Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
PROPH'ETESS signifies not only the wife of a prophet, Isa 8:3, but also a woman that has the gift of prophecy. Ex 15:20. Among these were Miriam, the sister of Aaron and Moses, Ex 15:20; Deborah, who sang with Barak, Jud 5:1; Hannah, the mother of Samuel, 1 Sam 2:1; Anna, who was in the temple, Luke 2:36; the four daughters of Philip the Evangelist. Acts 21:9.
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