It also has the meaning of discerning God’s word and being able to impart it correctly to others. My asterisks around the pertinent sentence. This is one of my gifts of the Spirit, but has long been in disuse.
http://www.truthmagazine.com/archives/volume19/TM019046.html
Although the “prophet” often foretold the future, “he was more a `forth-teller’ than , a `foreteller.’”(2)
******Summarizing, Charles Hodge suggests, “To prophesy, in Scripture, is accordingly, to speak under divine inspiration; not merely to predict future events, but to deliver, as the organ of the Holy Ghost, the messages of God to men, whether in the form of doctrine, exhortation, consolation, or prediction.”*******
(3) We can gain some insight into the role of the New Testament prophet by examining his Old Testament counterpart. The essential meaning of the word “prophet” readily is seen in Exodus 4:16; God told Moses that Aaron would be his “spokesman . . . a mouth.” As a prophet, Aaron was a “mouth” for the reluctant Moses. A prophet of God would then be a mouth of God. Homer Hailey suggests that when God raised up a prophet, “He would put His words in the prophet’s mouth and that the prophet would speak them in His name (Deut. 18:9-22).”(4)
Interesting discussion, would love to continue, but the meds are kicking in and I will be going to bed soon.
Later.