προφητεία

profhteiva profhteiva,
profhteiva",
hJ (
profhteuvw, which see), Hebrew ha;Wbn?, 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; especially by foretelling future events. Used in the N. T. -- of the utterances of the O. T. prophets: ; , (on this passage see
givnomai, 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: ; ;
tov
pneu'ma
th'"
profhteiva", the spirit of prophecy, the divine mind, to which the prophetic faculty is due, ;
oiJ
lovgoi
th'"
profhteiva", ; ,,; -- of the endowment and speech of the Christian teachers called
profh'tai (see
profhvth", II. 1 f.): ; ; ; ,; plural the gifts and utterances of these prophets, ; ; -- specifically, of the prognostication of those achievements which one set apart to teach the gospel will accomplish for the kingdom of Christ, ; plural (see
proavgw, 2 a. and compare the commentaries). ((The Septuagint, Josephus); among native Greek writers used only by Lucian, Alex. 40, 60; (to which add inscriptions (see Liddell and Scott, under the word, I.)).)*