H5016 - נְבוּאָה (nᵉbûwʼâh)

H5016 נְבוּאָה (nᵉbûwʼâh) neb-oo-aw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

prophecy

Strong's Definition

a prediction (spoken or written)

Derivation: from H5012 (נָבָא);

KJV Usage: prophecy.

TWOT Reference: 1277b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) prophecy

1a) prophecy

1a1) specific and genuine

1a2) false

1b) prophetic writing

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G4394

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) prophecy 1a) prophecy 1a1) specific and genuine 1a2) false 1b) prophetic writing Aramaic equivalent: ne.vu.ah (נְבוּאָה "prophesying" H5017)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נְבוּאָה nebûâh BDB Definition: 1) prophecy 1a) prophecy 1a1) specific and genuine 1a2) false 1b) prophetic writing Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5012 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1277b Total KJV Occurrences: 3

Bible Occurrences (3)

9:29 15:8

6:12

2 Chronicles 9:29

As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, [are] they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?

2 Chronicles 15:8

When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of [Azariah son of] Oded the prophet, he took courage and removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD that was in front of the portico of the LORD’s {temple}.

Nehemiah 6:12

I realized... that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered [this] prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.