Strong’s H5030 · Hebrew
נָבִיא
nâbîyʼ
naw-bee'
Definition
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Etymology
from H5012 (נָבָא);
Where the KJV renders it
- prophecy
- that prophesy
- 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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