Nᵉbûwʼâh — H5016

Definition

feminine noun

a prediction (spoken or written)

1. prophecy
1. prophecy
1. specific and genuine
2. false
2. prophetic writing

Usually translated as

prophecy

Origin

from H5012

• Derived from Nâbâʼ (H5012)

Greek equivalents

• prophēteía (G4394)

Occurrences

Nᵉbûwʼâh occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1)

• 2 Chronicles 9:29 — Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy (נְבוּאַ֞ת) of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
• 2 Chronicles 15:8 — And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy (וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮) of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
• Nehemiah 6:12 — And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy (הַנְּבוּאָה֙) against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.