:25, 23:26, 23:32, 25:13, 25:30, 26:9, 26:11, 26:12, 26:18, 26:20, 27:10, 27:14, 27:15, 27:16, 28:6, 28:8, 28:9, 29:9, 29:21, 29:26, 29:27, 29:31, 32:3, 37:19
- Ezekiel 4:7, 6:2, 11:4, 11:13, 12:27, 13:2, 13:16, 13:17, 20:46, 21:2, 21:9, 21:14, 21:28, 25:2, 28:21, 29:2, 30:2, 34:2, 35:2, 36:1, 36:3, 36:6, 37:4, 37:7, 37:9, 37:10, 37:12, 38:2, 38:14, 38:17, 39:1
- Joel 2:28
- Amos 2:12, 3:8, 7:12, 7:13, 7:15, 7:16
- Zechariah 13:3, 13:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).