The word in Scripture

Prophet in the Bible

The word prophet appears 243 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A prophet speaks God's word to the people. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What prophet means in the Bible

A prophet speaks God's word to the people.

Where the word prophet appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word prophet appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.”Psalms 74:9

“The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,”Isaiah 3:2

“That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”Matthew 8:17

“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.”Matthew 11:9

“But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.”Luke 7:26

“Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.”Luke 13:33

“He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.”John 1:23

“They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.”John 9:17