προφητεύω

future προφητεύσω; imperfect προεφήτευον (Acts 19:6 R G) and ἐπροφήτευον (ibid. L T Tr WH; (1 Kgs 22:12); Jer. (); Jer 23:21; ); 1 aorist προεφήτευσα (R G in Mt 7:22; Mt 11:13; Mt 15:7; Mk 7:6; Lk 1:67; (Jn 11:51; Jude 1:14)) and ἐπροφήτευσα (which form codex Sinaiticus gives everywhere, and T Tr WH have everywhere restored, and Lachmann also with the single exception of Jude 1:14; add, Sir. 48:13; 1 Esdr. 6:1; Jer 33:9, Jer 33:11, Jer 33:20; Jer 26:9, Jer 26:11, Jer 26:20; Jer 35:8; (Jer. 24:31>); the Alexandrian translators more common use the forms προεφήτευον, προεφήτευσα, perfect participle προπεφητευκως, Eus. h. e. 5, 17; perfect passive infinitive προπεφητευσθαι, Clement of Alexandria, strom., p. 603; on the forms used by Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. lxxv, edition 3; cf. (WH. Justin Martyr, see Otto's prolegomena to his works, I. i., p. cxxv, edition 3; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 162; Veitch, under the word); Winers Grammar, § 12, 5; (Buttmann, 35 (30f)); cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 268; (Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word)); (προφήτης, which see); the Sept. for נִבָּא and הִתְנַבֵּא; Vulg.propheto (three timesprophetizo); to prophesy, i. e. to be a prophet, speak forth by divine inspiration; to predict (Herodotus, Pindar, Euripides, Plato, Plutarch, others);
a. universally, Mt 7:22.
b. with the idea of foretelling future events pertaining especially to the kingdom of God: Mt 11:13; Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18; Acts 21:9; περί τίνος, Mt 15:7; Mk 7:6; 1 Pet 1:10; ἐπί τίνι, over i. e. concerning one (see ἐπί, B. 2 f. β'., p. 234a), Rev 10:11; εἰς τινα (i. e. Christ), the Epistle of Barnabas 5, 6 [ET]; προφητεύειν followed by λέγων, with the words uttered by the prophet, Jude 1:14; followed by ὅτι, Jn 11:51.
c. to utter forth, declare, a thing which can only be known by divine revelation: Mt 26:68; Mk 14:65; Lk 22:64, cf. 7:39; Jn 4:19.
d. to break forth under sudden impulse in lofty discourse or in praise of the divine counsels: Lk 1:67; Acts 19:6 (1 Sam 10:10, 1 Sam 10:11; 1 Sam 19:20, 1 Sam 19:21, etc.); — or, under the like prompting, to teach, refute, reprove, admonish, comfort others (see προφήτης, II. 1 f.), 1 Cor 11:4, 1 Cor 11:5; 1 Cor 13:9; 1 Cor 14:1, 1 Cor 14:3, 1 Cor 14:4, 1 Cor 14:5, 1 Cor 14:24, 1 Cor 14:31, 1 Cor 14:39.
e. to act as a prophet, discharge the prophetic office: Rev 11:3. (On the word see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)