προφήτης
προφήτ-ης,
ου, Dor. and Boeot.
προφάτας [
ᾱ], α,
Pi. (v. infr.),
Corinn. Supp. 2.68 :
ὁ·(
πρό, φημί):— prop.
A). one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man,
Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias,
Pi. N. 1.60 ;
Βάκχου π., perh. of Orpheus,
E. Rh. 972 ;[
Διονύσου] π., of the Bacchae,
Id. Ba. 551 (lyr.);
Νηρέως π., of Glaucus,
Id. Or. 364 ; esp. of the Delphic Apollo,
Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός A. Eu. 19 ; of the
minister and
interpreter at Delphi,
Hdt. 8.36 ,
37 ; at the Ptoön, ib.
135 ,
IG 7.4135.13 (ii B.C.); cf.
προφῆτις.
2). title of official keepers of the oracle at Branchidae, CIG 2884 , al., Supp.Epigr. 1.426 (Milet., i A.D.); elsewhere, IG 14.961 , 1032 , 1084 , 2433 (Massilia), 9(2).1109.22 (Coropa, ii/i B.C.), etc.
b). in Egyptian temples, member of the highest order of the clergy, priest, π. θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν PTeb. 6.3 (ii B.C.), cf. OGI 56.59 (Canopus, iii B.C.), etc.
II). herald at the games,
B. 9.28 (pl.).
III). in
LXX ,
revealer of God's will, prophet,
1 Ki. 9.9 ,al.:— hence,
2). in
NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God,
1 Ep.Cor. 12.28 ,
14.32 ; and (as comprised in this),
b). foreteller, prophet of future events, Act.Ap. 2.30 ,
3.18 ,
21 ,
2 Ep.Pet. 3.2 .
3). herbalist, Ps.- Dsc. 1.10 , al.; quack doctor, Gal. 16.761 .
ShortDef
one who speaks for a God and interprets his will
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
προφήτης
Headword (normalized/stripped):
προφητης
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-90673
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">προφήτ-ης</span>, <span class="itype greek">ου</span>, Dor. and Boeot. <span class="orth greek">προφάτας</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ᾱ], α</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> (v. infr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Corinn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 2.68 </span>: <span class="foreign greek">ὁ·</span>(<span class="etym greek">πρό, φημί</span>):— prop. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one who speaks for a god and interprets his will</span> to man, <span class="foreign greek">Διὸς π.</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">interpreter, expounder of the will</span> of Zeus, of Tiresias, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 1.60 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Βάκχου π.</span>, perh. of Orpheus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:972" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg019.perseus-grc1:972/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 972 </a>;[<span class="foreign greek">Διονύσου] π.</span>, of the Bacchae, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:551" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:551/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 551 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">Νηρέως π.</span>, of Glaucus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:364" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:364/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 364 </a>; esp. of the Delphic Apollo, <span class="quote greek">Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 19 </a> ; of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">minister</span> and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">interpreter</span> at Delphi, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.36 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:37/canonical-url/"> 37 </a>; at the Ptoön, ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:135" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:135/canonical-url/"> 135 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 7.4135.13 </span> (ii B.C.); cf. <span class="foreign greek">προφῆτις</span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> title of official <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">keepers of the oracle</span> at Branchidae, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CIG</span> 2884 </span>, al., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.Epigr.</span> 1.426 </span> (Milet., i A.D.); elsewhere, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.961 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1032 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1084 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 2433 </span> (Massilia), <span class="bibl"> 9(2).1109.22 </span> (Coropa, ii/i B.C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> in Egyptian temples, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">member of the highest order of the clergy, priest</span>, <span class="quote greek">π. θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PTeb.</span> 6.3 </span> (ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 56.59 </span> (Canopus, iii B.C.), etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">interpreter, expounder</span> of the utterances of the <span class="foreign greek">μάντις</span> (q.v.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:72a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:72a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 72a </a>: hence, of Poets, <span class="quote greek">Πιερίδων π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:6:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:6.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pae.</span> 6.6 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Μουσᾶν π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:8:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:8.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 8.3 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:262d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:262d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 262d </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">possessor of oracular powers</span>, of Amphiaraus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:611" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:611/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 611 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:409" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:409/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 409 </a> (lyr.); of Pseudo-Bacis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:972" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:972/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 972 </a>; of Epimenides, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg017.perseus-grc1:1.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Tit.</span> 1.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">interpreter, declarer</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐγὼ π. σοι λόγων γενήσομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 211 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. ἀτόμων</span>, of the Epicureans, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:187b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.187b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 5.187b </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τῶν Πύρρωνος λόγων</span>, of Timon, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 1.53 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spokesman</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg002:7.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ex.</span> 7.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">proclaimer, harbinger</span>, <span class="foreign greek">κώμου προφάτας</span>, of the wine-bowl, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg003.perseus-grc1:9.50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">N.</span> 9.50 </a>; <span class="quote greek">δείπνου π. λιμός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:217:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0410.tlg001:217.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiph.</span> 217.23 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φθόης π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:184:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0497.tlg001:184.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.Com.</span> 184.4 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τέττιξ .. θέρεος γλυκὺς π.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Anacreont.</span> 32.11 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herald</span> at the games, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:9.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 9.28 </a>(pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">revealer of God\'s will, prophet</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:9:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg011:9.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ki.</span> 9.9 </a>,al.:— hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:12.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">1 Ep.Cor.</span> 12.28 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg007.perseus-grc1:14.32/canonical-url/"> 14.32 </a>; and (as comprised in this), </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foreteller, prophet of future events,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Act.Ap.</span> 2.30 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 3.18 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 21 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc1:3:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg022.perseus-grc1:3.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Pet.</span> 3.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herbalist</span>, Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.10 </span>, al.; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quack doctor</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 16.761 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}