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נָבִיא H5030

nâbîyʼ

naw-bee'

from נָבָא; a prophet or (generally) inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

נָבִיא 306 n.m. spokesman, speaker, prophet
1 genuine prophet of י׳
2 false prophets
3 heathen prophets

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.

288 occurrences

Shown in the King James Version (KJV), whichever translation you read in — it is the text these numbers are tagged against.

  • Jeremiah 51:59
    The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince.
  • Lamentations 2:9
    Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
  • Lamentations 2:14
    Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
  • Lamentations 2:20
    Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
  • Lamentations 4:13
    For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
  • Ezekiel 2:5
    And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear,(for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them.
  • Ezekiel 7:26
    Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
  • Ezekiel 13:2
    Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
  • Ezekiel 13:3
    Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
  • Ezekiel 13:4
    O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts.