προφήτης
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Ancient GreekEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From προ- (pro-, “before”) + φημί (phēmí, “I say”) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
PronunciationEdit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.pʰɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈpʰe.tes/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈɸi.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈfi.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈfi.tis/
NounEdit
προφήτης • (prophḗtēs) m (genitive προφήτου); first declension
- one who speaks for and interprets the will of a god: prophet, seer
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458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Eumenides 19
- Διὸς προφήτης δ᾽ ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός
- Diòs prophḗtēs d᾽ estì Loxías patrós
- But Loxias is the spokesman of Zeus, his father.
- Diòs prophḗtēs d᾽ estì Loxías patrós
- Διὸς προφήτης δ᾽ ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός
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- one of the keepers of the oracle at Branchidae
- priest at an Egyptian temple
- one who interprets the ravings of an μάντις (mántis, “oracle”)
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360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 72a
- ὅθεν δὴ καὶ τὸ τῶν προφητῶν γένος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐνθέοις μαντείαις κριτὰς ἐπικαθιστάναι νόμος
- hóthen dḕ kaì tò tôn prophētôn génos epì taîs enthéois manteíais kritàs epikathistánai nómos
- Wherefore also it is customary to set the tribe of prophets to pass judgement upon these inspired divinations.
- hóthen dḕ kaì tò tôn prophētôn génos epì taîs enthéois manteíais kritàs epikathistánai nómos
- ὅθεν δὴ καὶ τὸ τῶν προφητῶν γένος ἐπὶ ταῖς ἐνθέοις μαντείαις κριτὰς ἐπικαθιστάναι νόμος
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- interpreter, proclaimer
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405 BCE, Euripides, The Bacchae 211
- ἐπεὶ σὺ φέγγος, Τειρεσία, τόδ᾽ οὐχ ὁρᾷς, ἐγὼ προφήτης σοι λόγων γενήσομαι
- epeì sù phéngos, Teiresía, tód᾽ oukh horâis, egṑ prophḗtēs soi lógōn genḗsomai
- Since you do not see this light, Teiresias, I will be your interpreter.
- epeì sù phéngos, Teiresía, tód᾽ oukh horâis, egṑ prophḗtēs soi lógōn genḗsomai
- ἐπεὶ σὺ φέγγος, Τειρεσία, τόδ᾽ οὐχ ὁρᾷς, ἐγὼ προφήτης σοι λόγων γενήσομαι
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- (Christianity) prophet
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New Testament, First Epistle to the Corinthians 14:32
- καὶ πνεύματα προφητῶν προφήταις ὑποτάσσεται
- kaì pneúmata prophētôn prophḗtais hupotássetai
- The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.
- kaì pneúmata prophētôn prophḗtais hupotássetai
- καὶ πνεύματα προφητῶν προφήταις ὑποτάσσεται
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- herbalist
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Ps.-Dsc. 1.10
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InflectionEdit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ προφήτης ho prophḗtēs |
τὼ προφήτᾱ tṑ prophḗtā |
οἱ προφῆται hoi prophêtai |
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Genitive | τοῦ προφήτου toû prophḗtou |
τοῖν προφήταιν toîn prophḗtain |
τῶν προφητῶν tôn prophētôn |
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Dative | τῷ προφήτῃ tôi prophḗtēi |
τοῖν προφήταιν toîn prophḗtain |
τοῖς προφήταις toîs prophḗtais |
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Accusative | τὸν προφήτην tòn prophḗtēn |
τὼ προφήτᾱ tṑ prophḗtā |
τοὺς προφήτᾱς toùs prophḗtās |
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Vocative | προφῆτᾰ prophêta |
προφήτᾱ prophḗtā |
προφῆται prophêtai |
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Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
SynonymsEdit
- προφήτωρ (prophḗtōr)
Derived termsEdit
- ἀρχιπροφήτης (arkhiprophḗtēs)
- προφητάζω (prophētázō)
- προφητεία (prophēteía)
- προφητεύω (prophēteúō)
- προφητίζω (prophētízō)
- προφητικός (prophētikós)
- προφῆτις (prophêtis)
- προφητότοκος (prophētótokos)
- προφήτωρ (prophḗtōr)
- συμπροφητεύω (sumprophēteúō)
- ψευδοπροφήτης (pseudoprophḗtēs)
DescendantsEdit
- → Coptic: ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ (prophētēs)
- → Gothic: 𐍀𐍂𐌰𐌿𐍆𐌴𐍄𐌴𐍃 (praufētēs)
- Greek: προφήτης (profítis)
- → Latin: prophēta
ReferencesEdit
- προφήτης in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- προφήτης in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- προφήτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- “G4396”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- diviner idem, page 244.
- exponent idem, page 295.
- interpreter idem, page 452.
- prophet idem, page 653.
GreekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek προφήτης (prophḗtēs).
NounEdit
προφήτης • (profítis) m (plural προφήτες)
DeclensionEdit
declension of προφήτης
Derived termsEdit
- προφητεία f (profiteía, “prophecy”)
- προφητεύω (profitévo, “to predict”)
- προφητικός (profitikós, “prophetic”)
- ψευδοπροφήτης (psevdoprofítis)
Further readingEdit
- προφήτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el