Prophets in the Bible

Everyone the Bible calls prophet or prophetess, with the verse that says so, from the American Standard Version (1901). Tap a name to open its card.

The first group follows the order in which the Bible first calls each one a prophet or prophetess. It also includes people the Bible calls a seer, or says prophesied.

The second group follows the books of the prophets in Bible order, with the verse at the start of each book that names the prophet. A name can be in more than one group.

Called prophet or prophetess

37 names.

Abraham אַבְרָהָם“Now therefore restore the man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.”Genesis 20:7 (ASV) The verse speaks of Abraham, named in Genesis 20:2. Aaron אַהֲרֹן“And Jehovah said unto Moses, See, I have made thee as God to Pharaoh; and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.”Exodus 7:1 (ASV) Miriam מִרְיָם“And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.”Exodus 15:20 (ASV) Moses מֹשֶׁה“And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom Jehovah knew face to face,”Deuteronomy 34:10 (ASV) Deborah דְּבוֹרָה“Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”Judges 4:4 (ASV) Samuel שְׁמוּאֵל“And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Jehovah.”1 Samuel 3:20 (ASV) Gad גָּד“And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.”1 Samuel 22:5 (ASV) Nathan נָתָן“that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.”2 Samuel 7:2 (ASV) Ahijah אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ“And it came to pass at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; now Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.”1 Kings 11:29 (ASV) Jehu יֵהוּא“And moreover by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Jehovah against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote him.”1 Kings 16:7 (ASV) Elijah אֵלִיָּה“And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.”1 Kings 18:36 (ASV) Micaiah מִיכָֽיְהוּ“And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah, Micaiah the son of Imlah: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.”1 Kings 22:8 (ASV) Elisha אֱלִישָׁע“And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.”2 Kings 6:12 (ASV) Jonah יוֹנָה“He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.”2 Kings 14:25 (ASV) Isaiah יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ“And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.”2 Kings 19:2 (ASV) Huldah חֻלְדָּה“So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.”2 Kings 22:14 (ASV) Shemaiah שְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ“Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Ye have forsaken me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.”2 Chronicles 12:5 (ASV) Iddo עִדּוֹ“And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.”2 Chronicles 13:22 (ASV) Oded עֹדֵד“And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Jehovah, that was before the porch of Jehovah.”2 Chronicles 15:8 (ASV) Hanani חֲנָנִי“And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and hast not relied on Jehovah thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thy hand.”2 Chronicles 16:7 (ASV) Oded עֹדֵד“But a prophet of Jehovah was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because Jehovah, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven.”2 Chronicles 28:9 (ASV) Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ“and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.”2 Chronicles 36:12 (ASV) Haggai חַגַּי“Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel prophesied they unto them.”Ezra 5:1 (ASV) Noadiah נוֹעַדְיָה“Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.”Nehemiah 6:14 (ASV) Micah מִיכָה“Micah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.”Jeremiah 26:18 (ASV) Uriah אוּרִיָּה“And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Uriah the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.”Jeremiah 26:20 (ASV) Habakkuk חֲבַקּוּק“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”Habakkuk 1:1 (ASV) Zechariah זְכַרְיָהוּ“In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,”Zechariah 1:1 (ASV) Yeshua (Jesus) Ἰησοῦς“And the multitudes said, This is the prophet, Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee.”Matthew 21:11 (ASV) The words of the crowds in Jerusalem, as the verse gives them. Daniel דָּנִיֵּאל, דָּנִאֵל“When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),”Matthew 24:15 (ASV) Anna Ἄννα“And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,”Luke 2:36 (ASV) John Ἰωάννης“But if we shall say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.”Luke 20:6 (ASV) Joel יוֹאֵל“but this is that which hath been spoken through the prophet Joel:”Acts 2:16 (ASV) Judas Ἰούδας“And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.”Acts 15:32 (ASV) Silas Σίλας“And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.”Acts 15:32 (ASV) Agabus Ἄγαβος“And as we tarried there some days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.”Acts 21:10 (ASV) Balaam בִּלְעָם“forsaking the right way, they went astray, having followed the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the hire of wrong-doing; but he was rebuked for his own transgression: a dumb ass spake with man’s voice and stayed the madness of the prophet.”2 Peter 2:15–16 (ASV)

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Named at the start of the books of the prophets

15 names.

Isaiah יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ“The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.”Isaiah 1:1 (ASV) Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֫הוּ“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:”Jeremiah 1:1 (ASV) Ezekiel יְחֶזְקֵאל“the word of Jehovah came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of Jehovah was there upon him.”Ezekiel 1:3 (ASV) Hosea הוֹשֵׁעַ“The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.”Hosea 1:1 (ASV) Joel יוֹאֵל“The word of Jehovah that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.”Joel 1:1 (ASV) Amos עָמוֹס“The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.”Amos 1:1 (ASV) Obadiah עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ“The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.”Obadiah 1:1 (ASV) Jonah יוֹנָה“Now the word of Jehovah came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,”Jonah 1:1 (ASV) Micah מִיכָה“The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.”Micah 1:1 (ASV) Nahum נַחוּם“The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.”Nahum 1:1 (ASV) Habakkuk חֲבַקּוּק“The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see.”Habakkuk 1:1 (ASV) Zephaniah צְפַנְיָהוּ“The word of Jehovah which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.”Zephaniah 1:1 (ASV) Haggai חַגַּי“In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,”Haggai 1:1 (ASV) Zechariah זְכַרְיָהוּ“In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah unto Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying,”Zechariah 1:1 (ASV) Malachi מַלְאָכִי“The burden of the word of Jehovah to Israel by Malachi.”Malachi 1:1 (ASV)

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Called false, or not sent, in the Bible

2 names.

Hananiah חֲנַנְיָ֫הוּ“Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah: Jehovah hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.”Jeremiah 28:15 (ASV) Bar-jesus Βαριησοῦς“And when they had gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesus;”Acts 13:6 (ASV)

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