Prophetesses in the New Testament raise similar questions. There are things we know and things about which we know little or nothing.
What do we know? We know that the church in the first century is blessed with male and female prophets. This is God’s initiative and choice.
And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy (Acts 2:17-18).
[Philip the evangelist] had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied (Acts 21:9).
What do we not know about these gifted daughters? We are not told the settings and circumstances in which they prophesied. By definition, they give God’s inspired messages. But where? And how? Are they more like Deborah holding public court or more like Huldah in her home? Do they work more publicly or more privately? We simply do not know. There is a curious note in Acts 21. Philip’s daughters prophesy, but their message is not recorded. Yet the same passage records for us the actual words of the prophet Agabus who visits at Philip’s house (Acts 21:10-12).