נביא

See also: נבֿיא

Aramaic

Noun

נְבִיָּא • (nəḇiyyā) (feminine counterpart נְבִיתָא)

prophet

Derived terms

בַרְנֶבֻאָה (barneḇú’â, literally “prophet's son”)
- → Arabic: بَرْنَابَا (barnābā)
- → Ancient Greek: Βαρναβᾶς (Barnabâs) (see there for further descendants)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־ב־א (n-b-ʾ)

From the root נ־ב־א. Compare Tigre ነቢ (näbi), Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy).

Noun

נָבִיא • (naví) m (plural indefinite נְבִיאִים, singular construct נְבִיא־, plural construct נְבִיאֵי־, feminine counterpart נְבִיאָה) [pattern: קָטִיל]

A prophet: one who speaks by divine inspiration.
(נְבִיא־, n'ví-) Singular construct state form of נָבִיא‎.

Derived terms

נְבִיאִים (n'vi'ím, “Nevi'im, Prophets”)
- See also Nabis

References

H5030 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

See הֵבִיא (heví).

Verb

נָבִיא • (naví)

First-person plural future (prefix conjugation) of הֵבִיא (heví).

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