προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth),

[in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ;]

one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft. Notes, 83f.; Tr. Syn. §vi), a prophet;

__1. in cl. (Æsch. Hdt. Plat. al.), of the interpreters of oracles.

__2. In NT,

__(a) of the OT prophets: Mat.5:12, Mrk.6:15, Luk.4:27, Jhn.8:52, Rom.11:3, al.;

__(b) of prophets in general: Mat.10:41 13:57 21:46, Mrk.6:4, Luk.13:33, al.;

__(with) of John the Baptist: Mat.21:26, Mrk.6:15, Luk.1:76;

__(d) of Christ: Mat.21:11, Jhn.6:14, Act.3:22, 23 7:37" (LXX) ;

__(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Act.15:32, 1Co.12:28, Eph.2:20, al.;

__(f) by meton. of the writings of prophets: Luk.24:27, Act.8:28, al.;

__(g) of a poet: Tit.1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr. see Deiss. BS, 235f.; MM, xxii).

(AS)

a prophet