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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