G4394 — προφητεία (prophēteía)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G4394
Original: προφητεία
Transliteration: prophēteía
Pronunciation: prof-ay-ti'-ah
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: From G4396 προφήτης (prophētēs) — prophet, foreteller
Occurrences: 19 unique verses across 7 books
First Occurrence: Mat 13:14 — "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

From G4396 (prophētēs); prediction (scriptural or other): prophecy, prophesying.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domain¶

Domain: 33.053 — Prophesy (subset of domain 33: Communication)
Other words in subdomain: προφητεύω (G4395), προφητικός (G4397)

UBS Semantic Domains¶

Code	Domain Label	Notes
033	Communication	`search_relationships.py` keeps propheteia in revelation/utterance language, fitting both prophetic speech in the churches and written prophecy in Scripture/Revelation.

Domain Neighbors¶

Strong's	Lemma	Occurrences	Primary KJV
G4395	προφητεύω	27	prophesied, prophesieth
G4397	προφητικός	2	of prophecy, of the prophets

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
prophecy	11	57.9%
prophesying	2	10.5%
of prophecy	1	5.3%
of this prophecy	1	5.3%
prophecies	1	5.3%
prophesyings	1	5.3%
the prophecies	1	5.3%
the prophecy	1	5.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
2 Peter	2	3.3
1 Timothy	2	1.8
Revelation	7	1.7
1 Corinthians	5	1.1
1 Thessalonians	1	1.1
Romans	1	0.2
Matthew	1	0.1

Densest in 2 Peter and 1 Timothy. Revelation accounts for more than a third of all occurrences (7/19); the word is concentrated in the closing chapters (Rev 22 alone: 4 uses). Notably absent from Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Galatians, Hebrews, and the other Pauline letters — those contexts favor the verb (G4395) or the person (G4396) over the noun.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Fulfillment of OT Prophetic Scripture¶

The noun applied retrospectively to Isaiah and other OT prophets — the prophecy of a named author, understood as a body of divinely authorized prediction.

Mat 13:14 — "And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand"

2. Spiritual Gift among Believers (1 Corinthians)¶

Paul's primary use: prophecy as a functional gift of edification distributed in the congregation alongside tongues, knowledge, and discernment. The focus is on the gift's operation and relative priority.

Rom 12:6 — "whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to the proportion of faith"
1 Cor 12:10 — "to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues"
1 Cor 13:2 — "And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries...but have not charity"
1 Cor 14:22 — "prophesying [is a sign] not for them that believe not, but for them which believe"
1 Thess 5:20 — "Despise not prophesyings"

3. Prophetic Words Guiding Ministry¶

Specific utterances delivered over a person as directional or confirming revelation — the word or words themselves, not merely the capacity.

1 Tim 1:18 — "according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare"
1 Tim 4:14 — "the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands"

4. The Foundational Nature of Written Prophecy (2 Peter)¶

Prophecy in its literary-canonical sense — OT scripture as the product of Spirit-moved human authors. Two programmatic statements on hermeneutics and inspiration.

2 Pet 1:20 — "no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation"
2 Pet 1:21 — "the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost"

5. The Book of Revelation as "This Prophecy"¶

Revelation self-designates as a prophecy (1:3) and enforces this identity with four closing uses. The phrase "the prophecy of this book" frames the entire document as a unified predictive work requiring faithful keeping.

Rev 1:3 — "Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy"
Rev 11:6 — "power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy"
Rev 22:7 — "blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book"
Rev 22:18 — "I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
λόγος (logos)	G3056	5x (26%)	"words of this prophecy" — Rev's closing formula
βιβλίον (biblion)	G975	4x (21%)	"book of this prophecy" — Rev's self-designation
γλῶσσα (glōssa)	G1100	4x (21%)	prophecy listed alongside tongues as Spirit gifts
θεός (theos)	G2316	4x (21%)	prophecy sourced in or directed toward God
πνεῦμα (pneuma)	G4151	3x (16%)	"spirit of prophecy" (Rev 19:10); Spirit as source (2 Pet 1:21)
γνῶσις (gnōsis)	G1108	3x (16%)	prophecy alongside knowledge in charismatic gift lists
γράφω (graphō)	G1125	3x (16%)	written prophecy; "it is written" contexts

Word Family / Cognates¶

G4396 προφήτης (prophētēs) — the prophet (person); source noun for G4394; 143 occurrences
G4395 προφητεύω (prophēteúō) — the verb, to prophesy; 27 occurrences
G4397 προφητικός (prophētikós) — prophetic (adjective); 2 occurrences (Rom 16:26; 2 Pet 1:19)

Synonyms¶

No direct synonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G4394.

Antonyms¶

No antonyms were returned by search_relationships.py for G4394.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared KJV Translation	Key Difference
προφητεύω (prophēteúō)	G4395	both rendered "prophesying"	G4395 is the verb (act of prophesying); G4394 is the noun (the message/gift itself)

Hebrew Source¶

Hebrew Source	Strong's	Co-occurrences	PMI Score
נָבִיא (nābîyʼ)	H5030	3	5.33

Low co-occurrence count (3); no dominant Hebrew equivalent for this noun in LXX. The verbal counterpart G4395 and personal noun G4396 have much stronger LXX bridges to H5030 (נָבִיא) and H5012 (נָבָא).