προφήτης — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

dial.προφᾱ́τᾱςᾱmφημί one who speaks on behalf of a godin order to communicate his will to mortalsinterpreter, spokesmanw.gen.of Zeus, ref. to Apollo at Delphi, to the seer TeiresiasA. Pi.of Bacchus, ref. to a subterranean man-god, i.e. RhesosE.of Nereus, ref. to the sea god GlaukosE.of Dionysus, ref. to the leader of his worshippersE.of oracles, ref. to a seer; of an oracular shrine, ref. to a local demigodPi.fr. Corinn.ref. to the priest of an oracular godHdt. one who interprets or predicts divine willseer, prophetsts. w.gen.of the godsA. Pl.w.gen.of future eventsPl.one who proclaims the will of Godprophetref. to Old Testament figures such as Moses or Isaiah; also to John the Baptist, Jesus, and othersNT. one who interprets the words of a seerinterpreterPl.w.gen.of a seer's wordsAr. spokesmanw.gen.of the Muses, ref. to a poetPi.fr. B. Pl.pl., ref. to cicadasPl.w.gen.of judges in athletic contests, ref. to a herald who proclaims the victorB. gener., ref. to a personinterpreterof events, for a blind manE.spokesmanfor othersPl. fig.perh.prompterw.gen.of a revel, ref. to a wine-bowl, as helping the revellers to give voicePi.signifierw.gen.of goodwill, ref. to applauseMen.

ShortDef

one who speaks for a God and interprets his will

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προφήτης

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προφητης

Intro Text:

προ-φήτηςουIon.εω

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35270

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-35271

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