נָבִיא
nābîʾ
spokesman
Strong's H5030NounHebrewTWOT 1277aLeadership

נָבִיא (nābîʾ) is a Hebrew noun meaning spokesman. It appears 317 times in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5030).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1277a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1277a)spokesman, speaker, prophet; false prophets; heathen prophets; inspired man; prophecy, that prophesy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

נָבִיא noun, masculine: spokesman, speaker, prophet

Strong's H5030 נָבִיא: a prophet or (generally) inspired man
KJV:prophecy, that prophesy, prophet.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1277: נָבָא nābāʾ — prophesy; heathen prophets; speak, by inspiration; prophesying, make self a prophet

See it in Scripture

Genesis 20:7Numbers 11:29Deuteronomy 18:15

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