προφῆτις

prophetis

a prophetess

feminine of προφήτης; a female foreteller or an inspired woman:--prophetess.

G4398

Luke 2:36 · Word #4

Lexicon G4398

Lemmaπροφῆτις
Transliterationprophētis
Strong'sG4398
In-contexta prophetess
Literalprophetess

Morphology N NOM F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaπροφῆτις
Strong'sG4398

SIBI-P1 G4398-02

a female before-speaker

Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NFS = noun, nominative case, feminine gender, singular number. The form is the feminine counterpart of προφήτης and functions as a subject or predicate nominative in the clause.
Rendering RationaleThe term derives from πρό (before) and φημί (to speak), denoting one who speaks forth or before others, especially on behalf of a deity. Rendering it as "female before-speaker" preserves both the root idea of speaking forth and the explicitly feminine, nominative singular form indicated by the morphology.

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Words from Root προφῆτις (female prophet, inspired spokeswoman, foreteller, one who speaks forth before)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G4398-01 prophetin a female before-speaker

Word Usage (2 occurrences of G4398)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Luke 2:36 προφῆτις prophetis a prophetess
Revelation 2:20 προφῆτιν prophetin