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Teach vs. Prophesy
Strong's Concordance, Webster's Dictionary, and
Roget's Thesaurs all define "teach" and "prophesy" as two separate
distinct actions, one being to impart knowledge, and the other being to predict future
events.
There are 108 references in the Holy Bible to
"teach". The only three references to women regarding teaching are an
admonition that women are not to teach nor to usurp authority over the man, that old women
should teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, and to love their
children, and a rebuke of Jezebel for claiming to be a prophetess, to teach, and for her
seduction and corruption of believers:
 | 1Ti 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. |
| Tit 2:3-4 The aged women likewise, that they
be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine,
teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their
husbands, to love their children, |
| Rev 2:20 Notwithstanding, I have a few
things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a
prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit lewdness, and to eat things
sacrificed to idols. |
The distinction made between "prophetess"
and "to teach" shows that these are similar but distinct actions, both of which
Jezebel was condemned for. There are seven other references to
"prophetess" in the Holy Bible:
5031 nbiy'ah neb-ee-yaw' feminine of 5030; a prophetess or (generally) inspired woman;
by implication, a poetess; by association a prophet's wife:--prophetess.
Deborah, the wife of the prophet Lapidoth (Judges
4:4), Huldah, the wife of the prophet Shallum (2 Kings 22:14 and 2 Chronicles 34:22), the
false prophetess Noadiah.
The Holy Bible never, ever suggests that women
should teach sons or men, but instead calls upon men to teach their sons:
| And He has put in his heart to teach, he and
Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, He has filled them with wisdom
of heart, to do every work of a smith, and an artisan, and an embroiderer in blue, and in
purple, and in crimson, and in bleached linen, and a weaver; doers of every work
and devisers of designs, Exodus 35:34-35 |
| and to teach the sons of Israel all the
statutes which Jehovah has spoken to them by the hand of Moses, Leviticus 10:11 |
| and he said to teach the sons of Judah The
Song of the Bow. Behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar, 2Sa 1:18
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| The day that you stood before Jehovah
your God in Horeb, when Jehovah said to me, Gather the people to Me, and I will make them
hear My Words, that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth;
and that they may teach their sons, Deuteronomy 4:10 |
| If your sons will keep My covenant and My
testimonies which I will teach them, their sons shall also sit on the throne for You
forever, Psalms 132:12 |
| And He began to teach them that it is
necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and to be rejected of the elders and
chief priests and scribes, and to be killed, and after three days to rise again, Mark 8:31 |
| Therefore, a bishop must be irreproachable,
married only once, temperate, self-controlled, decent, hospitable, able to teach, 1
Timothy 3:2 |
STRONG'S CONCORDANCE
TEACH
In the Old Testament, "teach" is
translated from the following Hebrew words:
- "zahar", Strong's # 2094 a primitive root; to gleam; figuratively, to enlighten (by caution):--admonish,
shine, teach, (give) warn(-ing).
- "yada", Strong's #3045 mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew,
can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have
(understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
- "yarah", Strong's #3384 figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach:--(+) archer,
cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
- "lamad", Strong's # 3925 (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -
ing).
- "shanan", Strong's #8150 --prick, sharp(-en), teach diligently, whet.
In the New Testament, "teach" is
translated from the Greek words:
- "didaktikos", Strong's #1317 --apt to teach.
- "didasko", Strong's #1321 a prolonged (causative) form of a primary verb dao (to learn); to teach (in the
same broad application):--teach.
- "heterodidaskaleo", Strong's #2085 rom 2087 and 1320; to instruct differently:--teach other doctrine(-wise).
- "kattagello", Strong's #2605 from 2596 and the base of 32; to proclaim, promulgate:--declare, preach, shew,
speak of, teach.
- "katecheo", Strong's #2727 from 2596 and 2279; to sound down into the ears, i.e. (by implication) to
indoctrinate ("catechize") or (genitive case) to apprise of:--inform, instruct,
teach.
- "matheteuo", Strong's #3100 from 3101; intransitively, to become a pupil; transitively, to disciple, i.e.
enrol as scholar:--be disciple, instruct, teach.
Not only do both Hebrew and Greek make some finer
distinctions about the meanings of the word "teach" than English does, they both
view "teaching" and "prophesying" as two distinct and separate acts.
PROPHESY
In the Old Testament, "prophesy" is
translated from the Hebrew words:
- "chazah", Strong's #2372 a primitive root; to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure);
specifically, to have a vision of:--behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
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- "chozeh", Strong's #2374 active participle of 2372; a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon
with approval):--agreement, prophet, see that, seer, (star-)gazer
- "naba", Strong's # 5012 a primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction
or simple discourse):--prophesy(-ing), make self a prophet.
- "nabiy'", Strong's # 5030 from 5012; a prophet or (generally) inspired man:--prophecy, that prophesy,
prophet.
In the New Testament, "prophesy" is
translated from the Greek words:
- "propheteia", Strong's #4394 from 4396 ("prophecy"); prediction (scriptural or other):--prophecy,
prophesying.
- "propheteuo", Strong's #4395 from 4396; to foretell events, divine, speak under inspiration, exercise the
prophetic office:--prophesy.
- "prophetes", Strong's #4396 from a compound of 4253 and 5346; a foreteller ("prophet"); by analogy,
an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet:--prophet.
WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary agrees with this
distinction between "teach" and "prophesy":
TEACH
Main Entry: teach
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Pronunciation: 'tEch
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): taught <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif> /'tot/; teach�ing
Etymology: Middle English techen to show, instruct, from Old English t[AE]can; akin to Old
English tAcn sign -- more at TOKEN
Date: before 12th century
transitive senses
1 a : to cause to know something <taught them a trade> b : to cause to know how
<is teaching me to drive> c : to accustom to some action or attitude <teach
students to think for themselves> d : to cause to know the disagreeable consequences of
some action <I'll teach you to come home late>
2 : to guide the studies of
3 : to impart the knowledge of <teach algebra>
4 a : to instruct by precept, example, or experience b : to make known and accepted
<experience teaches us our limitations>
5 : to conduct instruction regularly in <teach school>
intransitive senses : to provide instruction : act as a teacher
usage see LEARN
synonyms TEACH, INSTRUCT, EDUCATE, TRAIN, DISCIPLINE, SCHOOL mean to cause to acquire
knowledge or skill. TEACH applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that
others may learn <taught us a lot about our planet>. INSTRUCT suggests methodical or
formal teaching <instructs raw recruits in military drill>. EDUCATE implies
development of the mind <more things than formal schooling serve to educate a
person>. TRAIN stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view <trained
foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft>. DISCIPLINE implies training in habits of
order and precision <a disciplined mind>. SCHOOL implies training or disciplining
especially in what is hard to master <schooled the horse in five gaits>.
PROPHESY
Main Entry: proph�e�cy
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Variant(s): also proph�e�sy <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif>
/'pr�-f&-sE/
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural proph�e�cies also proph�e�sies
Etymology: Middle English prophecie, from Old French, from Late Latin prophetia, from
Greek prophEteia, from prophEtEs prophet
Date: 13th century
1 : an inspired utterance of a prophet
2 : the function or vocation of a prophet; specifically : the inspired declaration of
divine will and purpose
3 : a prediction of something to come
PROPHET
Main Entry: proph�et
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Pronunciation: 'pr�-f&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English prophete, from Old French, from Latin propheta, from Greek
prophEtEs, from pro for + phanai to speak -- more at FOR, BAN
Date: 12th century
1 : one who utters divinely inspired revelations; specifically often capitalized : the
writer of one of the prophetic books of the Old Testament
2 : one gifted with more than ordinary spiritual and moral insight; especially : an
inspired poet
3 : one who foretells future events : PREDICTOR
4 : an effective or leading spokesman for a cause, doctrine, or group
5 Christian Science a : a spiritual seer b : disappearance of material sense before the
conscious facts of spiritual Truth
- proph�et�hood <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif> /-"hud/ noun
ROGET'S THESAURUS
TEACH
Educate, instruct, inform, tutor, train, direct,
enlighten, school, guide.
PROPHESY
Foretell, forecast, augur, divine, predict,
prognosticate.
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