Latin core word #110 · noun · 151 times in the New Testament

prophēta

pro-FAY-tah

prophēta, prophētae, m. — prophet

1st declension, masculine (Greek προφήτης).
lēx et prophētae ‘the Law and the Prophets’.

Forms in bold occur in the New Testament; the others complete the pattern. A dash (—) marks a form that does not exist.

1st declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prophēta	prophētae
Genitive	prophētae	prophētārum
Dative	prophētae	prophētīs
Accusative	prophētam / prophētēn	prophētās
Ablative	prophētā	prophētīs
Vocative	prophēta	prophētae

Where you meet it

First met in passage 50, Luke 11:47.

Explained in the notes of 2 passages:

From Appendix B of the Greek and Latin with Jerome study companion · PDF page 389 · open the PDF here