Lexical Definition

‎προφήτης‎ prophḗtēs (prof-ay'-tace) prophet ^G:N-M
from a compound of ‎πρό‎ and ‎φημί‎

prophet.

• a foreteller ("prophet")
• by analogy, an inspired speaker
• by extension, a poet

Abbott-Smith

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 10:41 13:57 21:46, 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, 23 7:37 (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).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

προφήτης-ης, ου,

Doric dialect and Boeotian dialect προφάτας [ᾱ], α, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (πρό, φημί):— properly one who speaks for a god and interprets his will to man, Διὸς π. interpreter, expounder of the will of Zeus, of Tiresias, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Βάκχου π., perhaps of Orpheus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [Διονύσου] π., of the Bacchae, [Refs]; Νηρέως π., of Glaucus, [Refs]; especially of the Delphic Apollo, Διὸς π. ἐστὶ Λοξίας πατρός [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the minister and interpreter at Delphi, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; at the Ptoön,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; compare προφῆτις.

__2 title of official keepers of the oracle at Branchidae, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; elsewhere, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2.b in Egyptian temples, member of the highest order of the clergy, priest, π. θεῶν Εὐεργετῶν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 interpreter, expounder of the utterances of the μάντις (which see), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 possessor of oracular powers, of Amphiaraus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Pseudo-Bacis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of Epimenides, [NT]
__5 generally, interpreter, declarer, ἐγὼ π. σοι λόγων γενήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἀτόμων, of the Epicureans, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῶν Πύρρωνος λόγων, of Timon, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; spokesman, [LXX]
__5.b metaphorically, proclaimer, harbinger, κώμου προφάτας, of the wine-bowl, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II herald at the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in LXX, revealer of God's will, prophet, [LXX]
__III.2 in NT, inspired preacher and teacher, organ of special revelations from God, [NT]; and (as comprised in this),
__III.2.b foreteller, prophet of future events, [NT]
__III.3 herbalist, Ps.-[Refs 1st c.AD+]; quack doctor, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Titus.1.12 ☩ LXX.Exod.7.1 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.9.9* ☩ 1Cor.12.28 ☩ Acts.2.30 ☩ 2Pet.3.2}