How many prophecy books are in the bible?

Answer 1

There are 5 key prophets in The Bible: Samuel, Daniel, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah.

The major prophets as classified in the Hebrew scripture are found in a section called the Latter Prophets which includes the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.

Additionally

Samuel was one of the key prophets in the Old Testament but not generally considered one of the "major" prophets by scholars given the definition of "major" vs "minor" prophet in the context of two categories of books of the Bible. Also note that Daniel is not considered a Major Prophet in the Hebrew Bible.

Answer 2

Depends on what Bible you are referring to, but with my knowledge, these are the prophets.

Old Testament:

1. Aaron
2. Abraham
3. Ahijah
4. Amos
5. Asaph
6. Daniel
7. Deborah
8. Elijah
9. Elisha
10. Ezekiel
11. Ezra
12. Gad
13. Habakkuk
14. Haggai
15. Hanani
16. Hananiah
17. Heman
18. Hosea
19. Huldah
20. Iddo
21. Isaiah
22. Jeduthun
23. Jehu
24. Jeremiah
25. Joel
26. Jonah
27. Malachi
28. Micah
29. Micaiah
30. Miriam
31. Moses
32. Nahum
33. Nathan
34. Nehemiah
35. Noadiah
36. Obadiah
37. Obadiah x 2
38. Oded
39. Prophets of Baal x 400
40. Samuel
41. Saul
42. Shemaiah
43. Zechariah
44. Zephaniah

    (There are many un-named)

    New Testament:

45. Agabus
46. Ananias
47. Andrew
48. Anna
49. Bartholomew
50. James son of Alphaeus
51. James son of Zebedee
52. Jesus
53. John
54. John the Baptist
55. Matthew
56. Paul
57. Peter
58. Philip
59. Philip's daughters x 4
60. Simon
61. Thadaeus
62. Thomas

    (There are many un-named)

    This is no where near ALL of them, but I am sure this is MOST of them :)

Answer 3

There are many prophets mentioned in the Holy Bible.

(Bible references, unless otherwise stated, are from the NIV)

Large masses of prophets [Group total 1,350]

100 prophets protected by Obadiah (1 Ki 18:4)

450 prophets of Baal (1 Ki 18:19)

400 prophets of the sacred pole (1 Ki 18:19)

400 prophets gathered by King of Israel (1 Ki 22:6)

Bible writers [Group total 17]

Amos (Amos 7:14,15)

Daniel (Matt 24:15)

Ezekiel (Ezekiel 11:4,5)

Habakkuk (Hab 1:1)

Haggai (Hag 1:1)

Hosea (Matt 2:15; Hos 11:1)

Isaiah (2 Ki 19:2)

Jeremiah (Jer 1:5)

Joel (Acts 2:16)

Jonah (Matt 12:39)

Malachi (Mal 1:1)

Micah (Mic 1:1)

Nahum (Nah 1:1)

Obadiah (Obadiah 1:1)

Samuel (1 Sam 3:20)

Zechariah (Zech 1:1; Luke 11:50,51)

Zephaniah (Zeph 1:1)

Other key prophets [Group total 2]

Elijah (2 Chron 21:12)

Elisha (1 Ki 19:16)

Well-known Bible characters also called prophets [Group total 4]

Abraham (Gen 20:7)

Moses (Deut 34:10; Acts 3:22)

Aaron (Ex 7:1)

David (Acts 2:29,30)

Lesser-known prophets [Group total 14]

Gad (1 Sam 22:5)

Nathan (2 Sam 7:2)

Ahijah (1 Ki 11:29)

Hanani (1 Ki 16:7, Douay-Rheims 1899, American Version)

Micaiah (1 Ki 22:8)

Zedekiah, son of Kenaanah (1 Ki 22:11)

Jonah (2 Ki 14:25; Jonah 1:1,2)

Shemaiah (2 Chon 12:5)

Iddo (2 Chron 13:22)

Azariah, and Oded (2 Chron 15:8)

Hananiah (Jer 28:5)

Jahaziel (2 Chron 20:14)

Eliezer (2 Chron 20:37)

Named first-century prophets [Group total 16]

Jesus (Matt 21:11; Luke 24:19)

John, son of Zechariah (Luke 1:76)

the 12 apostles of Jesus (Acts 2:14-17)

Bar-Jesus (false prophet) (Acts 13:6)

Agabus (Acts 21:10)

Other Bible characters called prophets [Group total 5]

Abel (Luke 11:50,51)

Enoch (Jude 14)

Jehu (1 Ki 16:12)

Judas & Silas (Acts 15:32)

Un-named prophets [Group total 77]

70 elders of Israel (Numbers 11:25)

'a prophet' (Judges 6:8)

an 'old prophet' (1 Ki 13:11)

'a prophet, the man of God' (1 Ki 13:11-18)

'a prophet' who spoke to Ahab (1 Ki 20:13)

'a prophet' who spoke to Amaziah (2 Chron 25:15)

'their own prophet' (Titus 1:12)

'the false prophet' (Rev 16:13)

First century un-numbered prophets [Group total: unknown]

Christians in Corinth (1 Cor 14:31)

prophets in the church at Antioch (Acts 13:1)

Prophetesses [Group total 11]

Miriam (prophetess) (Ex 15:20)

Deborah (prophetess) (Judges 4:4)

Isaiah's wife ('the prophetess') (Isaiah 8:3)

Noadiah (prophetess) (Neh 6:14)

Huldah (prophetess) (2 Ki 22:14)

Anna (prophetess) (Luke 2:36)

the four daughters of Phillip (Acts 21:9)

'that woman Jezebel' (Rev 2:20)

Others [Group total: unknown]

- all the prophets killed by Jezebel, (Izabel, Izba'al) daughter of King Ethba'al (1 Ki 18:13)

- 'daughters... who prophesy out of their own imagination' (Ezekiel 13:17)

SUMMARY

• Where group totals are known, the grand total of 'countable' prophets in the Bible is 1,496. If female prophets are excluded, deduct 11, making a counted total of 1,485.
• The grand total does not include prophets who are identified in the Bible but are un-numbered, e.g. those in the church at Antioch.
• Adjustment may also need to be made for identified but un-named isolated prophets but who may already be included elsewhere.

Answer 4

Their is only one book that is filled with only prophecys and that is Revelations. However, there are other prophecies through out the Bible.

Answer:

Prophecy is "history written in advance." It's "predictions" of historical events that shall one day see "fulfillment." Some have already... some are partial... many have not yet seen fulfillment.

The Bible is about one-third prophecy... but scattered throughout, and not found in one place or one book. As God says about His Word:

"...the Word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken." (Isa.28:13)

God inspired His Word to be written in such a way that only they who can grasp the Truth of it are those to whom He personally reveals it.

According to Jesus, the Old Testament (the entire Bible at that time) is littered with prophecies that shall see fulfillment... and they are found "here a little and there a little" throughout all "three of its main sections":

"...These are the Words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, concerning Me. Then opened He their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures." (Luke 24:44-45)

Even the New Testament books added in these last days "predict" Jesus' return to the earth. So, it might be said that "here a little, and there a little"... all 66 books of the Bible are "prophecy books."

Answer

With the exception of Esther, all books of the Bible contain prophecies.

Answer 5

there are five major prophets in the bible

Answer 6

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