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Strong's #5030 - נָבִיא

Transliteration
nâbîyʼ
Phonetics
naw-bee'
Origin
from (H5012)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
1277a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) spokesman, speaker, prophet

1a) prophet

1b) false prophet

1c) heathen prophet

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 5578 ‑ ψευδοπροφήτης (psyoo‑dop‑rof‑ay'‑tace);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (314)
Genesis 1
Exodus 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
Judges 1
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 50
2 Kings 33
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 26
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 95
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 4
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 5
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
NAS (314)
Genesis 1
Exodus 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
Judges 1
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 50
2 Kings 33
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 26
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 2
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 95
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 5
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
HCS (313)
Genesis 1
Exodus 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
Judges 1
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 50
2 Kings 32
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 26
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 2
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 95
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 5
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
BSB (316)
Genesis 1
Exodus 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
Judges 1
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 50
2 Kings 33
1 Chronicles 4
2 Chronicles 26
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 3
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 95
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 5
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
ESV (305)
Genesis 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 48
2 Kings 33
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 25
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 2
Isaiah 5
Jeremiah 94
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 4
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
WEB (313)
Genesis 1
Exodus 1
Numbers 2
Deuteronomy 10
1 Samuel 12
2 Samuel 3
1 Kings 50
2 Kings 33
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 26
Ezra 1
Nehemiah 5
Psalms 2
Isaiah 7
Jeremiah 95
Lamentations 4
Ezekiel 17
Daniel 4
Hosea 8
Amos 5
Micah 3
Habakkuk 2
Zephaniah 1
Haggai 5
Zechariah 12
Malachi 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1301) bn (נב NB) AC: Flourish CO: Fruit AB: Prophecy: The pictograph n is a picture of a seed, the b is a picture of a tent or house representing what is inside. Combined these mean "seed inside". A fruit hides the seeds inside it.

B) bbn (נבב NBB) AC: Hollow CO: ? AB: ?: The inside of a box for holding something or is empty.

V) bbn (נבב NBB) - Hollow: To hollow out. KJV (4): (vf: Paal, Participle) hollow, vain - Strongs: H5014 (נָבַב)

E) abn (נבא NBA) AC: ? CO: Prophet AB: Prophecy: A fruit produced from the inside of man. A knowledge of something that is not known by the five senses.

V) abn (נבא NBA) - Prophecy: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (116): (vf: Niphal, Hitpael) prophecy, prophet - Strongs: H5012 (נָבָא), H5013 (נְבָא)

bm) aibn (נביא NBYA) - Prophet: One who brings forth the inner fruit. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (320): prophet, prophecy - Strongs: H5029 (נְבִיא), H5030 (נָבִיא)

bf1) eaibn (נביאה NBYAH) - Prophetess: KJV (6): prophetess - Strongs: H5031 (נְבִיאָה)

df1) eafbn (נבואה NBWAH) - Prophecy: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (4): prophecy - Strongs: H5016 (נְבוּאָה), H5017 (נְבוּאָה)

J) bfn (נוב NWB) AC: Flourish CO: Fruit AB: ?

V) bfn (נוב NWB) - Flourish: KJV (4): (vf: Paal) bring forth, increase, cheerful - Strongs: H5107 (נוּב)

Nm) bfn (נוב NWB) - Fruit: [df: byn] KJV (2): fruit - Strongs: H5108 (נוֹב)

if1 ) ebfnt (תנובה TNWBH) - Fruit: KJV (5): fruit, increase - Strongs: H8570 (תְּנוּבָה)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 נָבִיא306 noun masculine spokesman, speaker, prophet׳נ Genesis 20:7 155t.; suffix נְבִיאֶ֑ךָ Exodus 7:1; plural נְבִיאִים Numbers 11:29 82t.; נְנִאִים Jeremiah 27:18 16t.; suffix נְבִיאַי Psalm 105:15; נְבִיָאו 1 Kings 22:22; נְבִיאָו֯ 2 Kings 17:13, etc.; —

1 genuine prophet of ׳י, נביא, anciently called רֹאֶה, 1 Samuel 9:9 (antiquarian note); change probably occurred in times of Elijah and is first reflected in Ehpraimitic source literally as applied to Abraham Genesis 20:7; Moses Deuteronomy 34:10, M. and other early prophets. Hosea 6:5; Hosea 12:11 (twice in verse); Hosea 12:14 (twice in verse); Amos 2:11,12; of prophets in ecstatic state Numbers 12:6 (E), Numbers 11:24 (JE). So in Judaic literature, of prophet like Moses Deuteronomy 18:15,18 (D), of Aaron (as mouthpiece of Moses) Exodus 7:1 (P), of Samuel 1 Samuel 3:20, an unknown Judges 6:8; in time of Samuel prophets were organized in bands: חֶבֶל נביאים 1 Samuel 10:5,10:10; ׳להקת הנ 1 Samuel 19:20; and in time of Elijah were בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים = members of prophets' guilds 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3,5,7,15; 2 Kings 4:1,38 (twice in verse); נָבִיא of Genuine prophets (besides phrases), in Judaic prophets, only Jeremiah , Jeremiah 1:5; Ezekiel , Ezekiel 2:5 = Ezekiel 33:33; of ancient prophets Jeremiah 28:8,9 (3t. in verse); Zechariah 1:6; Zechariah 8:9; especially הנביאיםהראשׁנים Zechariah 1:4; Zechariah 7:7,12, compare הנביאיםעבדי(וׅ my ( his) servants the prophets 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13,23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2 (all R D) Ezra 9:11; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 25:4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Amos 3:7; Zechariah 1:6, compare Ezekiel 38:17; Daniel 9:6; ׳עבדוֺ הַנּ his servant the prophet 1 Kings 14:18; 2 Kings 14:25; הַנָּבִיא with proper name: Jerome, 2 Chronicles 36:12; Daniel 9:2 31t. Jeremiah (but ᵐ5 only 4t., the rest probably redactional, see Gie Jer. xxvii); Elijah 1 Kings 18:36 (om ᵐ5), 2 Chronicles 21:12; Malachi 3:23; Nathan 2 Samuel 7:2 10t. Samuel and Kings; 4t. Chronicles; Psalm 51:2 (title); Isaiah , 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 20:1,14 = Isaiah 37:2; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1; 2 Kings 20:11; 2 Chronicles 26:22; 32:20,32; Habakkuk Habakkuk 1:1; Habakkuk 3:1 (titles); Haggai , Haggai 1:1,3,12; Haggai 2:1,10; Zechariah , Zechariah 1:1,7 (titles); elsewhere several others in Samuel, Kings and Chronicles 15t.; נביא is used elsewhere of Genuine prophecy only 1 Samuel 9:9 34t. Samuel and Kings; 1 Chronicles 16:22 = Psalm 105:15, + 13t. Chronicles; Psalm 74:9 complains of absence of ׳נ; לַחְתֹּם חָזוֺן וְנָבִיא Daniel 9:24 see חתם

2 false prophets: prophets as official class, beside priests, character as false prophets: Isaiah 28:7; Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:1,10; Jeremiah 13:13; Jeremiah 14:18; Jeremiah 18:18; Jeremiah 23:11,33,34; Jeremiah 26:7,8,11,16; Jeremiah 32:32; Zechariah 7:3, app. also 2 Kings 23:2; Nehemiah 9:32; Lamentations 2:20; Jeremiah 29:1; Ezekiel 7:26 (in these not characterized); always false (except of ancient and special prophets given above) in Amos 7:14; Hosea 4:5; Hosea 9:7,8; Micah 3:5,6,11; Isaiah 3:2; Isaiah 9:14; Isaiah 29:10; Jeremiah 2:8,30; Jeremiah 5:13,31; Jeremiah 14:13,14,15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 23:9 16t. Jeremiah 27:9,14,15,16,18; Jeremiah 29:8,15; Jeremiah 37:19; Ezekiel 13:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 13:3,4,9,16; Ezekiel 14:4,7,9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 14:10; Ezekiel 22:25,28; Zephaniah 3:4; Lamentations 2:9,14; Lamentations 4:13; especially discredited Deuteronomy 13:2; Deuteronomy 13:4; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 18:20 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 18:22 (twice in verse); Zechariah 13:2,4,5; such a prophet Hananiah called הַנָּבִיא Jeremiah 28:1,5,10,12,15,17 ( ᵐ5 omits in all but Jeremiah 28:1, where ψευδοπροφήτης). Usage of prophets themselves gives such a bad flavour to נביא, that we are not surprised that it is absent from exilic Isaiah , the Wisdom Literature, and Psalm (except for special reasons in 3Psalm given under 1).

3 heathen prophets 1 Kings 18:20; 1 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 3:13 (twice in verse); נביאיהאשׁדה 1 Kings 18:19; נביאי הבעל 1 Kings 18:19,22,25,40; 2 Kings 10:19; 1 Kings 22:6,10,12,13,22,23 2 Chronicles 18:5; 18:9; 18:11; 18:12; 18:21; 18:22.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נָבִיא m. Arab. نَبِىُّ for نَبِيىءُ Syr. ܢܒܺܝܐܳ a prophet, who as actuated by a divine afflatus, or spirit, either rebuked the conduct of kings and nations, or predicted future events (see the root נָבָא ) Deuteronomy 13:2; Judges 6:8; 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Kings 22:7; 2 Kings 3:11; 2 Chronicles 28:9. With the idea of a prophet there was this necessarily attached, that he spoke not his own words, but those which he had divinely received (see Philo, t. iv. p. 116, ed. Pfeifferi, προφήτης γὰρ ἴδιον μὲν οὐδὲν ἀποφθέγγεται, ἀλλότρια δὲ πάντα ὑπηχοῦντος ἑτέρου· 2 Peter 1:20, 21 ), and that he was the messenger of God, and the declarer of his will; this is clear from a passage of peculiar authority in this matter, Exodus 7:1, where God says to Moses, נְתַתִּיךָ אֱלֹהִים לְפַרְעֹה וְאַהֲרוֹן אָחִיךָ יִהְיֶה נְבִיאֶךָ “I have constituted thee as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet,” i.e. in intercourse with Pharaoh, thou, as being the wiser [and the one with whom God communicated directly], shalt act as it were the part of God, and suggest words to thy brother; and thy brother, who is more fluent of speech, shall declare as a prophet what he receives from thee. In the same sense there is said, Exodus 4:16, הוּא יִהְיֶה לְךָ לְפֶה “he shall be to thee for a mouth,” compare Jeremiah 15:19 Sing. collect. appears to be used of prophets, [such an allegation would contradict the New Test., Christ our prophet is here spoken of], Deuteronomy 18:15, 18 Deuteronomy 18:18 (compare עֶבֶד יְיָ) see, however, Acts 3:22, 7:37, where those words are referred to Christ [and this ought to have hindered Gesenius from daring to apply them differently]. Those who were brought up for the prophetic office [rather, those who were taught by the prophets], are called בְּנֵי הַנְּבִאִים sons, i.e. disciples of the prophets, 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:5, 2 Kings 2:7, 15 2 Kings 2:15, 4:1, 38 2 Kings 4:38, 5:22 6:1 9:1 compare Pers. sons, i.e. disciples of the Magi.-Farther, there were also among the people of Israel false prophets, who pretending to be divinely inspired, pleased the ears of the people with soft words, and were therefore severely rebuked by the true prophets (see -Isa. 28:713 ; Jeremiah 14:13, seq. 27:9, seq. 28:10, seq.), and also there were soothsayers who prophesied in the name of Baal and Ashtaroth; נְבִיאֵי חַבַּעַל 1 Kings 18:19, 40 1 Kings 18:40; 2 Kings 10:19 and נְבִיאֵי הָאֲשֵׁרָה 1 Kings 18:19, even these are called נָבִיא simply Hosea 4:5, 9:7,, compare Isaiah 3:2. The idea of a prophet is sometimes more widely extended, and is applied to any one admitted to familiar intercourse with God, to whom God made known his will, e.g. Genesis 20:7 to the patriarchs, Psalms 105:15.


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List of Word Forms
בִּנְבִאָ֑יו בִנְבִיאָ֖יו בַּנְּבִאִֽים׃ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים בַּנְּבִיאִֽים׃ בַּנְּבִיאִֽם׃ בנבאיו בנבאים׃ בנביאיו בנביאים בנביאים׃ בנביאם׃ הַ֠נְּבִיאִים הַ֨נְּבִאִ֔ים הַ֨נְּבִיאִ֔ים הַֽנִּבְּאִ֛ים הַנְּבִאִ֔ים הַנְּבִאִ֖ים הַנְּבִאִ֗ים הַנְּבִאִ֛ים הַנְּבִאִ֜ים הַנְּבִאִ֞ים הַנְּבִאִ֣ים ׀ הַנְּבִאִים֙ הַנְּבִאִים֮ הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים הַנְּבִיאִ֔ים הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים הַנְּבִיאִ֖ם הַנְּבִיאִ֗ים הַנְּבִיאִ֛ים הַנְּבִיאִ֞ים הַנְּבִיאִ֣ים הַנְּבִיאִ֤ים הַנְּבִיאִ֥ים הַנְּבִיאִ֨ים הַנְּבִיאִֽים׃ הַנְּבִיאִים֙ הַנְּבִיאִים֮ הַנְּבִיאִם֙ הַנָּבִ֑יא הַנָּבִ֔יא הַנָּבִ֕יא הַנָּבִ֖יא הַנָּבִ֗יא הַנָּבִ֛יא הַנָּבִ֜יא הַנָּבִ֞יא הַנָּבִ֡יא הַנָּבִ֣יא הַנָּבִ֤יא הַנָּבִ֥יא הַנָּבִ֨יא הַנָּבִֽיא׃ הַנָּבִיא֒ הַנָּבִיא֙ הַנָּבִיא֮ הנבאים הנביא הנביא׃ הנביאים הנביאים׃ הנביאם וְ֝לִנְבִיאַי וְהַ֨נְּבִאִ֔ים וְהַנְּבִאִ֖ים וְהַנְּבִאִ֛ים וְהַנְּבִאִים֙ וְהַנְּבִיאִ֔ים וְהַנְּבִיאִ֖ים וְהַנְּבִיאִים֙ וְהַנָּבִ֣יא וְהַנָּבִ֤יא וְלִנְבִיאֵ֥נוּ וְנָבִ֔יא וְנָבִ֖יא וְנָבִ֤יא וְנָבִ֥יא וְנָבִֽיא׃ וְנָבִיא֩ וּבְנָבִ֕יא וּבְנָבִ֖יא וּבִנְבִאֵ֨י וּבִנְבִיאֵ֥י וּבִנְבִיאַ֖י וּמִנָּבִיא֙ וּנְבִֽיאֵיהֶ֑ם וּנְבִיאֵ֖י וּנְבִיאֵ֣י וּנְבִיאֵ֤י וּנְבִיאֵיהֶֽם׃ וּנְבִיאֶ֖יהָ וּנְבִיאֶ֗יהָ ובנבאי ובנביא ובנביאי והנבאים והנביא והנביאים ולנביאי ולנביאנו ומנביא ונביא ונביא׃ ונביאי ונביאיה ונביאיהם ונביאיהם׃ לְנָבִ֖יא לִנְבִיאִ֔ים לִנְבִיאֵ֣י לַנְּבִאִ֞ים לַנָּבִ֖יא לַנָּבִיא֙ לנבאים לנביא לנביאי לנביאים מִנְּבִיאֵ֨י מִנָּבִ֑יא מִנָּבִ֔יא מִנָּבִיא֙ מֵֽהַנְּבִאִ֖ים מהנבאים מנביא מנביאי נְבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֖ם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֗ם נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֥ם נְבִאִ֔ים נְבִאִ֖ים נְבִאִ֗ים נְבִאִ֣ים נְבִיאִ֔ים נְבִיאִ֡ים נְבִיאִים֙ נְבִיאֵ֖י נְבִיאֵ֣י נְבִיאֵ֥י נְבִיאֵ֨י נְבִיאֵיכֶ֜ם נְבִיאֶ֔יהָ נְבִיאֶ֕יהָ נְבִיאֶ֖יךָ נְבִיאֶ֙יהָ֙ נְבִיאֶ֣יךָ נְבִיאֶ֥יךָ נְבִיאֶֽךָ׃ נְבִיאַ֗יִךְ נְבִיאָ֑יו נְבִיאָֽיו׃ נָבִ֑יא נָבִ֔יא נָבִ֖יא נָבִ֛יא נָבִ֞יא נָבִ֣יא נָבִ֥יא נָבִ֧יא נָבִ֨יא נָבִיא֙ נָבִיא֮ נבאים נביא נביאי נביאיה נביאיו נביאיו׃ נביאיך נביאיכם נביאים נביאך׃ נביאכם ban·nə·ḇi·’îm ban·nə·ḇî·’im ban·nə·ḇî·’îm bannəḇi’îm bannəḇî’im bannəḇî’îm banneviIm bin·ḇi·’āw ḇin·ḇî·’āw binḇi’āw ḇinḇî’āw binviAv han·nā·ḇî han·nə·ḇi·’îm han·nə·ḇî·’im han·nə·ḇî·’îm han·nib·bə·’îm hannāḇî hannaVi hannəḇi’îm hannəḇî’im hannəḇî’îm hanneviIm hannibbə’îm hannibbeIm lan·nā·ḇî lan·nə·ḇi·’îm lannāḇî lannaVi lannəḇi’îm lanneviIm lə·nā·ḇî lənāḇî lenaVi lin·ḇî·’ê lin·ḇî·’îm linḇî’ê linḇî’îm linviEi linviIm mê·han·nə·ḇi·’îm mêhannəḇi’îm mehanneviIm min·nā·ḇî min·nə·ḇî·’ê minnāḇî minnaVi minnəḇî’ê minneviEi nā·ḇî nāḇî naVi nə·ḇî·’ă·ḵem nə·ḇî·’a·yiḵ nə·ḇî·’āw nə·ḇî·’ê nə·ḇî·’e·hā nə·ḇî·’e·ḵā nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem nə·ḇi·’îm nə·ḇî·’îm nəḇî’ăḵem nəḇî’āw nəḇî’ayiḵ nəḇî’ê nəḇî’ehā nəḇî’eḵā nəḇî’êḵem nəḇi’îm nəḇî’îm neViaChem neviAv neviAyich neviEcha neviEi neviEicha nevieiChem neviEiha neviIm ū·ḇə·nā·ḇî ū·ḇin·ḇî·’ay ū·ḇin·ḇi·’ê ū·ḇin·ḇî·’ê ū·min·nā·ḇî ū·nə·ḇî·’ê ū·nə·ḇî·’e·hā ū·nə·ḇî·’ê·hem ūḇənāḇî ūḇinḇî’ay ūḇinḇi’ê ūḇinḇî’ê ūminnāḇî uminnaVi ūnəḇî’ê ūnəḇî’ehā ūnəḇî’êhem uneviEi uneviEiha unevieiHem uvenaVi uvinviAi uvinviEi vehannaVi vehanneviIm Velinviai velinviEnu venaVi vinviAv wə·han·nā·ḇî wə·han·nə·ḇi·’îm wə·han·nə·ḇî·’îm wə·lin·ḇî·’ay wə·lin·ḇî·’ê·nū wə·nā·ḇî wəhannāḇî wəhannəḇi’îm wəhannəḇî’îm wəlinḇî’ay wəlinḇî’ênū wənāḇî
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