προφήτης

προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [πρόφημι, to speak forth),

[in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא ;]

one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (see Lft., Notes, 83f.; Tr., Syn., §vi), a prophet;

1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles.

2. In NT,

(a) of the OT prophets: Matt 5,12, Mark 6,15, Luk 4,27, Joh 8,52, Rom 11,3, al.;

(b) of prophets in general: Matt 10,41; 13,57; 21,46, Mark 6,4, Luk 13,33, al.;

(with) of John the Baptist: Matt 21,26, Mark 6,15, Luk 1,76;

(d) of Christ: Matt 21,11, Joh 6,14, ApG 3,22, 23; 7,37" (LXX) ;

(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: ApG 15,32, 1 Kor 12,28, Ef 2,20, al.;

(f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Luk 24,27, ApG 8,28, al.;

(g) of a poet: Tit 1,12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., see Deiss., BS, 235f.; MM, xxii).