προφητ-εύω,
Doric dialect προφᾱτ- [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 150 and Inscrr.(see. below):] Refs 5th c.BC+] —in imperfect and aorist 1 the augment is sometimes placed after the preposition, προ-εφήτευον, -εφήτευσα[[, as LXX.1Ki.22.12 (variant), NT.Act.19.6 (variant), LXX.Sir.46.20 (but ἐπροφήτευσανLXX.Num.11.25, +others)] LXX+NT]:— to be a προφήτης or interpreter of the gods, μαντεύεο, Μοῖσα, προφατεύσω δ᾽ ἐγώ [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus [same place] ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς προφητεύει θεο; who is his interpreter? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 413; οἱ προφητεύοντες τοῦ ἱροῦ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.111; ἡψυχὴ τὰ θεῖα καταλαβομένη τοῖς τε ἀνθρώποις προφητεύουσα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 391a16; οὗ [μαντείου] προειστήκει προφητεύων 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.33, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.412b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις σοι προφητεύσει τάδε will be thy intermediary in asking this, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 369 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ μανία.. προφητεύσασα with oracular power, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 244d:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, τὰ προφητευθέντα [[Scholia 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.9. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II expound, interpret, preach, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, [[NT.Luke.1.67, NT.John.11.51, NT.Act.2.17, 19.6, NT.1Cor.11.4, 13.9, +others: also δημιουργῶν χεῖρες π. τὰ ποιήματα 4th c.AD: Callistratus Sophista “Statuarum descriptiones” 2. ] NT+4th c.AD+]
__III hold office of προφήτης, Θεοδώρου προφᾱτεύοντος [[ “IG” 7.4155 (Ptoön), compare 12(1).833.6 (from Lindus), “PGnom.” 211 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]