Definition

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• prophesy(-ing)
• make self a prophet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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