προφήτης, -ου, ὁ [< πρόφημι, to speak forth),
[in LXX chiefly for נָבִיא;]
one who acts as an interpreter or forth-teller of the Divine will (v. Lft., Notes, 83 f.; Tr., Syn., § vi), a prophet;
1. in cl. (Æsch., Hdt., Plat., al.), of the interpreters of oracles.
2. In NT,
(a) of the OT prophets: Mt 5:12, Mk 6:15, Lk 4:27, Jo 8:52, Ro 11:3, al.;
(b) of prophets in general: Mt 10:4113:5721:46, Mk 6:4, Lk 13:33, al.;
(c) of John the Baptist: Mt 21:26, Mk 6:15, Lk 1:76;
(d) of Christ: Mt 21:11, Jo 6:14, Ac 3:22, 237:37 (LXX);
(e) of Christian prophets in the apostolic age: Ac 15:32, I Co 12:28, Eph 2:20, al.;
(f) by meton., of the writings of prophets: Lk 24:27, Ac 8:28, al.;
(g) of a poet: Tit 1:12 (on the use of the term in π. and Inscr., v. Deiss., BS, 235 f.; MM, xxii).