How many Prophets in the Bible?

Answer 1

There were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses whose prophecies were recorded for posterity in The Bible.

48 Prophets:

1) Abraham

2) Isaac

3) Jacob

4) Moses

5) Aaron

6) Joshua

7) Pinchas the High Priest

8) Elkanah (father of Samuel)

9) Eli the High Priest

10) Samuel

11) Gad

12) Nathan

13) King David

14) King Solomon

15) Eido

16) Michiyahu ben Yimlah

17) Obadiah

18) Achiyah of Shiloh

19) Yahu ben Chanani

20) Azariah ben Oded

21) Chaziel son of Metaniah

22) Eliezer of Morisha

23) Hosea

24) Amos

25) Micah

26) Amotz

27) Elijah

28) Elisha

29) Jonah

30) Isaiah

31) Joel

32) Nahum

33) Habakkuk

34) Zephaniah

35) Uriah from Kiryat Yearim

36) Jeremiah

37) Ezekiel

38) Shmaya

39) Baruch

40) Neriah

41) Seriah

42) Mechasiah

43) Haggai

44) Zechariah

45) Malachi

46) Mordechai

47) Chanani

48) Oded

7 Prophetesses:

1) Sarah (wife of Abraham, mother of all Jews)

2) Miriam (sister to Moses)

3) Deborah (the only female among the Judges)

4) Chanah (mother of Samuel)

5) Abigail

6) Chuldah

7) Esther (of Purim fame)

Other prophets, who may or may not have been in prophecy full-time, are mentioned in various places throughout Tanach, but their prophecies were not recorded, because their prophecies were only intended for themselves or for the generation who lived at that time. For example: King Saul dabbled in prophecy for a time, but what he was told, like the thousands of other unrecorded prophecies, is unknown.

There were 48 prophets and 7 prophetesses whose prophecies were recorded for posterity in the Bible.

Additional Answer:

Jesus was also called a prophet noted in Luke 24:19 and Acts 3 below:

Acts 3:22-24

New International Version (NIV)

22 For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. 23 Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from their people.'[a] 24 "Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days. The last prophet mentioned in Scripture seems to be in Acts 21:10 below: Acts 21:10New International Version (NIV) 10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

Answer 2

There are about 1,000 prophets in the Bible. This includes 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the sacred pole. (1 Kings 18:18, 19)