1 Samuel 9:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Beforetime. Note the parenthesis.

seer. Hebrew. ro'eh. a seer of visions. Another name for seer was chozeh, which referred rather to spiritual apprehension of what was seen. In 1 Chronicles 29:29 all three words occur in the same verse.

Prophet. Hebrew. nab'i. one who spoke for or was moved by God.

1 Samuel 9:9

9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)