Dictionary entry

προφητεία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

προφητεία, -ας, ἡ

(< προψητεύω), [in LXX for נְבוּאָה, חָזוֹן;]

the gift (and its exercise) of interpreting the Divine will and purpose, prophecy, prophesying: of OT prophecy, Mt 13:14, II Pe 1:20, 21; of NT prophecy, Ro 12:6, I Co 12:1013:214:6, 22, I Ti 4:14, Re 11:622:19; pl., I Co 13:8, I Th 5:20, I Ti 1:18; οἱ λόγοι τῆς π., Re 1:322:7, 10, 18; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς π., Re 19:10 (Luc., FlJ, LXX, π.; v. Deiss., BS, 235 f.; MM, xxii).†