If you prophesy that something will happen, you say that you strongly believe that it will happen. He prophesied that within five years his opponent would either be dead or in prison She prophesied a bad ending for the expedition. = predict. to say what will happen in the future, especially using religious or magical knowledge = foretell prophesy that
or prediction, was one of the functions of the prophet It has been defined as a "miracle of knowledge, a declaration or description or representation of something future, beyond the power of human sagacity to foresee, discern, or conjecture " (See PROPHET )
The ability to proclaim the Word of God with divine anointing, which brings conviction to the hearers so they recognize that it is truly the Word of God and they must do something about it Acts 2: 37-40, Acts 7: 54, Acts 26: 24-29, I Corinthians 14: 13, I Thessalonians 1: 5