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“prophet” · 315 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: onceExodus: onceLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 2 timesDeuteronomy: 10 timesJoshua: 0 timesJudges: onceRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 12 times2 Samuel: 3 times1 Kings: 50 times2 Kings: 33 times1 Chronicles: 3 times2 Chronicles: 26 timesEzra: onceNehemiah: 5 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: 0 timesPsalms: 3 timesProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 7 timesJeremiah: 95 timesLamentations: 4 timesEzekiel: 17 timesDaniel: 4 timesHosea: 8 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 5 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 3 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 2 timesZephaniah: onceHaggai: 5 timesZechariah: 12 timesMalachi: onceMatthew: 37 timesMark: 6 timesLuke: 29 timesJohn: 14 timesActs: 30 timesRomans: 3 times1 Corinthians: 6 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 3 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: once2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: oncePhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 2 timesJames: once1 Peter: once2 Peter: 2 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 8 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “prophet” 280
  • “among the prophets” 5
  • “as for the prophet” 3
  • “as a prophet” 2
  • “old prophet” 2
  • other ways 23
  • prophētēs, the Greek the New Testament uses for it 144

In the New Testament it continues as prophētēs: Acts 3:22 quotes Deuteronomy 18:15, and puts this word in Greek.

As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis1
Exodus1
Numbers2
Deuteronomy10
Judges1
1 Samuel12
2 Samuel3
1 Kings50
2 Kings33
1 Chronicles3
2 Chronicles26
Ezra1
Nehemiah5
Psalms3
Isaiah7
Jeremiah95
Lamentations4
Ezekiel17
Daniel4
Hosea8
Amos5
Micah3
Habakkuk2
Zephaniah1
Haggai5
Zechariah12
Malachi1
Matthew37
Mark6
Luke29
John14
Acts30
Romans3
1 Corinthians6
Ephesians3
1 Thessalonians1
Titus1
Hebrews2
James1
1 Peter1
2 Peter2
Revelation8

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. prophet280
  2. among the prophets5
  3. as for the prophet3
  4. Not translated: the English carries it without a word2
  5. as a prophet2
  6. him2
  7. old prophet2
  8. prophets of yours2
  9. afterward the prophet1
  10. and1
  11. any prophet1
  12. as prophet1
  13. 13 other ways13

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“prophet” 280

  • Genesis 1

    • 20:7 …man’s wife for he is a prophet he will pray for…

  • Exodus 1

    • 7:1 …brother Aaron will be your prophet

  • Numbers 1

    • 11:29 …all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD…

  • Deuteronomy 8

    • 13:1 …If a prophet or dreamer of dreams…
    • 13:3 …the words of that prophet or dreamer For the…
    • 13:5 …Such a prophet or dreamer must be…
    • 18:15 …raise up for you a prophet like me from among…
    • 18:20 …of other gods that prophet must be put to…
    • 18:22 …When a prophet speaks in the name…
    • 18:22 …LORD has not spoken The prophet has spoken presumptuously Do…
    • 34:10 …Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel…

  • Judges 1

    • 6:8 …He sent them a prophet who told them This…

  • 1 Samuel 8

    • 9:9 …to the seer For the prophet of today was formerly…
    • 10:5 …will meet a group of prophets coming down from the…
    • 10:10 …at Gibeah a group of prophets met him Then the…
    • 10:11 …saw him prophesying with the prophets they asked one another…
    • 19:20 …they saw the group of prophets prophesying with Samuel leading…
    • 22:5 Then the prophet Gad said to David…
    • 28:6 …dreams or Urim or prophets
    • 28:15 …answers me either by prophets or by dreams So…

  • 2 Samuel 3

    • 7:2 …he said to Nathan the prophet Here I am living…
    • 12:25 …sent word through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah…
    • 24:11 …had come to Gad the prophet David’s seer…

  • 1 Kings 42

    • 1:8 …son of Jehoiada Nathan the prophet Shimei Rei and David’s…
    • 1:10 …did not invite Nathan the prophet Benaiah the mighty men…
    • 1:22 …with the king Nathan the prophet arrived…
    • 1:23 …king was told Nathan the prophet is here And Nathan…
    • 1:32 …Zadok the priest Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of…
    • 1:34 …the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him…
    • 1:38 …Zadok the priest Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of…
    • 1:44 …Zadok the priest Nathan the prophet and Benaiah son of…
    • 1:45 …the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king…
    • 11:29 …During that time the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met…
    • 13:11 …Now a certain old prophet was living in Bethel…
    • 13:18 …replied I too am a prophet like you and an…
    • 13:20 …the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him…
    • 13:25 …city where the old prophet lived…
    • 14:2 …to Shiloh For Ahijah the prophet is there it was…
    • 14:18 …through His servant Ahijah the prophet
    • 16:7 …the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani…
    • 16:12 …against Baasha through Jehu the prophet
    • 18:4 …when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD Obadiah…
    • 18:4 …had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them fifty…
    • 18:13 …did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD I…
    • 18:13 …I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD fifty…
    • 18:19 …four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the…
    • 18:19 …and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat…
    • 18:20 …the Israelites and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel…
    • 18:22 …am the only remaining prophet of the LORD but…
    • 18:22 …four hundred and fifty prophets
    • 18:25 …Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal Since you…
    • 18:36 …the evening sacrifice Elijah the prophet approached the altar and…
    • 18:40 …Elijah ordered them Seize the prophets of Baal Do not…
    • 19:1 …he had killed all the prophets with the sword…
    • 19:10 …Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword I…
    • 19:14 …Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword I…
    • 20:13 …Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of…
    • 20:35 …one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion…
    • 20:38 and the prophet went and waited on…
    • 22:6 …king of Israel assembled the prophets about four hundred men…
    • 22:7 …Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here…
    • 22:10 …of Samaria with all the prophets prophesying before them…
    • 22:12 …And all the prophets were prophesying the same…
    • 22:13 …one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the…
    • 22:22 …the mouths of all his prophets You will surely entice…

  • 2 Kings 15

    • 2:3 …Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out…
    • 2:5 …Then the sons of the prophets at Jericho came up…
    • 2:7 …fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at…
    • 2:15 …When the sons of the prophets who were watching him…
    • 3:11 …asked Is there no prophet of the LORD here…
    • 3:13 …each other Go to the prophets of your father and…
    • 4:1 …one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha…
    • 4:38 …land As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his…
    • 4:38 …stew for the sons of the prophets
    • 5:8 …know that there is a prophet in Israel…
    • 5:22 …men from the sons of the prophets have just now come…
    • 6:1 …Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha Please…
    • 6:12 …the king For Elisha the prophet in Israel tells the…
    • 9:1 …Now Elisha the prophet summoned one of the…
    • 9:1 …one of the sons of the prophets and said to him…

And 200 more, on the full page.

“among the prophets” 5

  • 1 Samuel 3

    • 10:11 …Kish Is Saul also among the prophets
    • 10:12 …proverb Is Saul also among the prophets
    • 19:24 …said Is Saul also among the prophets

  • Jeremiah 2

    • 23:13 Among the prophets of Samaria I saw…
    • 23:14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have…
“as for the prophet” 3

  • Jeremiah 3

    • 23:9 As for the prophets My heart is broken…
    • 23:34 As for the prophet or priest or anyone…
    • 28:9 As for the prophet who prophesies peace only…
“as a prophet” 2

  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 3:20 …that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD…

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 1:5 …apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations…
“old prophet” 2

  • 1 Kings 2

    • 13:23 …finished eating and drinking the old prophet who had brought him…
    • 13:29 So the old prophet lifted up the body…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 2
“prophets of yours” 2

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 22:23 …mouths of all these prophets of yours and the LORD has…

  • 2 Chronicles 1

    • 18:22 …the mouths of these prophets of yours and the LORD has…
“him” 2

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 37:13 …son of Hananiah seized him and said You are…

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 14:9 …the LORD who enticed him and I will stretch…
“prophet among you” 1

  • Numbers 1

    • 12:6 …words If there is a prophet among you I the LORD will…
“them a prophet” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 18:18 …I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among…
“if any prophet” 1

  • Deuteronomy 1

    • 18:20 …But if any prophet dares to speak a…
“when the prophet” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 13:26 When the prophet who had brought him…
“as prophet” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 19:16 …meholah to succeed you as prophet
“afterward the prophet” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 20:22 Afterward, the prophet approached the king of…
“one of the prophets” 1

  • 1 Kings 1

    • 20:41 …Israel recognized him as one of the prophets
“and” 1

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 3:13 …prophets of your father and of your mother No…
“would go to the prophet” 1

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 5:3 …If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria…
“if the prophet” 1

  • 2 Kings 1

    • 5:13 …and said My father if the prophet had told you to…
“any prophet” 1

  • Psalms 1

    • 74:9 …There is no longer any prophet And none of us…
“o prophets” 1

  • Isaiah 1

    • 29:10 …has shut your eyes O prophets He has covered your…
“indeed prophets” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 27:18 …If they are indeed prophets and the word of…
“neck” 1

  • Jeremiah 1

    • 28:12 …broken the yoke off his neck the word of the…
“who prophesy” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 13:2 …are now prophesying Tell those who prophesy out of their own…
“princes” 1

  • Ezekiel 1

    • 22:25 …The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is…
“prophecy” 1

  • Daniel 1

    • 9:24 …to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.