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προφήτης prophētēs

“prophet” · 144 times in the New Testament

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  • “prophets” 136
  • “than a prophet” 2
  • “see” 1
  • “prophets of old” 1
  • “prophets were proclaimed” 1
  • other ways 3
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
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. prophets136
  2. than a prophet2
  3. him1
  4. prophets foretold1
  5. prophets of old1
  6. prophets were proclaimed1
  7. see1
  8. some prophets1

Where it occurs

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

“prophets” 136
  • Matthew 35

    • 1:22 …had said through the prophet
    • 2:5 …this is what the prophet has written…
    • 2:15 …had spoken through the prophet Out of Egypt I…
    • 2:17 …was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled…
    • 2:23 …was spoken through the prophets He will be called…
    • 3:3 …spoken of through the prophet Isaiah A voice of…
    • 4:14 …was spoken through the prophet Isaiah…
    • 5:12 …way they persecuted the prophets before you…
    • 5:17 …the Law or the Prophets I have not come…
    • 7:12 …the Law and the Prophets
    • 8:17 …was spoken through the prophet Isaiah He took up…
    • 10:41 …Whoever receives a prophet because he is a…
    • 10:41 …prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s…
    • 10:41 …a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward and whoever receives…
    • 11:13 …For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied…
    • 12:17 …was spoken through the prophet Isaiah…
    • 12:39 …the sign of the prophet Jonah…
    • 13:17 …I tell you many prophets and righteous men longed…
    • 13:35 …was spoken through the prophet I will open My…
    • 13:57 …his own household is a prophet without honor…
    • 14:5 …they regarded John as a prophet
    • 16:14 …or one of the prophets
    • 21:4 …was spoken through the prophet
    • 21:11 …This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee…
    • 21:26 …all regard John as a prophet
    • 21:46 …people regarded Him as a prophet
    • 22:40 …the Law and the Prophets hang on these two…
    • 23:29 …build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments…
    • 23:30 …the blood of the prophets
    • 23:31 …those who murdered the prophets
    • 23:34 …I am sending you prophets and wise men and…
    • 23:37 …Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent…
    • 24:15 …spoken of by the prophet Daniel let the reader…
    • 26:56 …the writings of the prophets would be fulfilled Then…
    • 27:9 …spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled They took…
  • Mark 5

    • 1:2 …written in Isaiah the prophet Behold I will send…
    • 6:4 …his own household is a prophet without honor…
    • 6:15 …Elijah and still others He is a prophet like one of the…
    • 8:28 …others one of the prophets
    • 11:32 …that John truly was a prophet
  • Luke 27

    • 1:70 …spoke through His holy prophets those of ages past…
    • 1:76 …child will be called a prophet of the Most High…
    • 3:4 …the words of Isaiah the prophet A voice of one…
    • 4:17 …the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to…
    • 4:24 …I tell you no prophet is accepted in his…
    • 4:27 …time of Elisha the prophet Yet not one of…
    • 6:23 …their fathers treated the prophets in the same way…
    • 7:16 …glorified God A great prophet has appeared among us…
    • 7:26 …go out to see A prophet Yes I tell you…
    • 7:39 …If this man were a prophet He would know who…
    • 9:8 …still others that a prophet of old had arisen…
    • 9:19 …and still others that a prophet of old has arisen…
    • 10:24 …tell you that many prophets and kings desired to…
    • 11:47 …build tombs for the prophets but it was your…
    • 11:49 …I will send them prophets and apostles some of…
    • 11:50 …blood of all the prophets that has been shed…
    • 13:28 …Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of…
    • 13:33 …is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of…
    • 13:34 …Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those sent…
    • 16:29 …have Moses and the Prophets let your brothers listen…
    • 16:31 …to Moses and the Prophets they will not be…
    • 18:31 …Jerusalem and everything the prophets have written about the…
    • 20:6 …convinced that John was a prophet
    • 24:19 …answered This man was a prophet powerful in speech and…
    • 24:25 …believe all that the prophets have spoken…
    • 24:27 …Moses and all the Prophets He explained to them…
    • 24:44 …Law of Moses the Prophets and the Psalms…
  • John 13

    • 1:21 …not Are you the Prophet He answered No…
    • 1:23 …words of Isaiah the prophet I am a voice…
    • 1:25 …nor Elijah nor the Prophet
    • 4:19 …see that You are a prophet
    • 4:44 …Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in…
    • 6:14 …Truly this is the Prophet who is to come…
    • 6:45 …is written in the Prophets And they will all…
    • 7:40 …This is truly the Prophet
    • 7:52 …will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee…
    • 8:52 …and so did the prophets yet You say that…
    • 8:53 …died as did the prophets Who do You claim…
    • 9:17 …He opened He is a prophet the man replied…
    • 12:38 …word of Isaiah the prophet Lord who has believed…

And 56 more, on the full page.

“than a prophet” 2
  • Matthew 1

    • 11:9 …tell you and more than a prophet
  • Luke 1

    • 7:26 …tell you and more than a prophet
“see” 1
  • Matthew 1

    • 11:9 …did you go out to see A prophet Yes I…
“prophets of old” 1
  • Mark 1

    • 6:15 …like one of the prophets of old
“prophets were proclaimed” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 16:16 …The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John Since that…
“prophets foretold” 1
  • John 1

    • 1:45 …Law the One the prophets foretold Jesus of Nazareth the…
“him” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 3:23 …who does not listen to Him will be completely cut…
“some prophets” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 11:27 …In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem…

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.