נָבִיא
nâbîyʼ · naw-bee'
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5012 (נָבָא);
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › the house, what is within › the hand that works › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing of the house, what is within of the hand that works of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָבִיא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
315 occurrences · 315 OT · 0 NT · 131 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the prophet81 · 36%
- the prophets26 · 12%
- of the prophets21 · 9%
- and the prophet11 · 5%
- prophets11 · 5%
- and the prophets10 · 5%
- of the prophet7 · 3%
- thy prophets6 · 3%
- a prophet4 · 2%
- and all the prophets4 · 2%
- and to the prophets4 · 2%
- prophet4 · 2%
- also among the prophets3 · 1%
- of prophets3 · 1%
- but the prophet3 · 1%
- is there not here a prophet3 · 1%
- to the prophet3 · 1%
- concerning the prophets3 · 1%
- his prophets3 · 1%
- and their prophets2 · 1%
- then the prophet2 · 1%
- and do my prophets2 · 1%
- of all his prophets2 · 1%
- all the prophets2 · 1%
- came unto the prophet2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.