Lexicon kashaph: to practice sorcery Original Word: כָּשַׁףPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kashaph Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-shaf') Short Definition: sorcerers NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from keshephDefinitionto practice sorcery NASB Translationpracticed sorcery (1), sorcerer (1), sorcerers (3), sorceress (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs כִּשֵּׁף verb Pi`el denominative practice sorcery (Assyrian kašâpu, id.); — Perfect3masculine singular: וְעוֺנֵן וְנִחֵשׁ וְכִשֵּׁף וְעָשָׂה אוֺב וְיִדְּעוֺנִ֑י2Chronicles 33:6 (of Manasseh); elsewhere only Participle as substantive masculine singular sorcerer, in Israel, מְכַשֵּׁף Deuteronomy 18:10 (following קֹסֵם קְסָמִים מְעוֺנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ); feminine singular מְכַשֵּׁפָה = sorceress Exodus 22:17 (E); masculine plural מְכַשְּׁפִים Malachi 3:5 (named with adulterers and falseswearers); of diviners, or astrologers in Egypt ( חַרְטֻמִּים q. v.) Exodus 7:11 (P; "" חֲכָמִים); in Babylon Daniel 2:2 (+ חַרְטֻמִּים, אַשָּׁפִים, כַּשְׂדִּים). Strong's sorcerer, use witchcraft A primitive root; properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. To inchant or practise magic -- sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft). |
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