Strong’s H5012 · Hebrew

נָבָא
nâbâʼ
naw-baw'

Definition

to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • prophesy(-ing)
  • make self a prophet

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.